by Theresa Bramblett | May 12, 2010 | Research
Dr. Irene Terry, from the University of Utah, is an expert on the pollination biology of cycads. Her recent work looks closely at the mutual relationship between cycads and their pollinators. Through innovative methods, Dr. Terry has advanced our understanding of how...
by Theresa Bramblett | May 6, 2010 | Events
Two cycad experts from Mexico were recently hosted by Montgomery Botanical Center. Dr. Andrew Vovides, Montgomery Botanical Research Fellow (1989) from Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico, and Dr. Miguel Angel Perez-Farrera from the Universidad de...
by Theresa Bramblett | Apr 29, 2010 | Events
Patricia Siemen, Director of the Center for Earth Jurisprudence at St. Thomas University, visited MBC with six law students. Their visit coincided with the last meeting for a course on Earth Jurisprudence. The students remarked that seeing the work of MBC firsthand...
by Theresa Bramblett | Apr 26, 2010 | News
A new book on Brazilian Palms has been published. Brazilian Flora Lorenzi: Arecaceae (Palms) details 300 species, varieties, and natural hybrids of palms native to Brazil. The work, authored by Harri Lorenzi, Larry Noblick, Frances Kahn, and Evandro Ferreira, contains...
by Theresa Bramblett | Apr 21, 2010 | Publications
Montgomery Botanical Center is dedicated to conserving living collections of cycads. With new living material comingthrough the nursery, the MBC team is often challenged to cultivate plants poorly known to horticulture. A new paper in the journal HortScience explores...