by Theresa Bramblett | Jan 12, 2010 | Publications
Dr. John Dowe has completed an important work, Australian Palms: Biogeography, Ecology and Systematics. The book features a detailed treatment of each palm species in Australia, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk island, and Christmas Island. In all, 60 species are covered, in...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jan 11, 2010 | News
The coldest weather in nine years is being observed at Montgomery Botanical Center. Over the last week, temperatures have gone below 45 degrees four times, and the coldest on-site thermometer reading (36 degrees) was this morning around 5 am. This morning, ice formed...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jan 9, 2010 | News
Chris Lancaster from the Boy Scouts of America Troop 457, Pinecrest, Florida brought a dedicated, hard working Troop to Montgomery Botanical Center to complete his Eagle Scout Project. Chris organized a group of over 75 volunteers to repair shutters and screens in the...
by Theresa Bramblett | Dec 12, 2009 | Research
Dr. Mónica Moraes R., of the Herbario Nacional de Bolivia at the Institute of Ecology, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia, is using Montgomery Botanical Center’s greenhouses for a series of germination experiments on select Bolivian palm species,...
by Theresa Bramblett | Dec 4, 2009 | Events
Dr. Ken Cameron, director of The New York Botanical Garden’s Cullman Program for Molecular Systematics Studies and a leading orchid researcher, visited Montgomery Botanical Center (MBC) with his colleagues, Dr. Chengxin Fu and Dr. Xiaodong Zheng, from Zhejiang...