Cycad Day 2015

[George Sparkman]

The Cycad Society announces Cycad Day 2015 at Mounts Botanical Garden in West Palm Beach, Florida on Saturday October 24.

In association with our yearly board meeting (also held this year at the same institution on Friday, October 23), the Cycad Society is holding it’s annual event, Cycad Day 2015, at:

Mounts Botanical Garden
531 North End Military Trail
West Palm Beach, Florida 33415

This event will start at 10 AM, and will consist of a series of lectures about cycads (including reports from Cycad 2015 held in Medellin, Colombia in August), a catered lunch, and a plant auction. Details are being worked out now, but this promises to be an excellent event for all lovers of cycads. More details will be posted soon at our website: http://www.cycad.org/ . All proceeds benefit the Cycad Society, a non-profit organization.

Those Cycad Society members interested in attending the board meeting on Friday should contact Craig Nazor at: c.nazor@earthlink.net for more information.

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According to the IUCN - World Conservation Union’s Cycad Specialist Group, cycads represent one of the most threatened plant groups in the world. More than half of the 320+ species are threatened or endangered. As the motto above indicates, the Cycad Society (TCS) is dedicated to the conservation of…

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[George Sparkman]

[George Sparkman]

Here are the speakers for Cycad Day 2015 :

 

Craig Nazor: "The Cycad Society and Cycad 2015 in Medellín, Colombia"
I will be making general announcements and giving a brief description 
of Cycad 2015 and the Cycad Society's role at the conference.
 

Willie Tang - " Molecular and morphological analyses of cycad 
beetles: what they reveal about cycad evolution in the New World"
This is a great paper that Willie Tang, a former Cycad Society 
president, delivered at Cycad 2015.
 

Michael Calonje: "Cycad 2015: the post-conference cycad tour to 
Colombian cycad habitats"
 

Alan Meerow: "Cycad 2015 and cycad research: where do we go from here?"

 

A great lineup of speakers as part of a great get-together !

[Josh-O]

[George Sparkman]

Cycad Day is this Saturday.

The Cyacd Society is accepting donations of cycad plants, seeds or cycad-related material (cycad books, fossils, paintings, etc.) to help further the goals of TCS.
to make arrangements, please contact Jody Haynes at jody@cycadconservation.org or 305-282-3639 or just bring Your donations to Cycad Day. 
Thank You very much in advance.

[George Sparkman]

One last reminder .........

Saturday 10/24 Cycad Day at Mounts Botanical Garden in Palm Beach.

Thanks.