[Plantsci] Herbarium Seminar and Holiday Party

[Rodriguez, Gabriel C - (gabrielr)]

On behalf of Shelley McMahon:

Dear Friends of the UA Herbarium,

Please join us for the final presentation in the Fall semester:

	*Dr. Mark Dimmitt*
	*A first impression of South Africa: What's that plant the elephant just trampled?*

		and the

	*UA Herbarium Holiday Party*

Thursday, Dec 11, 12-3pm, Herring Hall

*The Seminar*
12-1 pm

Mark A. Dimmitt has a Ph.D. in biology (herpetology) from the University of California at Riverside. He worked at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum from 1979 to 2011, first as Curator of Botany, then as a field research ecologist. His areas of research include botany and vertebrate biology, and he is the author of more than 50 scientific and popular publications about ecology and horticulture. He is a Fellow of the Cactus and Succulent Society of America.

Mark's other career is as a plant breeder. He spent a couple of decades each hybridizing first Trichocereus (=Echinopsis, cacti), then Tillandsia (bromeliads); he has introduced about 50 cultivars. Since the late 1970s his main focus has been on breeding adeniums; 'Crimson Star', 'Evelyn Marie', and 'Bouquet' are among his creations. He is coauthor of the book Adenium: Sculptural Elegance, Floral Extravagance. Mark also collects and grows a number of other weird plants, mostly succulents and epiphytes.

*The Party*
1-3pm

Visit with your friends and colleagues, and help us celebrate Winter!
We'll provide some lunch items; additional sides/desserts welcome but not necessary (students are especially invited to come without bringing anything!).

Warm wishes to all, and hope to see you Thursday, Shelley

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Michelle McMahon, PhD
Director, UA Herbarium
School of Plant Sciences
University of Arizona

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Michelle McMahon, PhD
Director, UA Herbarium
School of Plant Sciences
University of Arizona