Fwd: CSSA Webinar series: Matt Opel, PhD: Cape Geophytes: Remarkable Bulbs, Tubers and Corms from Southern Africa, May 1st, 10:00 am PDT
Erin Grace via pbs (Thu, 22 Apr 2021 15:46:34 PDT)
Thank you for sharing that, Thomas!
Erin Grace
Thomasville, Georgia
USA
On Thu, Apr 22, 2021, 3:51 PM Thomas Karwin via pbs <
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Subject: CSSA Webinar series: Matt Opel, PhD: Cape Geophytes: Remarkable
Bulbs, Tubers and Corms from Southern Africa, May 1st, 10:00 am PDT
Date: April 22, 2021 at 12:00:01 PM PDT
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Hello folks,
Join us Saturday, May 1st at 10:00 a.m. PDT for the next in our series
of webinars featuring Cactus and Succulent experts from around the world.
Matt Opel, PhD
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Matt Opel
Top: Bulbine bruynsii
Bottom: Eriospermum titanopsoides
Program: Cape Geophytes: Remarkable Bulbs, Tubers and Corms from
Southern Africa
The Cape region of South Africa is home to one of the most diverse and
distinctive floras in the world, including a large number of geophytes:
plants that grow from underground buds, and have subterranean storage
organs such as bulbs or tubers that persist through times when conditions
are unfavorable for growth. University of Connecticut botanist Matthew Opel
will introduce a selection of species in important groups of Cape
geophytes, concentrating on plants from arid areas or with succulent
leaves. He will discuss the unusual growth forms and ecological adaptations
of these plants, and include information on their cultivation.
Biography: Matthew Opel grew up in Westchester County, NY, where he
developed an early love of plants, gardening and the natural world; one of
his first words was “pachysandra.” He became interested in Lithops—the
“living stones”—and other desert plants after visits to the New York
Botanical Garden, and eventually went on to study biology and botany at
Cornell University. Matt received a doctorate from the University of
Connecticut after completing studies of the anatomy and evolution of
Conophytum, a genus of African succulent plants. In the course of his
research he spent three winters in South Africa, where he discovered a new
species of succulent plant that was named Tylecodon opelii in his honor in
2011.
Matt is currently employed as a collections scientist at the University
of Connecticut, at the Plant Biodiversity Conservatory and Research Core.
He has written about desert plants for specialist journals in the US, the
UK and South Africa, and given lectures on botanical topics to a wide range
of audiences. He is the current vice-president and past president of the
Connecticut Cactus and Succulent Society.
Matt enjoys gardening, exploring the local woods and bogs, and
beekeeping. He is interested in the early history of glassmaking in New
England and is on the board of directors of the Museum of Connecticut
Glass. He occasionally posts musings about plants and horticulture on his
blog, Burger’s Onion.
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