Phyllostachys nigra (Lodd. ex Lindl.) Munro popularly known as black bamboo is the Makiling Botanic Gardens’ Plant of the Month for December 2017. It belongs to the family Poaceae and is native to Taiwan and China. Black bamboo is the most popular and oldest bamboo grown in the United States since 1827. It is …
The Makiling Botanic Gardens (MBG) will be CLOSED from 21 December 2017 to 01 January 2018. This is to give ample time for the maintenance activities of the Center. Furthermore, the Maria Makiling Trail (MMT) will be CLOSED on 24, 25 and 31 December 2017 and 01 January 2018 in …
The Makiling Center for Mountain Ecosystems (MCME) was tapped as one of the pilot testers for a new mobile application known as Biodiversity Sentinel or BioSentinel developed by Instigators, Inc. for SMART Communications. The Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the ASEAN Center for Biodiversity (ACB) and SMART Communications was signed …
The Mount Makiling Forest Reserve (MMFR) celebrates its 107th Anniversary! It was declared as a Reserve thru Proclamation 106 on the 21st of November 1910. We look forward celebrating its 110th foundation day with you ? #iheartMakiling #MMFRnostalgia
Last Thursday, 2 November 2017, Dr. Roberto G. Visco and Dr. Rogelio T. Andrada II, Director and Deputy Director of the Makiling Center for Mountain Ecosystems (MCME) together with For. Leilani A. Castillo, Head of the Forest and Watershed Division (FWD) of MCME and other MCME staff had a courtesy call …
The Makiling Botanic Gardens presents “Sainat” as the Plant of the Month for November 2017. Schefflera blancoi Merr. or commonly known as sainat and sometimes called as abkal or sagaba belongs to family Araliaceae. It is endemic to the Philippines, in the islands of Luzon and Mindanao. It is use as fish poison. Come …