February 18 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Did you ever wonder how so much variation in flower color is maintained within species? Have your heard of ultraviolet ‘nectar guides’ on flowers? On Tuesday, February 18, at Tri-County Technical College 7600 US 76, Pendleton in, Matt Koski, Assistant Professor at Clemson University, will discuss his research on flower color evolution. He will offer some explanations of the forces affecting floral evolution.
Koski grew up in Michigan and became fascinated with flowering plant diversity during field courses as an undergraduate at the University of Michigan. Later, he worked as a botany intern for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in the high desert and Sierra Nevada, and then conducted field work on tropical forest community dynamics in Puerto Rico. He discovered that flower color variations are due not only to pollinators, but to environmental factors as well.
DETAILED DIRECTIONS TO OCONEE HALL/ PARKER AUDITORIUM:
As you enter the campus at the traffic light (the south entrance), the driveway you want is to the left. HOWEVER, you cannot turn left as you enter. Please drive ahead to the first place you can make a u-turn and head back toward the traffic light. Just before the light, turn right onto the one-way access road in front of the buildings. You will pass Miller Hall, Anderson Hall and Pickens Hall before coming to Oconee Hall on the right. You may park in any of the student/faculty spots along the one-way drive. There are also two parking lots just past Oconee Hall. Lot H-1 and Lot H-2 are available for us in the evening. Please go to https://www.tctc.edu/media/2966/pendleton-campus-map.pdf and print a map of the campus. There will be signs marking the meeting entrance.
The program starts at 7:00 pm and is free and open to the public. Arrive at 6:30 for socializing and refreshments.
