Welcome!

You have reached the Ornamental Horticulture Program at the Tropical Research and Education Center (Homestead, FL).

My name is Wagner Vendrame, Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Horticulture, IFAS, University of Florida. 

Our research program is broad in ornamental plant production and conservation, including plant tissue culture, cryopreservation, and biotechnology techniques. 

We also have interest in studying the use of ornamental plants for medicinal applications and biofuel production.

More recently we expanded our program beyond this planet (literally!) and initiated studies involving plant cells and microgravity. Such studies may lead to significant discoveries as related to plant biology, medicine and space science.

For more information, please navigate the menu on the left.  For feedback and inquiries, please email me at: vendrame@ufl.edu. Enjoy the ride!

Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination.  John Dewey, The Quest for Certainty, 1929