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The Long Lost Candelaria, Solar Farm Apocalypse, Peyote Country
In this episode we talk about the long lost population of Euphorbia antisyphylitica, thornscrub getting destroyed for a solar farm, moth pollination …
3 years, 10 months ago
Desert Plants & West Texas Horticulture with Patti Manning
After a thirty minute rant about how the epic desert crucifixion thorn (one of the 6 different plants with that annoying common name), Holacantha ste…
3 years, 10 months ago
The Velcro Leaf Family, Fake Names at the ER, Christian Taliban, etc
Rambling intro ends at 47:00, Conversation about Velcro Leaf Family Loasaceae begins at 48:00.
3 years, 10 months ago
Talking Peyote & Conservation in South Texas
Intro ends and conversation starts at 43:00.
My guest today is Joe Ben Walker from the indigenous peyote conservation initiative and we talk all thing…
3 years, 11 months ago
Talking Evolution, Cloud Forests & Nightshades
A Conversation with Dr. Stacy Smith from University of Colorado Boulder about the genus Iochroma and Plant Evolution. A 24 minute intro followed by 9…
3 years, 11 months ago
An Interview with Carlos ”Aztekium” Velazco
In this episode we talk Northern Mexican Botany with the wonderful Carlos Velazco, author of numerous papers describing the floristic relationships o…
4 years ago
Namibia, Resurrection Plants, Welwitschia, Caucasians in South Africa
A long rant about Namibian Botany, Dark Humor, Myrothamnus flabellifolius the resurrection plant, Welwitschia habitat etc.
4 years ago
Nuevo León Botany, Gypsum Endemics, Cactus Poaching
One long rant about Nuevo Leon plant communities, gypsum endemics, cactus poaching, high elevation "sky islands", Mall Security Guards at US Customs,…
4 years, 1 month ago
A Conversation with Kerry Knudsen, Lichenologist
In this episode we talk with Kerry Knudsen, a blue-collar-construction-worker turned lichenologist. We spend a good first half of the podcast talkin…
4 years, 1 month ago
Texas Sandsheet, Sand Endemics,Twitter Fights with Furries
In this episode we discuss the rare and endangered Texas Almond, a sand endemic. We also discuss the trough urinal at Taqueria Jalisco by the Pilot S…
4 years, 1 month ago