I'm from Cape Town South Africa. Thank you for appreciating our plants that grace countless North American gardens. Our plants are so spectacular. From Zz,s to Callas, lobelia, BOP, plectranthus... Swedish ivy.. you name it weve got it..
I love the plants from your country, I seriously grow so many; both in in my flat in the bay window and in my mother's beautiful garden. River and pineapple lilies to succulent euphorbias and vygies.
I was hooked! He provided knowledge & history while answering your questions easily, and I appreciated it most because he spoke with experience. Learned stuff. Very cool!
@@summerrayneoakes You guys were so good together. I'm biased, because I'm his big sister, but I've been trying to get him to start a YT channel for a bit. He has so much knowledge, and loves to teach. I think he'd do a great job! Thanks for sharing his tour with your whole world! :)
@@libbyhenderson489 oh please please persuade him to open his own channel, he can even just read loudly Encyclopedia Brittanica but his voice is like the best soothing antidepressant therapy! I'm in love :D
Thanks to Trey Fletcher! Really interesting tour Summer. Lovely plants even if they waiting to kill you haha, I wouldn't want to trip up in there!. I have some baby Alluaudia procera and mine lose the leaves and look dead for ages before growing new ones.
I got my friend a really cool weirdo of a plant from madagascar called euphorbia platyclada. I think its a pretty incredible plant- it looks like a dead plant, and that fascinates me. How and why? I just love it. It gets the tiniest little flowers on the tips of its leaves/branches.
Don't know where platyclada sits on the toxicity scale, but I've wondered if it's a strategy to escape herbivory. Evolving in habitats where moisture is an especially rare and precious resource, morphology suggesting an absence of moisture would evolutionary favor such an appearance. Why consume something already dessicated? Great question! It's also one of my favorites for the qualities you mentioned. Mimicry is fascinating.
Incredibly fascinating episode.........also incredible is Summer matching wits with this obviously brilliant man....she 's my hero :)....Thank You Summer
Me being jealous of viewers in Southern California, who can grow many of these plants outside in their gardens... I adore my pachypodium, it is my most prized succulent in my collection. It lives my Houston summer and grows rather quickly in the heat -- I do protect it from excessive rain. Even when fall eventually rolls around and it goes dormant... I love its thicc boy spikey trunk being a nice center piece!
Thank you for the very interesting and informative tour. I really enjoyed his ability to joke about his education of the plants. I, however, have to speak of my personal disappointment as to the constant passing over of some of the very beautifully weird Caudiciforms that riddled the background 😢seriously though, wonderfully engaging and inspiring as always. Thanks, Summer!
Nice program. I think it's also worth visiting rain forests to have a feel of how plants that end up in our homes and nurseries survive in their natural habitat. Amazon and the Congo rain forests would be a good start may be. Indonesian , Thailand rain forests can be considered as well.
Fascinating. Amazing that lemur surviving on what kills anything else. I'll certainly be more careful with my pencil cactus from here on out...God is great.
Super informative also he is sexy, sorry and respectfully…also this poor man was dumped in a toxic spine forest without warning signs or advise. It is a miracle he didn’t perish or become blind.
Regarding your question about the Xerosicyos danguyi... I could be totally wrong, but I've heard that cuttings of caudiciforms will form a caudex, but only underground? Maybe if you repot yours you'll see a caudex underneath that you can raise to the surface. Again, I'm not totally sure if it's true, but could be worth looking into :)
great tour of the cactus room. I have been to this wonderful place. The Atlanta Botanical Garden It's a wonderful all day trip. I also never knew the pencil cactus was so lethal I used to have one. I guess it would make a good bio weapon.
Love the representation of dry ecosystems. In P.R. we have a corner of the Island that’s particularly dry. The dry forest of Guanica has super interesting and unique flora
_Aloe arborescens_ leaves are possibly more sought after in South Africa for their wound-healing properties than _Aloe vera._ Not suitable for internal use and it should be remembered that many species of Aloe are deadly toxic. Don't put unidentified species on wounds, some were used to poison arrows. Great video, nice to see such an interesting range.
I have an osa pulchra that I stole from the osa rainforest of Costa Rica. I believe there's less than 30 in the rainforest and found a baby growing so had to take it. I think it increases the chances of it not going extinct. They are almost impossible to grow and are so picky about water, soil, temperature it's no wonder that it's one of the rarest plants in the world.
I love these tours - always very interesting and educational too :-) Thanks to you I can visit places that would be otherwise very hard to get to (given my earthly location).
The same thing happened when I first got into Euphorbia and I had to learn the hard way how toxic the latex is! Thankfully I got it on my nose and not my eye! 3:31
I'm from Cape Town South Africa. Thank you for appreciating our plants that grace countless North American gardens. Our plants are so spectacular. From Zz,s to Callas, lobelia, BOP, plectranthus... Swedish ivy.. you name it weve got it..
I love the plants from your country, I seriously grow so many; both in in my flat in the bay window and in my mother's beautiful garden. River and pineapple lilies to succulent euphorbias and vygies.
@@jonstfrancis oh you know vygies? Lolz... that's so cool
I'm living in Angola, where can I buy plants in Cape Town?
@@manuellemosdungo4329 stodels? Builders warehouse. FOHLA. PLANTIFY etc..
I was hooked! He provided knowledge & history while answering your questions easily, and I appreciated it most because he spoke with experience. Learned stuff. Very cool!
His passion and knowledge of these plants really comes through. I'd love to hear him talk about his focus on the native South Eastern coastal plants.
This was such a great watch. As someone who loves succulents; this was a great journey through a beautiful collection.
Idk if it’s his voice, but I was not expecting to find a silver fox in the desert 🤭
He is so handsome fr 🫠
We told him his voice is everything. He needs a podcast or radio show.
@@summerrayneoakes You guys were so good together. I'm biased, because I'm his big sister, but I've been trying to get him to start a YT channel for a bit. He has so much knowledge, and loves to teach. I think he'd do a great job! Thanks for sharing his tour with your whole world! :)
@@libbyhenderson489 oh please please persuade him to open his own channel, he can even just read loudly Encyclopedia Brittanica but his voice is like the best soothing antidepressant therapy! I'm in love :D
Thanks to Trey Fletcher! Really interesting tour Summer. Lovely plants even if they waiting to kill you haha, I wouldn't want to trip up in there!. I have some baby Alluaudia procera and mine lose the leaves and look dead for ages before growing new ones.
I got my friend a really cool weirdo of a plant from madagascar called euphorbia platyclada. I think its a pretty incredible plant- it looks like a dead plant, and that fascinates me. How and why? I just love it. It gets the tiniest little flowers on the tips of its leaves/branches.
Don't know where platyclada sits on the toxicity scale, but I've wondered if it's a strategy to escape herbivory. Evolving in habitats where moisture is an especially rare and precious resource, morphology suggesting an absence of moisture would evolutionary favor such an appearance. Why consume something already dessicated? Great question! It's also one of my favorites for the qualities you mentioned. Mimicry is fascinating.
Incredibly fascinating episode.........also incredible is Summer matching wits with this obviously brilliant man....she
's my hero :)....Thank You Summer
Summer politely neglected to correct his guess that Cynanchum is in the Moraceae.
He reminds me of Anthony Bourdain of the plant world
A little resemblance to Paul Newman too
Imagine having a job that consists of nothing but being a curator of a succulents in a greenhouse. What a neat job!
Hi Summer, btw. in my country, Slovakia, we call Lithops "The Blooming Stones" :) Love your channels! Much love from Europe XX
We call them that in South Africa too. With various names in our local languages
This guy is distractingly handsome 😅
I am from india....your channel is the best channel in youtube
Doesn't the saying go, all cacti are succulents but not all succulents are cacti? Great information!
Summer can you do a video where you wheelie a dirtbike on the beach then drink beer and talk about plants?
Very interesting! Thanks for taking us along.
Really enjoyed taking this tour. Thanks!
I love summer shes def a fav but she always dresses like an old fighter pilot or similar lol. Def one of a kind!
_Ficus vasta_ fruit are eaten both fresh and dried (with ghee). _Ethnoflora of the Soqotra Archipelago_ by Anthony Miller and Miranda Morris (2004).
Some of ur vids r informative & thus impressive, I keep watching them again & again to refresh my knowledge
I LOVE this channel :) Thank you thank you!
This was very exciting to watch! Thank you
Me being jealous of viewers in Southern California, who can grow many of these plants outside in their gardens... I adore my pachypodium, it is my most prized succulent in my collection. It lives my Houston summer and grows rather quickly in the heat -- I do protect it from excessive rain. Even when fall eventually rolls around and it goes dormant... I love its thicc boy spikey trunk being a nice center piece!
This is a wonderfully informative video!! You are so knowledgeable I feel slightly lost!! But I enjoyed it so much!!
Thank you for the very interesting and informative tour. I really enjoyed his ability to joke about his education of the plants. I, however, have to speak of my personal disappointment as to the constant passing over of some of the very beautifully weird Caudiciforms that riddled the background 😢seriously though, wonderfully engaging and inspiring as always. Thanks, Summer!
Nice program. I think it's also worth visiting rain forests to have a feel of how plants that end up in our homes and nurseries survive in their natural habitat. Amazon and the Congo rain forests would be a good start may be. Indonesian , Thailand rain forests can be considered as well.
Great tour! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Wow that could have gone on for an hour! Fascinating!!
Me encanta tu canal y sería estupendo si pusieras subtítulos en español. Muchas gracias 😊
Fascinating. Amazing that lemur surviving on what kills anything else. I'll certainly be more careful with my pencil cactus from here on out...God is great.
Wow, such a cool episode
Super informative also he is sexy, sorry and respectfully…also this poor man was dumped in a toxic spine forest without warning signs or advise. It is a miracle he didn’t perish or become blind.
Que maravilla de plantas
Regarding your question about the Xerosicyos danguyi... I could be totally wrong, but I've heard that cuttings of caudiciforms will form a caudex, but only underground? Maybe if you repot yours you'll see a caudex underneath that you can raise to the surface. Again, I'm not totally sure if it's true, but could be worth looking into :)
great tour of the cactus room. I have been to this wonderful place. The Atlanta Botanical Garden It's a wonderful all day trip. I also never knew the pencil cactus was so lethal I used to have one. I guess it would make a good bio weapon.
Love your channel especially the botanical tours!!!
Very educational. Thank you for sharing. Keep doing the good job.
I wish I could marry this gentleman :D Greetings from Poland!
I love @AtlBotanicalGarden ....thank-you Summer for coming to ATL....I love your content
Love you summer and love all your videos ❤ 😍🌵🪴🌵🪴🌵
Love the representation of dry ecosystems. In P.R. we have a corner of the Island that’s particularly dry. The dry forest of Guanica has super interesting and unique flora
Fukosima needs to get going nothing else to do ecology an opportunity
Enjoyable tour. Very knowledgeable man.
you both have the best jobs in the world.
Thank you so much for this video. I lovvve spiny, quirky plants
Totally enjoy the looks and the talks of Trey Fletcher. Great visit!
_Aloe arborescens_ leaves are possibly more sought after in South Africa for their wound-healing properties than _Aloe vera._ Not suitable for internal use and it should be remembered that many species of Aloe are deadly toxic. Don't put unidentified species on wounds, some were used to poison arrows.
Great video, nice to see such an interesting range.
wow a Desert , Laportea
More cacti and succulent tours, por favor.
9:28 ... and Aloe arborescens too!
Love desert succulents abd cacti
I live for cycad content
I have an osa pulchra that I stole from the osa rainforest of Costa Rica. I believe there's less than 30 in the rainforest and found a baby growing so had to take it. I think it increases the chances of it not going extinct. They are almost impossible to grow and are so picky about water, soil, temperature it's no wonder that it's one of the rarest plants in the world.
Thanks Summer both to you and Trey for a fascinating tour, well worth the time. Take Care Ian.
I love these tours - always very interesting and educational too :-)
Thanks to you I can visit places that would be otherwise very hard to get to (given my earthly location).
I love your channel
The same thing happened when I first got into Euphorbia and I had to learn the hard way how toxic the latex is! Thankfully I got it on my nose and not my eye! 3:31
I'm from Botswana. Good to see a coverage on African gardens and its crime scenes related to the making of a beautiful world of plants.
This is proper content!!!
wundervolles video! danke!
I love this
I LOVE THIS!!
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I need to go to Atlanta!