Hosted by Meredith Hemphill · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 96 episodes
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A podcast about strange, spooky, and misunderstood plants (and sometimes fungi).Support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/HerbariumoftheBizarre
Meredith Hemphill hosts Herbarium of the Bizarre, a science show with 96 episodes published.
Attendees at the Exotic and Carnivorous Plant Expo join the podcast to talk about their own favorite bizarre plants. I intended to post this episode a week or so after the expo, but then I caught the con crud from hell a
Come see me at the Exotic and Carnivorous Plant Expo this weekend: https://www.carnivorousplants.org/about/CEPExpoDetails Music by James Milor from Pixabay Information provided by: https://www.burymeinthebog.com/grow/rai
I learned some lessons from the 2024 discoveries episode, and I think this one is not quite so messy. I also managed to contain it all in one episode this time! Music by James Milor from Pixabay Information provided by:
Merry Christmas? Happy New Year? Happy Holidays! That covers it. Personally, I celebrated four this year. Enjoy this more-or-less seasonal episode about the New Zealand Christmas Tree. Music by James Milor from Pixabay.
Pass the cranberry sauce! Did you read that to the tune of the Bob’s Burgers song? I hope so. Music by James Milor Information provided by: https://www.cranberryinstitute.org/cranberry-health-research https://www.pbs.org
Sorry it sounds so echo-y. I’m dog/housesitting for my parents, so I’m not in my usual recording space. Ruby the Beagle says “hi.” Music by James Milor from Pixabay Information provided by: Diphylleia grayi -inspired str
There seems to be disagreement whether it ought to be spelled narrow-leafed or narrow-leaved. Neither is easy to say, for the record. Music by James Milor from Pixabay Information provided by: https://www.bbc.com/news/sc
This episode ended up being way more involved that I expected, but I learned so much, and I thought I knew Dutch Elm Disease pretty well already. Hopefully, y’all will learn a lot, too. Music by James Milor from Pixabay
We will resume my trilogy of invasive plants next week once I find my mind. Has anyone seen it? Music by James Milor from Pixabay Information provided by: https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/running-ponies/animal-or-
Don't worry, I'm okay. My car is very much not okay, unfortunately.
If you’re thinking of planting a Privet, you should pivot and plant something else. Well, if you live in North or Central America, anyway, but that doesn’t rhyme. Music by James Milor from Pixabay Information provided by
I have a complicated relationship with this stinky dead fish tree. For your entertainment, a Reddit thread about Bradford Pears: https://www.reddit.com/r/arborists/comments/1bn1wpv/why_bradford_pear_is_so_hated/ Music by
Meet the world’s biggest (and possibly stinkiest) flowers. Music by James Milor from Pixabay Information provided by: https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/03/world/worlds-largest-flower-indonesia-scn-trnd/index.html https://www.b
If you’re in the U.S., I hope you try and have a happy 4th of July. And as a public safety professional in my day job, I must remind you to please not start any fires or injure anyone with fireworks. ‘Kay thanks. Music b
Be a lavender menace. Music provided by James Milor from Pixabay Information provided by: Flowers and Their Meanings: The Secret Language and History of Over 600 Blooms by Karen Azoulay (2023) https://bouqs.com/blog/capr
Support the Pansy Project and get a cute shirt: https://birdscanflystore.com/collection/the-pansy-project/ Music by James Milor from Pixabay Information provided by: Flowers and Their Meanings: The Secret Language and Hi
Roses are (sometimes) red, Violets are (sometimes) blue, And if you ask Sappho, Violets are gay, too! Happy Pride Month 🌈 Music by James Milor from Pixabay Information provided by: Flowers and Their Meanings: The Secret
These extra-special trees are similar to both conifers and fruit trees, but they are actually something much, much older. Ginkgoes are the only tree species around today that was alive at the same time as dinosaurs! 🦕 H
Is it really possible that these trees walk around the rainforest like the Ents in Lord of the Rings? I forgot to mention that there won’t be an episode next week. Here’s your one-week notice that I’ll be on vacation nex
Today, at long last, I am revealing my favorite fact about witches’ flying ointment. 🧹 Music by James Milor from Pixabay Information provided by: https://www.gothichorrorstories.com/witches-garden/witch-garden-feature/w
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