Study time Don't forget to take plenty of breaks And don't forget to digest what you read slowly enough to understand every microscopic nuance of life and indirect life
Man!!! Another eye-opening video. Thank you for all the knowledge you share with us unfortunate bastards. You are allowing us to take a look at magnificence in nature through your posts. Your enthusiasm is infectious.
As a non-racist redheaded grandma, I know about "rusty fuzz"! Love the Nepanthes, the way the pitchers come from the leaf tips is so wild. Appreciate the effort you put forth. Did you ever imagine you'd study in an herbarium, years ago? Goals, baby! You're the only guy I love enough to sit through the worlds most racist grandpa's ads, geeze, 4 tRump ads. Hope the pennies help out.
@Robert Phillips "Yeah so I go around and check out plants and what the shit." joey: "Ohh dawg, you wanna talk plants, this one time in 1982, there was a light smell of churro in the air and we was on 4 hits of acid dawg iI'm tellin ya.."
"Couple days and a few dozen miles later"... long pause, proceeds to yelling. Startled the shit out of me.Was wearing headphones!! I'm awake now. Good stuff. 😂
Thank you. Never saw footage of Parasitaxus before.. You are on an island that is part of a region for fruit-eating pigeons and doves. Maybe they are the main carriers of this parasite's seeds? The Melanesians hunt a native pigeon in those hot wet forests they call hu-tu.
I just got hired for natural landscape management at a camping in Amsterdam. My goal is to learn about urban and native botany while working. Thank you for being an inspiration to find my passion in life and to make my living from it.
Parasitaxus usta does in fact have chlorophyll apparently, but is missing a ton of genetics relating to actually using it for photosynthesis. Dumb thing went and forgot how to cook and now has to make do mooching off of others, despite owning most of a kitchen. A truly fascinating plant.
@@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt I read about it in a paper called: A unique mode of parasitism in the conifer coral tree Parasitaxus ustus (Podocarpaceae) by Taylor S. Field and Tim J Brodribb DOI j.1365-3040.2005.01378.x (I think, these things can get pretty cooked) "Despite possessing chloroplasts, it was found that the burgundy red shoots of Parasitaxus lack significant photosynthetic electron transport. However unlike non-photosynthetic angiosperm parasites (holoparasites), tissues of Parasitaxus are considerably enriched in [carbon-13] relative to its host." Pretty interesting, I wonder if that is an indicator or relatively recent evolution to parasitism? Far from even a beginner botanist though, geology is my kinda thing.
Blew my mind with this..Video all of it..Its like one of those GET the Knack Albums when almost every song was a hit in my opinions. That parasitic Conifer flippin Amazing. And that big Darian looking thing. VERY COOL hot! Jurassic Jungle, WOW thanks.GET well Imodium may help
Love the low-brow educational materials subverting the dominant paradigm. Have you ever read "The Invention of Nature," a ridiculously long but interesting biography of Alexander von Humboldt? I'm into environmental ethics and philosophy and all that, so I was interested in the history of the ideas or concepts of nature and ecology (and the info on Goethe, who is somehow underappreciated as a naturalist) but "The Invention of Nature" has a little something for everyone. The stories of Humboldt's travels through South America are especially harrowing. I can't believe what all he went through for his plant obsession...I suspect you can relate ;-) Thank you for all the great info on CPBBD and the laughs, too. Dark humor, how else will we evolve through the Sixth Mass Extinction? (don't answer that)
Wow! Pretty parasite! Loving your videos. So educational cos I thought that falcatifolium looked a bit like yew and then learnt that taxoides means yew-like. Thanks!
@@treesagreen4191 it's the secret to language! Why I don't feel bad for paying for a nursing education when I only practiced for a few years. I loved working with animals & plants more!
You mentioned the Field Museum - It's free for Illinois residents this February. The hall of plants with all the finely crafted fake plants is an awesome way to learn plant families. Next time you're in town I'll sneak you in.
the bait berry makes them eat both parts of the podocarpus cone the bait berry is edible where as the other part of the cone is toxic ,that being said it is hard to poison birds because they lack stomach acid,plus they eat clay in the wild to counter the toxins.
Plants wo chlorophyll blow my mind. Ive gotta learn more about how Parasitaxus does it's thing. I can only imagine it having roots which wrap around the roots of ths host, but i get the feeling that its way more complicated than that.
They appear very similar - but the give-away is that the leaf veins of Nageia converge on the leaf tip (which usually comes to a point or drip-tip), and in Agathis the leaf veins remain more-or-less parallel at the leaf tip (which is usually more blunt than that of Nageia).
I wonder if that thing you said was "a moss" might be a lycophyte - clubmoss. At least I've not seen an actual moss with that kind of solid stem structure before, but it's tropical so I can't be sure. :) I really thought Parasitaxus would be bigger but then I've only seen pictures in textbooks. Thanks for the vicarious enjoyment .
Largest I've heard of Parasitaxus getting is about 7 feet, but most seem barely half that. Found another population a few days ago and they topped out at 3 feet, as well, with most much smaller. There's still a lot of mystery behind this plant and it's very understudied. Unlike most root parasites, it supposedly lacks haustoria.
Fuck yeah. I eated the silica gel packets all da time. Doctor says brain not bad good afecteded. Your getting mad big popular bro. Thanks agian for being such a good source of fun education. From J.B down in the southest Australia Gippsland region. Cheers.
Seems nearly impossible. Though some sleazy company named "Rare Palm Seeds" was selling seeds they illegally smuggled out of the country a few months back for a ridiculous amount of money.
Dude, that opening shot looked like Floraduh! 😀 I should shoot you some video and you can narrate over it. I'll just grab stuff and smash it into the lens and shit you know what I mean? You think you could handle that? No? OK then gfy! ;) and what the shit. p.s. that moss at 13:50 looks similar to the star moss in North Carolina (a very variated state and you might like exploring the different Piedmont zones. Kind of like Cali with an ocean and mountain range,though no desert. And I believe the oldest virgin forest in the country. Another fun one is Mark Twain national park. Bryce Canyons ok(pack out on horse if you can, or go on an organized ride and then keep to yourself and do your own thing :P). I wish you many more happy adventures for us to go along with you! 🙆👋👋
Amber Richards I’d recommend getting it on maybe the pinky bone in your hand, the inside of your finger will see a lot of abuse and distort the tattoo over the years.
Stunning red parasite with juniper-like berries! Maybe you could make a rare (psychedelic) gin or something from it-$1000 a bottle! Now, would that be good or bad for its preservation??
Have you seen Stewart McPherson's videos? He's more or less a pitcher plant expert and has quite a few great videos of his expeditions here on youtube. The channel is Redfern Natural History Productions.
Sorry to be a pedantic bastard sir, but Acacia spirorbis is not endemic to New Caledonia. It also grows in coastal north Queensland and in Fiji. That curly pod is one of my favorite things, I'm not sure why. Given the quality of your videos it seems a bit wrong to point out such a minor thing, but I thought you might appreciate the correction. Thank you for blowing a gust of fresh air into u tube and botany and for sharing your joy of knowledge. You are doing a good thing, somebody should name a park or a correctional institution after you.
Did I say endemic? I meant native. One of only two species. No need to apologize for the correction. Thank you. Sometimes I mis-speak, sometimes I'm flat out wrong. Try to correct those in editing but sometimes they slip through.
This is literally the only second video on parasitaxis on the whole internet, thank you my man
Well we came up on a huge population of it again yesterday so there's gonna be three.
There's another one on the channel Tales from Greenhouse! It's tiny, but its a good channel, too.
Study time
Don't forget to take plenty of breaks
And don't forget to digest what you read slowly enough to understand every microscopic nuance of life and indirect life
I can listen to this dude for hours, no intellectual snobbery just pure facts and what we call in the uk good patter!!
A parasitic gymnosperm? That's one of the coolest plants I've ever seen!
The ghost of Charles Darwin is there in the background of every CPBBD video, smiling.
Man, you made me smile
I’ve had those thoughts myself. Don’t forget Lewis and Clark, and Audubon.
And Steve Irwin when he encounters animals
26:57 I felt that “whOooOoa” in my soul
Sounds to me like you have a great reason to go back during a better year.
Man!!! Another eye-opening video. Thank you for all the knowledge you share with us unfortunate bastards. You are allowing us to take a look at magnificence in nature through your posts. Your enthusiasm is infectious.
As a non-racist redheaded grandma, I know about "rusty fuzz"!
Love the Nepanthes, the way the pitchers come from the leaf tips is so wild. Appreciate the effort you put forth. Did you ever imagine you'd study in an herbarium, years ago? Goals, baby!
You're the only guy I love enough to sit through the worlds most racist grandpa's ads, geeze, 4 tRump ads. Hope the pennies help out.
'Rusty fuzz' fucking hell, Katie..!
Adblock =]
I was lucky none of mine were Trump ads, but like you, I watch them as a way to help as well.
@@rcs368 I bought 2 of his shirts so I could feel good about blocking the shitty adds xD
You dont have to sit through the ads for the channel to make money, at least, that's not how it works now
Stunning video, kudos the the donor who enabled you to go, i think he & us got real value for his money, thanks to ya both.
Definitely the most informative, interesting and humorous channels on TH-cam !
very nice looking pitcher plant and the Parasitaxus usta was interesting and lovely, I love this channel
Never entertained the notion of a heterotrophic gymnosperm, now I have seen one in some detail. Blows my goddamn mind. Incredible stuff!
13:54 holy shit that branch structure is wild
Agreed love the spread of the leaves, absolutely beautiful
It's almost like looking down on concentric ripples in a big green bowl of water. Fucking beautiful.
killsalot78 fr! I love tree ferns so so much 😭
Thanks again! This has been a wonderful way to spend some time on a snowy Sunday morning.
you’re a great role model tony! greetings from switzerland
I can strongly appreciate the lack of mosquitoes! Your videos are fantastic, informative, and entertaining! 😎
Man where has this channel been all my life. Really entertaining and interesting content. Super envious my guy
The world needs this Man and Joey "Coco" Diaz to have a conversation
@Robert Phillips yes I just think hearing the stories from these two would be great
@Robert Phillips "Yeah so I go around and check out plants and what the shit." joey: "Ohh dawg, you wanna talk plants, this one time in 1982, there was a light smell of churro in the air and we was on 4 hits of acid dawg iI'm tellin ya.."
Yo that red rare parasite with the exposed seeds was absolutely gorgeous
Thought I has either having deja vu or losing my mind @ 17:17 & 21:00
Those lil red pitcher plants are OBSCENE 👀😆👍
"Couple days and a few dozen miles later"... long pause, proceeds to yelling. Startled the shit out of me.Was wearing headphones!! I'm awake now. Good stuff. 😂
I always feel smarter after listening to you.
If I had money I'd go there to see the most amazing plant community in the world. This is the next best thing, so thank you.
*slaps me with parasitaxus usta*
"Have you had enough yet?"
"Never!"
Thank you. Never saw footage of Parasitaxus before.. You are on an island that is part of a region for fruit-eating pigeons and doves. Maybe they are the main carriers of this parasite's seeds? The Melanesians hunt a native pigeon in those hot wet forests they call hu-tu.
I just got hired for natural landscape management at a camping in Amsterdam. My goal is to learn about urban and native botany while working. Thank you for being an inspiration to find my passion in life and to make my living from it.
I hope it has worked out for you
618 likes, 0 dislikes. My man you are a champion of TH-cam! I'm so happy you've succeeded :)
Parasitaxus usta does in fact have chlorophyll apparently, but is missing a ton of genetics relating to actually using it for photosynthesis. Dumb thing went and forgot how to cook and now has to make do mooching off of others, despite owning most of a kitchen. A truly fascinating plant.
That's surprising. Cite a paper please! I wouldn't be surprised if it has lost most the genes for photosynthesis like most parasitic plants have.
@@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt I read about it in a paper called:
A unique mode of parasitism in the conifer coral tree Parasitaxus ustus (Podocarpaceae)
by Taylor S. Field and Tim J Brodribb
DOI j.1365-3040.2005.01378.x (I think, these things can get pretty cooked)
"Despite possessing chloroplasts, it was found that the burgundy red shoots of Parasitaxus lack significant photosynthetic electron transport. However unlike non-photosynthetic angiosperm parasites (holoparasites), tissues of Parasitaxus are considerably enriched in [carbon-13] relative to its host."
Pretty interesting, I wonder if that is an indicator or relatively recent evolution to parasitism? Far from even a beginner botanist though, geology is my kinda thing.
Blew my mind with this..Video all of it..Its like one of those GET the Knack Albums when almost every song was a hit in my opinions. That parasitic Conifer flippin Amazing.
And that big Darian looking thing. VERY COOL hot!
Jurassic Jungle, WOW thanks.GET well Imodium may help
Love the low-brow educational materials subverting the dominant paradigm. Have you ever read "The Invention of Nature," a ridiculously long but interesting biography of Alexander von Humboldt? I'm into environmental ethics and philosophy and all that, so I was interested in the history of the ideas or concepts of nature and ecology (and the info on Goethe, who is somehow underappreciated as a naturalist) but "The Invention of Nature" has a little something for everyone. The stories of Humboldt's travels through South America are especially harrowing. I can't believe what all he went through for his plant obsession...I suspect you can relate ;-) Thank you for all the great info on CPBBD and the laughs, too. Dark humor, how else will we evolve through the Sixth Mass Extinction? (don't answer that)
Damn it man, I LOVE your videos... Keep spewing your words of knowledge, you magnificent bastard ✌️🐝🐝🐝
Wow! Pretty parasite! Loving your videos. So educational cos I thought that falcatifolium looked a bit like yew and then learnt that taxoides means yew-like. Thanks!
The anti-cancer drug Taxol came from the yews. Medical knowledge closely aligns with botanical information, both Latin.
Thanks Katie. I don't know much about drugs but I love following the roots of words and names.
@@treesagreen4191 it's the secret to language! Why I don't feel bad for paying for a nursing education when I only practiced for a few years. I loved working with animals & plants more!
I see, & hear, you are in heaven dude. I’ve never heard you so serene.
These last two video have been unbelievable: mind blown. Yeah, thanks
You mentioned the Field Museum - It's free for Illinois residents this February. The hall of plants with all the finely crafted fake plants is an awesome way to learn plant families. Next time you're in town I'll sneak you in.
Thanks friend. Great herbarium there too. Excellent for lurking/sniffing the specimens (only half serious about this last one).
This is a sort of botany world tour, a bit like the crocodile hunter but with plants. You're the plant man.
HappyKundalini ~ He’s the Bill Burr of Botany.
He is definitely a heterotroph.
Wow P. Usta What a banger! Effing beautiful!
Wait a second. You blew right past that amazing palm. But thanks for the hugely entertaining and always informative walks.
I was hoping for a video on parasitaxus, great job brother
You are my hero. Loved seeing the research center.
New Caledonia!!! I am so excited to watch this. May you see Amborella trichopoda someday.
Saw it two days ago. Mostly females on a slope in the shady understory at about 500 m
Gotta again thank the anonymous UK donor. Such a close up pawing of Parasitaxis usta is a goddamn gift.
Hey J,
Thanks again for the VoD.
Take care Brudda :-p
I thought I would hear more birds in a place like that. But it's eerie quiet there.
wish i knew what you were talking about half the time so I didn't feel like a dumbass, but you're lovely to listen to while i be playing runescape
Just read about that, can’t wait to see about p.usta!
Lets hope he makes it to Socotra.
Very glad you got to see it!
the bait berry makes them eat both parts of the podocarpus cone the bait berry is edible where as the other part of the cone is toxic ,that being said it is hard to poison birds because they lack stomach acid,plus they eat clay in the wild to counter the toxins.
Plants wo chlorophyll blow my mind. Ive gotta learn more about how Parasitaxus does it's thing. I can only imagine it having roots which wrap around the roots of ths host, but i get the feeling that its way more complicated than that.
It was worth you going there, even if you couldn’t see everything! A better year will happen!
I would love to hear more about pollination. Biogeography changed my mind over plants.(I "love" you for that.)
Nice video. Real interesting.
Love tree fern and that canopy!!!
The foliage of the Agathis looks a lot like that of the Nageia.
They appear very similar - but the give-away is that the leaf veins of Nageia converge on the leaf tip (which usually comes to a point or drip-tip), and in Agathis the leaf veins remain more-or-less parallel at the leaf tip (which is usually more blunt than that of Nageia).
I wonder if that thing you said was "a moss" might be a lycophyte - clubmoss. At least I've not seen an actual moss with that kind of solid stem structure before, but it's tropical so I can't be sure. :) I really thought Parasitaxus would be bigger but then I've only seen pictures in textbooks. Thanks for the vicarious enjoyment .
Largest I've heard of Parasitaxus getting is about 7 feet, but most seem barely half that. Found another population a few days ago and they topped out at 3 feet, as well, with most much smaller. There's still a lot of mystery behind this plant and it's very understudied. Unlike most root parasites, it supposedly lacks haustoria.
Pitcher plants just make me go fuckin feral I love them!! Also thank you for essentially showing us untold wonders of the world.
You are everything 🙌🥂🌍❤️
5:35 Shoutout to Leon Bridges!
Loving your work sir.
The ultramathic action starts at 28:00 ;)
I love that you listen to Leon bridges
Fuck yeah. I eated the silica gel packets all da time. Doctor says brain not bad good afecteded. Your getting mad big popular bro. Thanks agian for being such a good source of fun education. From J.B down in the southest Australia Gippsland region. Cheers.
wow! that P. usta is just amazing
dirty donuts weeeeeeeeeeee
hey thank you for sharing
wow! a parasitic conifer! that's so cool
Have you come across Amborella on your trip?
If it isn't photosynthetic, why does it produce foliage? Is it vestigial? Does it store sugar for the right time to produce seed?
Fun fact: One meaning of Usta in turkish is master.
Are you going to do some ex-situ conservation of the Parasitaxus usta?
Seems nearly impossible. Though some sleazy company named "Rare Palm Seeds" was selling seeds they illegally smuggled out of the country a few months back for a ridiculous amount of money.
Whoa, pitcher plants..nice.
Dude, that opening shot looked like Floraduh! 😀 I should shoot you some video and you can narrate over it. I'll just grab stuff and smash it into the lens and shit you know what I mean? You think you could handle that? No? OK then gfy! ;) and what the shit.
p.s. that moss at 13:50 looks similar to the star moss in North Carolina (a very variated state and you might like exploring the different Piedmont zones. Kind of like Cali with an ocean and mountain range,though no desert. And I believe the oldest virgin forest in the country. Another fun one is Mark Twain national park. Bryce Canyons ok(pack out on horse if you can, or go on an organized ride and then keep to yourself and do your own thing :P). I wish you many more happy adventures for us to go along with you! 🙆👋👋
Was that giant leaf at 2:40ish Cecropia?
Agathis are the Eucalyptus and Sequoia of Araucariaceae.
I'm really thinking about getting that Millimeter tattoo you have on your finger. I think it would be so useful.
Amber Richards I’d recommend getting it on maybe the pinky bone in your hand, the inside of your finger will see a lot of abuse and distort the tattoo over the years.
We've got quite a few Wikstroemia here in Hawai`i
Are you going to check out any Amborella?
I really don't give a damn about the subject matter. But you take me to my happy place.
I'm here toooooooo ...
When are you going to have more stickers?
Yeah, with Podocarps they're just "cones." Forget that Northern pinecone bias, it'll be fine.
Please visit your local herbarium (dried plant collection). Donate if you can. They are usually pretty far down on the budget list.
This man is on an island right now. New Caledonia.
Thanks
Very cool!
Please come to San Diego
Was this filmed on Kaua'i?
Anyone know of some good botany sources for the Sierra Mountains/ Kings Canyon and Sequoia NP. Videos, books, internet stuff? Thanks botany friends
Did you leave before the big storm.
No Amborella Tony? The most primitive flowering plant in the world. In the mid 2000's it was the hottest thing in Hort. Man,what a stir it made.
Just sit tight relax and give it a few days for chrissakes. I can only edit so many of these obnoxious things at once.
@@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt Ah,ok..lol. I thought how could he not do the holy grail?
Stunning red parasite with juniper-like berries! Maybe you could make a rare (psychedelic) gin or something from it-$1000 a bottle! Now, would that be good or bad for its preservation??
Thank you.
Have you seen Stewart McPherson's videos? He's more or less a pitcher plant expert and has quite a few great videos of his expeditions here on youtube. The channel is Redfern Natural History Productions.
Rusty Fuzz .... the punk band in cop garb
Oh I like that
Would you say, the parisitaxus that you measured at 20:20 is a century old?
Real nice.
Sorry to be a pedantic bastard sir, but Acacia spirorbis is not endemic to New Caledonia. It also grows in coastal north Queensland and in Fiji. That curly pod is one of my favorite things, I'm not sure why. Given the quality of your videos it seems a bit wrong to point out such a minor thing, but I thought you might appreciate the correction. Thank you for blowing a gust of fresh air into u tube and botany and for sharing your joy of knowledge. You are doing a good thing, somebody should name a park or a correctional institution after you.
Did I say endemic? I meant native. One of only two species. No need to apologize for the correction. Thank you. Sometimes I mis-speak, sometimes I'm flat out wrong. Try to correct those in editing but sometimes they slip through.
How big is your Champaign flute!?