Having raised tortoises for years, I can make an educated guess at how the seeds get distributed. If a tortoise eats something like a raspberry, that is juicy and sticky and easily broken, it invariably gets a piece or two stuck to it's chin. They clean their chins by scratching them with their front legs or rubbing them on the ground, but they have a hard time with small debris that fit between the claws or are on the underside of the head where rubbing doesn't reach. It wouldn't take much for a plant to evolve a snotty texture to really take advantage of that and hitch a ride. The debris tends to stay on for a couple days until it's dislodged by another feeding. I would say tortoises have debris like this about half the time they feed on something like a raspberry or blackberry.
You know, after that intro I thought I was going to skip through thist video, I'm wirting this 40 minutes in and I watched every second of it. Thank you, very interesting watch!
Time flies when you're having fun! Amazing content. And yeah, Russell's meticulous OCD makes it possible. This episode is on par with your visit to Alan's 'shroom lab in Oakland. Sometimes you just need to go deep and long!
I have watched this video so many times, one mans greenhouse has inspired me to grow mesembs. I now am growing lithops, aloinopsis shooneesii, and conophytum. they are such beautiful plants. thank you for inspiring people to fall asleep thinking about nature and find joy and peace within it.
My wife loves her lithop plants. I have to take care of em, cause she seems to kill them.. LOL I've managed to not kill them so far, and even got 1 to bloom.
that didn't feel long enough. I really like when you showcase a grower of plants you find interesting. While its amazing to see plants in habitat, its also really nice to see someone growing these plants with such care and dedication.
Never too long. I used to give 2 1/2 hour tours at a botanical garden. People loved it, I suspect because you don’t go to a botanical garden if you’re not interested. The other thingI love about these long episodes featuring a subject expert is the uniqueness of the people who do this work. The same was and is true of the botanists and nursery folks I knew, whether they had a PhD or an associate’s degree, or just an elevated interest. These people are doing the lord’s work, and if the world is to be saved from humanity, these folks are the ones who will do it.
Thank you Russell! Truly a king among men. Joey, get this man in the field with you, we all know you’re going back down there, you need a guide. Get it together fellas! I like how excited Russell got… not that he was monotone at all, but nothing really got a rise out of him here in his collection. The way he spoke and explained is a real sign of experience and passion to me. That said, I bet it’s a blast to watch when Russell does start geeking out in the field… lol I can see it now, scampering around the quartz and dropping to his belly. Passion is so contagious! The fact that there was 0 reference to money, profit, sales, marketing, or curb appeal … *Chef kiss* MWAH 💋
Amazingly, stunning collection that took years and years of patience and precise care. Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful collection, the owner should be very proud 💯💓
Omg! I don't know how many times I've "groomed" a succulent that looked like these because they had parts that looked dead when I should have let it be and be surprised that they "return from the dead" eh?
I couldn’t not watch the whole thing. I love mesembs so much! I can’t keep the little guys happy no matter how careful I am, so I’ll have to live vicariously through videos on them.
I love videos like this, i just wish it was twice as long. I could spend hours in that greenhouse admiring all those plants, so many amazing looking plants i have never seen before.
I loved Lithops as a boy and even sprouted some from seed, and now that I'm older I get to revisit what I loved but with the respect for knowledge and understanding of adulthood. It's like falling in love all over again, thank you so much for this video.
My second watch, what a great vid! You've got some dope buddies Joey, always learn something from y'all. Best wishes for the new year! Edit: perhaps being toothed increases the surface area of the leaf for photosynthesis? Tannins might help prevent disease, specifically fungus. Ok, now gfys, bye
Awesome. My guess is that every succulent freak in the East Bay (at least) is growing or has grown plants that this guy grew from seed. I definitely recognize the handwriting on the labels.😉
Hey Happy New Year Joey! what a shocker to see my old west Oakland home. I bought that very house about fifteen years ago. The original Greenhouse was 10'X30" and typically full of Sativa after I built it, I love that neighborhood and the palm tree out front was my gift to the block. II bet it's still pretty.
I just keep trying to steal a look at the plants in the background… the subject plants are stunning but all the stuff you never focus on are more interesting than the best plants most growers have. Just stunning!
Please, Joey - cover everything Russell has in there... it is beyond fascinating seeing what weird plants he has, and listening to him, and your questions and comments. I love this video! More please of the ones you passed over 💚 🌵
I've enjoyed all of your videos, but I LOVED this one. So fun to hear someone so excited about their plants. An amazing collection. Loads of work to keep that huge collection in such amazing shape.
As a 30 yr Old Cacti novice /Hobbyist ... This is So Over my Head!! But , So Freaking Interesting and Love the Knowledge your bringing . What a AWESOME, Beautiful Collection .Well worth the entire Post ... And most Likely watch all over again ,,and Save to Watch Later .
happy new year, bro. this is awesome because some of the plants this guy shows are mature versions of stuff i got started from seed under light s in the basement. i bought a few different mesemb packs in the summer from mesa and etsy and i've had them going since about august. i go down in the basement and stare at them every day basically but haven't seen what a bunch of them look like in mature form lol. there are some pictures online but i've never seen anything on how or why they exist. this is pretty kool. the monilaria, calculus, lithops! nice.
Such a weird and beautiful family. When I encountered some of these weirdos in habitat in South Africa I couldn't help but laugh - they're so cool and bizarre.
@@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt Hey man, someone's using your name and trying to scam people over what'sapp, through comments on some of your videos. Good luck out there!
I absolutely love plant people and how passionate we our about our passions. Once we get going the possibilities are endless and we love to talk about our babies 💖
I will and am watching the whole damned thing Tony! I’d watch a 3 hour long video if you made one! Such fascinating and important work you do! Your videos have piqued my interest in plants in general! Many years ago I worked for the Missouri Botanical Gardens. It was interesting but I wasn’t all that into plants in general. But after 30 years or so and coming across your channel several years ago, it has awoken a love and respect for plants that had been buried in my psyche since a child! YOU ROCK!
wow, an hour?? it didnt feel like it at all! i was so immersed and enthralled! It all looked like an alien planet, it felt like exploring a beautiful alien ecosystem, geeking out with two friends, you two's chemistry is amazing! Dayum, the diversity is astounding, especially at the start, those vases looked empty because of that amazing camouflage. And those amazing spiraly ones, i always thought it had to do with pushing away the substrate and diggin its way out to the surface, like a drill. Its so cool that it has to do with fog and water collection. I bet it has engeneering applications. the world of botany is so cool.
how I wish I can someday have a massive beautiful greenhouse like this in my backyard… wonderful video!! ur friends are all always a pleasure to see in ur videos
This took me two goes to watch but it was so worth it! Best Collection I have seen,please go back when everything is flowering! So many amazing plants!!
Happy New Year to you! I already listen to the podcast so you don't you worry about the length of the video. You are doing so much for botanical science communication with the way you do things.
Thoroughly enjoyed every second. I would LOVE to see more dense contam such as this. The mycology one was equally fascinating. Especially with cacti and all that. Keep up the great content joey you bastard.
Amazing video, made an hour seem like 15 minutes. I was wanting more at the end! Watching your videos has really made me want to get out and check out my area and see what I may not have noticed before.
Just want to say that this is my favorite TH-cam channel. I've been growing Lithops for about 6 years now. at 17:11 when they talk about the flowers getting stuck or not fully emerging could be for many of reasons, such as not enough water, too much water and or a temperature drop/increase. but then again Lithops are strange and they do as they do.
So happy your doing these man! Much respect and love from the Ottawa Cacti and Succulent Sanctuary 💚 🌵. I know my friend and fellow mesemb researcher Florent Grenier would really appreciate seeing this.
Wow!!!!! Amazing. Thank you both. This is what I love about learning natures treasures, there is a lifetime of things to learn, all mind blowing. Great way to start the New Year
Excellent information that keep the brain working! I do appreciate this video for the different varieties of MESEMBS and Aizoaceae! Thank you and I appreciate your send off at the End! The same to you! 🤣 I'm wishing you a great year of explorations and discoveries that help me appreciate what we have on this planet! Take Care! 😉
This was great, thanks! Really cool to see the many diverse forms within a single family, and Russel seems like a knowledgeable and friendly chap! Probably one of my favourite videos on this channel!
That episode blew my mind. Watched all the way thru. I’d love to grow plants this amazing in my sunny Boston apt!! Just a few. Thank you for teaching me so much!
This video is kinda reigniting my interest in biology, ringing back all those nights staying up watching Discovery Channel as a kid.. These plants are so cool
This just wasn’t long enough, there were some passed over I wish had been talked about! Just to look at the tables it looks boring until you really get a better look at all the textures, shapes and colors. Great camera work. Listening to the both of you was a real pleasure, thank you Joey. 🌱🥐
This was absolutely fabulous!!! The earth would be fine if we quit digging into her and killing her flora and fauna in our pride and greed. Pretty sure we are smart enough to figure out how to live without continuously doing harm to the environment around us. Thank you so much for this extended format! Helps strengthen and develop attention span, and interferes with the artificially induced dopamine addiction of "shorts"
These are some of my favorite plants. This was rad. The hour was up before I knew it, I felt like the video was just getting started and then it ended.
I love how technical, immersive, and expansive both of your knowledge is, but I was cracking up with the “curly wirly” statement! LOL could have said corkscrew or spiral but nope it CURLY WIRLY! I love it
Какая коллекция,дух захватывает, восторг,у меня литопсы,просто разные в одной емкости,это песчинка от вашей коллекции ,чудо в вашей теплице,я не понимаю язык,но я в восторге ❤
What an astonishing deep dive into a family I knew little about! I have a Gasteria that tolerates me. LOL! The hour went by so very quickly! Thank you, Joey and Russel!
Having raised tortoises for years, I can make an educated guess at how the seeds get distributed. If a tortoise eats something like a raspberry, that is juicy and sticky and easily broken, it invariably gets a piece or two stuck to it's chin. They clean their chins by scratching them with their front legs or rubbing them on the ground, but they have a hard time with small debris that fit between the claws or are on the underside of the head where rubbing doesn't reach. It wouldn't take much for a plant to evolve a snotty texture to really take advantage of that and hitch a ride. The debris tends to stay on for a couple days until it's dislodged by another feeding. I would say tortoises have debris like this about half the time they feed on something like a raspberry or blackberry.
I was thinking this exact same thing.
True
Interesting how many herp enthusiasts have cross-over interest in botany, avian/marine biology, etc etc. 👍🏻
You weren't joking about watching all the way through - such a jaw-dropping collection in this greenhouse. So cool!
He had such a great, colorful Lithops collection!
Here is a link to Russell's publishing company as well as a link to purchase Stephen Hammer's book on Titanopsis.
www.littlesphaeroid.com/
This is probably the most interesting plant related video I’ve seen on TH-cam
take me to the MFin Mesembryanthemaceae dungeon and whip me around whats the safe word?
I really appreciate two nerds letting a dummy like me be a fly on the wall.
I like channels that allow you to expand your knowledge base by simply watching.
I could spend months in that greenhouse and not get bored. So much to see and learn.
You know, after that intro I thought I was going to skip through thist video, I'm wirting this 40 minutes in and I watched every second of it. Thank you, very interesting watch!
Time flies when you're having fun! Amazing content. And yeah, Russell's meticulous OCD makes it possible. This episode is on par with your visit to Alan's 'shroom lab in Oakland. Sometimes you just need to go deep and long!
I have watched this video so many times, one mans greenhouse has inspired me to grow mesembs. I now am growing lithops, aloinopsis shooneesii, and conophytum. they are such beautiful plants. thank you for inspiring people to fall asleep thinking about nature and find joy and peace within it.
I’m back for like the 5th time.
I would absolutely volunteer as an intern here… I’d totally clean up after myself 💦
My wife loves her lithop plants.
I have to take care of em, cause she seems to kill them.. LOL
I've managed to not kill them so far, and even got 1 to bloom.
There’s nothing better than listening to someone with a giant collection and encyclopedic knowledge of a super specific type of plant.
that didn't feel long enough. I really like when you showcase a grower of plants you find interesting. While its amazing to see plants in habitat, its also really nice to see someone growing these plants with such care and dedication.
I’ve watched the entire thing twice. Fascinating.
Never too long. I used to give 2 1/2 hour tours at a botanical garden. People loved it, I suspect because you don’t go to a botanical garden if you’re not interested. The other thingI love about these long episodes featuring a subject expert is the uniqueness of the people who do this work. The same was and is true of the botanists and nursery folks I knew, whether they had a PhD or an associate’s degree, or just an elevated interest. These people are doing the lord’s work, and if the world is to be saved from humanity, these folks are the ones who will do it.
Thank you Russell! Truly a king among men.
Joey, get this man in the field with you, we all know you’re going back down there, you need a guide. Get it together fellas!
I like how excited Russell got… not that he was monotone at all, but nothing really got a rise out of him here in his collection. The way he spoke and explained is a real sign of experience and passion to me.
That said, I bet it’s a blast to watch when Russell does start geeking out in the field… lol
I can see it now, scampering around the quartz and dropping to his belly.
Passion is so contagious!
The fact that there was 0 reference to money, profit, sales, marketing, or curb appeal …
*Chef kiss* MWAH 💋
whose Joey?
ay tone, geddah loode ah thes wais gaiy
@@gramursowanfaborden5820 Joey Santore, the feller behind the camera
@@rishi-m _Tony_ Santoro
Amazingly, stunning collection that took years and years of patience and precise care. Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful collection, the owner should be very proud 💯💓
Omg! I don't know how many times I've "groomed" a succulent that looked like these because they had parts that looked dead when I should have let it be and be surprised that they "return from the dead" eh?
I wish I had the memory capacity that you both have. Fun video tour of the greenhouse, an hour was just right. Anyways, Happy New Year!
I couldn’t not watch the whole thing. I love mesembs so much! I can’t keep the little guys happy no matter how careful I am, so I’ll have to live vicariously through videos on them.
Same here. I "mother" them to death 😂
Hell yeah, here I am growing Aloinopsis and Lithops and Mesembryanthenum chrystallinum etc. - this is the video I have been waiting for! Thanks, Tony!
I love videos like this, i just wish it was twice as long. I could spend hours in that greenhouse admiring all those plants, so many amazing looking plants i have never seen before.
I could get lost in greenhouses just ogling plants for hours…!
Honestly I fell like some of your videos aren't long enough because there so interesting lol. Thanks for the hour. Happy New Year!
I loved Lithops as a boy and even sprouted some from seed, and now that I'm older I get to revisit what I loved but with the respect for knowledge and understanding of adulthood. It's like falling in love all over again, thank you so much for this video.
My second watch, what a great vid!
You've got some dope buddies Joey, always learn something from y'all.
Best wishes for the new year!
Edit: perhaps being toothed increases the surface area of the leaf for photosynthesis? Tannins might help prevent disease, specifically fungus.
Ok, now gfys, bye
Awesome. My guess is that every succulent freak in the East Bay (at least) is growing or has grown plants that this guy grew from seed. I definitely recognize the handwriting on the labels.😉
I see my country in a whole new light now! some of these grow in my lawn... new respect for the adaptability of plants. Excellent walk through
Hey Happy New Year Joey! what a shocker to see my old west Oakland home. I bought that very house about fifteen years ago. The original Greenhouse was 10'X30" and typically full of Sativa after I built it, I love that neighborhood and the palm tree out front was my gift to the block. II bet it's still pretty.
Crazy. Small ass world
This video blew my mind on how thin the line is between botany and genealogy. I am so happy and proud of both of you.
I just keep trying to steal a look at the plants in the background… the subject plants are stunning but all the stuff you never focus on are more interesting than the best plants most growers have.
Just stunning!
Please, Joey - cover everything Russell has in there... it is beyond fascinating seeing what weird plants he has, and listening to him, and your questions and comments. I love this video! More please of the ones you passed over 💚 🌵
Thoroughly enjoyed the whole hour, felt like a kid in a vr candy store
Eye candy for days!
This video wasn’t long enough! What a treasure trove of plant specimens he’s cultivated!
I've enjoyed all of your videos, but I LOVED this one. So fun to hear someone so excited about their plants. An amazing collection. Loads of work to keep that huge collection in such amazing shape.
That Raven on a t-shirt is on its way---thanks man, gonna love it
As a 30 yr Old Cacti novice /Hobbyist ... This is So Over my Head!! But , So Freaking Interesting and Love the Knowledge your bringing . What a AWESOME, Beautiful Collection .Well worth the entire Post ... And most Likely watch all over again ,,and Save to Watch Later .
Oh no! An hour long video from one of my favorite channels, to listen to while I work on getting my own native plant garden going. Whatever will I do
happy new year, bro. this is awesome because some of the plants this guy shows are mature versions of stuff i got started from seed under light s in the basement. i bought a few different mesemb packs in the summer from mesa and etsy and i've had them going since about august. i go down in the basement and stare at them every day basically but haven't seen what a bunch of them look like in mature form lol. there are some pictures online but i've never seen anything on how or why they exist. this is pretty kool. the monilaria, calculus, lithops! nice.
Such a weird and beautiful family. When I encountered some of these weirdos in habitat in South Africa I couldn't help but laugh - they're so cool and bizarre.
Why grow in the basement?
Nvm dumb question
@@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt Hey man, someone's using your name and trying to scam people over what'sapp, through comments on some of your videos. Good luck out there!
@@MentalWanderings I saw. Please report it has spam and let me know via comments on the post or email.
Happy News Year my plant(and evolution)loving fam!!
I absolutely love plant people and how passionate we our about our passions. Once we get going the possibilities are endless and we love to talk about our babies 💖
Thanks for the tour!
You keep damn good company and the shares are priceless
The more I listen to Russel the more I want to listen to Russel.
I will and am watching the whole damned thing Tony! I’d watch a 3 hour long video if you made one! Such fascinating and important work you do! Your videos have piqued my interest in plants in general! Many years ago I worked for the Missouri Botanical Gardens. It was interesting but I wasn’t all that into plants in general. But after 30 years or so and coming across your channel several years ago, it has awoken a love and respect for plants that had been buried in my psyche since a child! YOU ROCK!
wow, an hour?? it didnt feel like it at all! i was so immersed and enthralled! It all looked like an alien planet, it felt like exploring a beautiful alien ecosystem, geeking out with two friends, you two's chemistry is amazing!
Dayum, the diversity is astounding, especially at the start, those vases looked empty because of that amazing camouflage. And those amazing spiraly ones, i always thought it had to do with pushing away the substrate and diggin its way out to the surface, like a drill. Its so cool that it has to do with fog and water collection. I bet it has engeneering applications.
the world of botany is so cool.
Moisture farming
Great idea! Anything that would lower the energy cost of getting water out of air would change lives in some places.
This is the second time that I've watched this video. So interesting!
Ikr? Information overload… too much for just one viewing!
how I wish I can someday have a massive beautiful greenhouse like this in my backyard… wonderful video!! ur friends are all always a pleasure to see in ur videos
Thank you Russel & Joe for the tour, and showing off those beauties. Very Nice.
This took me two goes to watch but it was so worth it! Best Collection I have seen,please go back when everything is flowering! So many amazing plants!!
Happy New Year to you! I already listen to the podcast so you don't you worry about the length of the video. You are doing so much for botanical science communication with the way you do things.
Seriously worth watching all the way through. Such an extensive collection of plants and knowledge he has there.
I’m watching all of this
Thoroughly enjoyed every second. I would LOVE to see more dense contam such as this. The mycology one was equally fascinating. Especially with cacti and all that. Keep up the great content joey you bastard.
Wow, what a collection. I'm fascinated by this species. Thank you for sharing. Blessings in the new year 🕉
That did NOT seem like an hour. Time flies when yer face down in mesems.
"You can fuck right off and I won't be offended" is my new favorite line
Amazing video, made an hour seem like 15 minutes. I was wanting more at the end! Watching your videos has really made me want to get out and check out my area and see what I may not have noticed before.
Loved his collection, mesembs are so unique and fascinating! He's a wealth of knowledge too!
Just want to say that this is my favorite TH-cam channel.
I've been growing Lithops for about 6 years now. at 17:11 when they talk about the flowers getting stuck or not fully emerging could be for many of reasons, such as not enough water, too much water and or a temperature drop/increase. but then again Lithops are strange and they do as they do.
I love Russel's collection! What a cool guy. Thanks for showing us it Joey!
I loved this. Such an amazing greenhouse. I'll keep dreaming!
That's a super rad setup.
Was hoping you would wander back to the carnivorous plants, ngl. Guess you should just make another trip out there!
So happy your doing these man! Much respect and love from the Ottawa Cacti and Succulent Sanctuary 💚 🌵.
I know my friend and fellow mesemb researcher Florent Grenier would really appreciate seeing this.
Wow!!!!! Amazing. Thank you both. This is what I love about learning natures treasures, there is a lifetime of things to learn, all mind blowing. Great way to start the New Year
Happy New year, fascinating and beautifully filmed as always. Thanks
I've been holding off watching this video cause I saw that it's over an hour long, but damn! This was totally worth watching every single second.
Just discovered your videos. Thank you for putting these on the internet! 👍happy new year
My life is enriched by this video and all the wonder, awe, and beauty. Thanks all around
Couldn’t stop watching! Fantastic plants! Thanks
Excellent information that keep the brain working!
I do appreciate this video for the different varieties of MESEMBS and Aizoaceae!
Thank you and I appreciate your send off at the End! The same to you! 🤣
I'm wishing you a great year of explorations and discoveries that help me appreciate what we have on this planet!
Take Care! 😉
Best video I’ve seen on TH-cam. Your casual use of terminology was so refreshing. Loved all references to taxa, genetics, and phylogeny. Thank you.
This was great, thanks! Really cool to see the many diverse forms within a single family, and Russel seems like a knowledgeable and friendly chap! Probably one of my favourite videos on this channel!
That episode blew my mind. Watched all the way thru. I’d love to grow plants this amazing in my sunny Boston apt!! Just a few. Thank you for teaching me so much!
Rarely have I had so much fun while understanding so very very little.
LETS FUCKIN GO!!!
I’ll watch it 3 times just for the poor folks that bail out early!
I rewatch this every week and the second video please visit him again! Mezembs make me happy
The best hour spend watching this gem of a video.
I thoroughly enjoyed the ENTIRE episode sir
Succulents are my favorite plants in the world. I loved every minute of this video.
Tony welcome to this new year 2022!!! All the best to you-rock!!!
Man this is awesome content, fucking enyoing it and learning from it like a child, thanks for your excellent work and happy new year.
woah hour long nice, happy new year
This video is kinda reigniting my interest in biology, ringing back all those nights staying up watching Discovery Channel as a kid.. These plants are so cool
Great video super educational and fun. Never thought that lithops and relatives morphology and geologic would be so interesting.soo cool!
Really have to say, this was amazing. So much so I had to share it with my mom. Strange, strange, strange
This is one of the best channels on TH-cam!
This just wasn’t long enough, there were some passed over I wish had been talked about! Just to look at the tables it looks boring until you really get a better look at all the textures, shapes and colors. Great camera work. Listening to the both of you was a real pleasure, thank you Joey. 🌱🥐
This was absolutely fabulous!!! The earth would be fine if we quit digging into her and killing her flora and fauna in our pride and greed. Pretty sure we are smart enough to figure out how to live without continuously doing harm to the environment around us.
Thank you so much for this extended format! Helps strengthen and develop attention span, and interferes with the artificially induced dopamine addiction of "shorts"
Humans have created a “late-stage capitalist hellscape” as he so eloquently stated in another video!
Happy New Year, this guys collection looks amazing
Thanks
A look at what keen observation, and a cautious mind can accomplish.
Please visit again.
These plants are so full and amazing!
These are some of my favorite plants. This was rad. The hour was up before I knew it, I felt like the video was just getting started and then it ended.
I love how technical, immersive, and expansive both of your knowledge is, but I was cracking up with the “curly wirly” statement! LOL could have said corkscrew or spiral but nope it CURLY WIRLY! I love it
Always such informative, so much knowledge dropped in a single video this is crazy. Best TH-cam video from 2022 !
Happy New Year Joey Tim n Margaret love to start the day with a little CPBBD every morning.
Actualy this video made me subscribe!
Nice!
I love the highly educational content you produce -- and your take on human activities... 💯
It’s the “goodbye and gfy” at the end for me! 😂
Какая коллекция,дух захватывает, восторг,у меня литопсы,просто разные в одной емкости,это песчинка от вашей коллекции ,чудо в вашей теплице,я не понимаю язык,но я в восторге ❤
What an astonishing deep dive into a family I knew little about!
I have a Gasteria that tolerates me. LOL!
The hour went by so very quickly!
Thank you, Joey and Russel!
Fantastic collection! Interesting from start to finish. Thank you for sharing !!
Best to you in 22.. Can't forget Al, best to you to. Cheers from the frozen North.