Another summer vacation episode of rootbound. Steve spends a lot of time talking about a bug but he eventually gets back to plants. The show closes with a song by Surrija

Show Notes!
About Fireflies
rootbound episode 103
Listen to Firefly by Surrija on Apple Music or Spotify
Surrija.com

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It’s a tale of three summers on this summer vacation episode of rootbound.

Show Notes!

Meteorlogical vs Astronomical Seasons
National Phenology Network
Listen and download “Phenological Summer”

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The guest on this episode is Phaan Howng! We talk about two botanical “snakes”, get slightly provocative regarding houseplants, go on several tangents, and finally end on the Future of Orchids. We also meet Virginia Thaxton, Interior Horticulturist at Smithsonian Gardens at the Kogod Courtyard at the Smithsonian Portrait Gallery/American Art museum.

Show Notes!
The Kogod Courtyard
The Future of Orchids
Dracaena trifasciata
Mock Strawberry: A Disdained Common Edible
蛇莓
传说之物“蛇泡草”，你听老人讲过吗？其实没有毒！
Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of the Brendel plant model
Art by Phaan Howng
Smithsonian Gardens

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The guest on this episode of rootbound is Sophia Mahoney-Rohrl aka Gentle Millennial Friend. First, Steve is in Switzerland talking about clouds. Then, Sophia shares a big, fire-loving, mysterious tree. Steve shares about killer nuts and the tree they belong to. Finally, Steve discovers a tree in an unexpected place.

Show Notes!

Trees bend the laws of physics

Epicormic Growth

Trees of Mystery

Albino Redwoods

Ensatina salamanders

Bertholletia excelsa

Brazil nut harvesting proves a win-win for forest and community livelihood

Meet the Agouti: the master behind Brazil nuts

Giant Sequoia at Bleicherweg & Todistrasse in Zürich, Zurigo, Switzerland

Gentle Millennial Friend on Instagram

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Due to a sick kid, this won’t be a normal episode of the program. Steve is joined by Karla and they talk about chemistry and love near the straw-colored flat sedge.

Show Notes!
A Historical Overview of Natural Products in Drug Discovery
Discovery of Camptothecin and Taxol
Aspirin: Turn-of-the-Century Miracle Drug
episode 097: Variegated Winter Daphne and Mountain Mint
Download Near the Straw-Colored Flat Sedge

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The guest on this episode of rootbound is Tina Guldhammer-Frei of Greet The Wild! First, Steve stands near some trees. Then, Tina shares the first fern on the show and how it has lead her on her journey into nature. Steve talks about yet another “weed” in his yard. Finally, Steve dives deep into the reproductive cycle of ferns.

Show Notes!

rootbound episode 028: Sassafras!

Western Sword Fern (Polystichum munitum)

Reasons to Love Sword Ferns

Virginia Copperleaf (Acalypha virginica)

The Fern Life Cycle

Watch Ferns Get Freaky

Greet The Wild on the web

Greet The Wild on Instagram

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The guest on this episode of rootbound is Krystal Frame. It’s another special episode of rootbound and this time we’re talkin’ the humble potato! Steve and Krystal chat about potato joy, potato sorrow, outer space, potato face, and history — both family and world varieties. The show closes with some facts inspired by potato jams.

Show Notes!
Potato wikipedia
Frederick the Great, potatoes and the art of rebranding
Did Frederick The Great Introduce The Potato To Germany?
Space potatoes
The Lumper: A humble potato that changed history
The Irish Famine: Complicity in Murder
Rösti recipe
Crossing the Röstigraben
Idaho Potato Museum
George Crum aka George Speck
Sustain Frame on the web
Sustain Frame Instagram

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On this special spring episode we are talking total eclipses! April 8, 2024 was a total solar eclipse and Steve shares his experience — but this is a plant podcast and so Steve also talks with Daniel Beverly. Daniel shares is experience researching the effect of total solar eclipses on plants during not one, but two total solar eclipses!

Show Notes!
Hydraulic and photosynthetic responses of big sagebrush to the 2017 total solar eclipse
Eclipses give IU researcher a glimpse into plants’ reaction to environmental stressors
Why the Eclipse Leaves Us Awe-Struck
The AmeriFlux Network
A composite image I took at the 2017 eclipse
Daniel Beverly’s website

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The guest on this episode of rootbound is Hannah Vega! First, Steve discusses the concept of medicine (again). Then Hannah explains a ghostly plant that loves mushrooms. Steve talks about avian excrement, the bible and yet another weed in his lawn. Finally, we speculate about the meaning of biblical text in a non-religious way.

Show Notes!
Monotropa uniflora (ghost pipe)
The Ghosts of the Forest Floor: Ghost Pipes
Ornithogalum umbellatum(eleven o’clock lady)
2 Kings 6:25
A exploration of Dove’s Dung from the biblicalcyclopedia.com
Definition of thermoperiodicity
Pedanius Dioscorides
Pharmacognosy
Hannah Vega on Instagram (@afroforagers)
Hannah Vega’s Photography

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This special Mixed Greens episode of rootbound is kind of all over the place. Steve eats cactus, learns about a gruesome tomato commercial, learns about the nuts history of his family and does a deep dive on fake music with Party Nails.

Show Notes!
How to Harvest Prickly Pear Pads
All fake rootbound theme songs!
Los Tomatitos Muy Contentitos through the decades
Black Walnut episode of rootbound
Article by my Great Grandfather about my 3xGreat Grandfather
All Versions of Nose Twister!
Party Nails on the web!

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