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OTL reloaded: Weird Plants by Chris Thorogood

I'm taking a break until July 17 but while I am gone, I am bringing you three gems from the On The Ledge archive. The first is episode 71, first published way back in 2018, all about some of the odder houseplants in existence.

Dr Chris Thorogood is a botanist at Oxford Botanic Garden with a clever sideline in painting brilliant pictures of the plants he loves and studies: his new book, Weird Plants, is a brilliant book for anyone who wants to delve a bit deeper into some of the strangest corners of the botanical world.

I find out from Chris why engineers are studying the slippery qualities of Nepenthes pitchers, which creature uses Low's pitcher plant as a toilet, and why Stapelia flowers look mouldy.

See full show notes here: https://www.janeperrone.com/on-the-ledge/2018/11/6/episode-71-chris-thorogood

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Episode 324: A letter to my 12-year-old houseplant self

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Episode 323: So you've been given a miniature rose... here's how to save it!

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Episode 322: Hop in the terrarium time machine… we're going back to the sixties!

Come with me to Broad Chalke in Wiltshire on a sunny summer's day in the early 1960s as we explore SIr Cecil Beaton's Winter Garden at his home Reddish House. Want to see images of the Winter Garde...

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Episode 321: Peperomia variegation, a top-heavy Homalomena and a fern called Judy

it's a Q&A special! I answer listener questions about the Terrarium Time Machine and its ferny inhabitant, why the watermelon Peperomia sports silvery marks and more. Timestamps 3:08 Judy, the fern ...

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Episode 320: Houseplants that give me the ick

I love houseplants, but I draw the line at these three. Find out which houseplants I really can't stand, and why! For full show notes visit https://www.janeperrone.com/on-the-ledge/houseplant-ick Supp...

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OTL reloaded - my top tips on how to give your houseplants a holiday outside this summer

This episode is a gem from the On The Ledge archive, first published during the Covid era as you'll see from the introduction. Want to give your houseplants a staycation outside? Here are my top tips ...

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OTL reloaded: Aroids with Dr Peter Boyce

This episode is a gem from the On The Ledge archive, first published in 2021. Aroid expert Peter Boyce joins me to discuss the newly-formed European Aroid Society, exciting new developments in the wor...

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