Posts Tagged ‘Agave’
November 13, 2020 Frederick Lueders, Walter Bartlett, Howard Scott Gentry, Jane Powers, Candace Bushnell, Jeff Cox, P. Allen Smith’s Seasonal Recipes from the Garden, and the 1916 Chrysanthemum Show
Today we celebrate the German-American botanist who lost all of his botanical work in the Columbia River. We’ll also learn about the man who started the Bartlett Arboretum. We’ll remember the Agave expert who never wanted a desk job. And we’ll take a look back at an article about the relationship between royalty and the…
Read MoreHow an Agave Changed Benedict Roezl’s Life Forever and Spurred Him to Become the World’s Top Orchid Hunter
“Even though Benedict was 6’2″ tall and used an imposing iron hook for a hand, Benedict was robbed 17 times and once even attacked by a jaguar while he hunted for orchids.” November 4, 2019 On today’s show, the Plant Explorer and orchidologist Benedict Roezl’s plant collecting was featured in a story about the Arizona…
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