A podcast about strange, spooky, and misunderstood plants (and sometimes fungi).
Support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/HerbariumoftheBizarre
Herbarium of the Bizarre
Claim This Podcastby Meredith Hemphill
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A podcast about strange, spooky, and misunderstood plants (and sometimes fungi). Support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/HerbariumoftheBizarre
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July 9, 2026
National Plants of the USA (America 250)
<p>Anyone feel like starting a campaign to make tomatoes the national fruit?</p><p><br></p><p>Music by James Milor on Pixabay</p><p><br></p><p>Information provided by:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.arborday.org/perspectives/americas-national-tree-mighty-oak">https://www.arborday.org/perspectives/americas-national-tree-mighty-oak</a></li><li><a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/159/text">https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/159/text</a></li><li><a href="https://www.congress.gov/committee-report/108th-congress/house-report/689/1">https://www.congress.gov/committee-report/108th-congress/house-report/689/1</a></li><li><a href="https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF13097">https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF13097</a></li><li>Dirksen and the Marigold <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwogofdiGys&t=158s">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwogofdiGys&t=158s</a></li><li><a href="https://www.nybg.org/planttalk/elizabeth-brittons-roses-campaigning-for-the-national-flower/">https://www.nybg.org/planttalk/elizabeth-brittons-roses-campaigning-for-the-national-flower/</a></li><li><a href="https://www.history.com/articles/oak-tree-national-tree-of-united-states-of-america">https://www.history.com/articles/oak-tree-national-tree-of-united-states-of-america</a></li><li><a href="https://extension.psu.edu/the-national-tree-and-national-floral-emblem-of-the-united-states">https://extension.psu.edu/the-national-tree-and-national-floral-emblem-of-the-united-states</a></li><li><a href="https://www.birdsandblooms.com/gardening/gardening-basics/national-flower-bird-tree-united-states/">https://www.birdsandblooms.com/gardening/gardening-basics/national-flower-bird-tree-united-states/</a></li><li><a href="https://statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-or-officially-designated-item/state-flower/rose">https://statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-or-officially-designated-item/state-flower/rose</a></li><li><a href="https://statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-or-officially-designated-item/state-tree/mighty-oak-tree">https://statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-or-officially-designated-item/state-tree/mighty-oak-tree</a></li><li><a href="https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title36-section303&num=0&edition=prelim">https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title36-section303&num=0&edition=prelim</a></li></ul>
June 27, 2026
Bonus Episode: What's Your Favorite Plant?
<p>Attendees at the Exotic and Carnivorous Plant Expo join the podcast to talk about their own favorite bizarre plants. I intended to post this episode a week or so after the expo, but then I caught the con crud from hell at ConCarolinas and have only just now gotten my voice back. </p><p><br></p><p>Music provided by James Milor from Pixabay</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Additional Information:</p><p><a href="https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Woodcock/overview">https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Woodcock/overview</a></p><p><a href="https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/american-woodcock">https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/american-woodcock</a></p><p><a href=" https://www.sandiegocarnivorousplantsociety.com/">https://www.sandiegocarnivorousplantsociety.com/</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrmecophyte">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrmecophyte</a></p>
May 13, 2026
Rainbow Plants (Byblis)
<p>Come see me at the Exotic and Carnivorous Plant Expo this weekend: <a href="https://www.carnivorousplants.org/about/CEPExpoDetails">https://www.carnivorousplants.org/about/CEPExpoDetails</a></p><p><br></p><p>Music by James Milor from Pixabay</p><p><br></p><p>Information provided by:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.burymeinthebog.com/grow/rainbow-plants">https://www.burymeinthebog.com/grow/rainbow-plants</a></li><li><a href="https://botany.org/home/resources/carnivorous-plants-insectivorous-plants/byblis-the-rainbow-plants.html">https://botany.org/home/resources/carnivorous-plants-insectivorous-plants/byblis-the-rainbow-plants.html</a></li><li><a href="https://www.carnivorousplants.org/grow/guides/Byblis">https://www.carnivorousplants.org/grow/guides/Byblis</a></li><li>The carnivorous rainbow plant Byblis filifolia Planch. secretes digestive enzymes in response to prey capture independently of jasmonates by A Pavlovič, et al. (2025). Plant Biology, 27(4), 549–557. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/plb.70029">https://doi.org/10.1111/plb.70029</a></li><li>Chemonastic Stalked Glands in the Carnivorous Rainbow Plant Byblis gigantea LINDL. (Byblidaceae, Lamiales) by Simon Poppinga, et al. (2022). International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23(19), 1151. <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms231911514">https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms231911514</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sarracenia.com/pubs/byblis.html">https://www.sarracenia.com/pubs/byblis.html</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byblis_(plant)">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byblis_(plant)</a></li></ul>
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