Anyone feel like starting a campaign to make tomatoes the national fruit?
Music by James Milor on Pixabay
Information provided by:
https://www.arborday.org/perspectives/americas-national-tree-mighty-oak (https://www.arborday.org/perspectives/americas-national-tree-mighty-oak)
https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/159/text (https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/159/text)
https://www.congress.gov/committee-report/108th-congress/house-report/689/1 (https://www.congress.gov/committee-report/108th-congress/house-report/689/1)
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF13097 (https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF13097)
Dirksen and the Marigold https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwogofdiGys&t=158s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwogofdiGys&t=158s)
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/)
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)
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)
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/)
https://statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-or-officially-designated-item/state-flower/rose (https://statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-or-officially-designated-item/state-flower/rose)
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)
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)
27 Jun 2026
Bonus Episode: What's Your Favorite Plant?
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.
Music provided by James Milor from Pixabay
Additional Information:
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Woodcock/overview (https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Woodcock/overview)
https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/american-woodcock (https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/american-woodcock)
https://www.sandiegocarnivorousplantsociety.com/ ( https://www.sandiegocarnivorousplantsociety.com/)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrmecophyte (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrmecophyte)
13 May 2026
Rainbow Plants (Byblis)
Come see me at the Exotic and Carnivorous Plant Expo this weekend: https://www.carnivorousplants.org/about/CEPExpoDetails (https://www.carnivorousplants.org/about/CEPExpoDetails)
Music by James Milor from Pixabay
Information provided by:
https://www.burymeinthebog.com/grow/rainbow-plants (https://www.burymeinthebog.com/grow/rainbow-plants)
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)
https://www.carnivorousplants.org/grow/guides/Byblis (https://www.carnivorousplants.org/grow/guides/Byblis)
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. https://doi.org/10.1111/plb.70029 (https://doi.org/10.1111/plb.70029)
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. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms231911514 (https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms231911514)
https://www.sarracenia.com/pubs/byblis.html (https://www.sarracenia.com/pubs/byblis.html)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byblis_(plant) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byblis_(plant))
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