Botanizing Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico
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Psilocybin Mushrooms of the Mexican Highlands
Psilocybe zapotecorum is a species of potent psychoactive mushroom that almost solely grows on the vertical scars left by landslides in steep muddy mountainous terrain in Southern Mexico.
2022-08-30 05:40:38 +0000 UTC View PostGypsum Badlands
Eriogonum havardii, Anulocaulis leisolenus,
Drone footage of the Boquillas formation, Holacantha stewartii (Simaroubaceae) etc
The Long Lost Candelaria
A disjunct (and extremely out of place) population of Euphorbia antisyphylitica that was likely a case of human-assisted dispersal is the focus of today's video, but a number of other remarkable su...
2022-08-07 05:25:56 +0000 UTC View PostSome photos from the Spirit Eye Cave Yesterday
Having just gotten some good rains, the desert was lit up.
Echinocereus dasyacanthus, Tiquilia greggii, Mortonia sempervirens, Senna lindheimeriana, Aristolochia wrightii
2022-08-07 01:58:50 +0000 UTC View PostSpirit Eye Cave
I had to redo this episode because some shady Chinese company filed a AI (mistaken) copyright claim on the license-free music I used for the drone shot, but you can still watch it while it's unlist...
2022-08-06 13:37:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Been doing short vids
Normally I don't like revisiting old material but some of these plants are just too incredible to end up being missed because they're sandwiched in an older, longer video from 3 years ago. So here'...
2022-07-26 22:57:33 +0000 UTC View PostDo I need a goddamned Gimbal? Your feedback appreciated.
I never watch my own videos but I was watching some of the recent ones to see how the drone footage came out and it pissed me off how shaky they are. I guess I never realized it bc I never watch th...
2022-07-23 08:20:49 +0000 UTC View Post
West Texas Peyote Preserve
In this episode we check out Dr. Martin Terry's efforts to establish a preserve in West Texas for both Peyote and Living Rock cacti, Lophophora williamsii and Ariocarpus fissuratus, respectively. W...
2022-07-15 23:08:10 +0000 UTC View PostResurrection Plants
In this video, filmed in Namibia in the second week of May 2022, we get an up close look at some incredibly strange botanical oddities, such as spiny succulent milkweeds, enormous bottle trees, gia...
2022-07-12 12:41:21 +0000 UTC View PostDry Limestone Prairies of Austin Texas
In this episode of Crime Pays, we visit a particularly cool habitat known as the dry limestone prairie, and are introduced to a white flowered member of the sunflower family that is especially adap...
2022-06-20 01:06:07 +0000 UTC View PostA few from Austin today
Asclepias viridiflora has some of the coolest flowers of any milkweed (but really you could say that about any of the species), with pinkmaroon hoods. Silphium albiflorum is a Texas endemic with sa...
2022-06-13 20:27:52 +0000 UTC View PostDrawings lately
Here's a few drawings I've been doing on the inside covers of the book I just put out. Been hawking these via Venmo. Plenty of books still available if you're interested. PS - Sorry to be selling s...
2022-06-08 18:32:33 +0000 UTC View PostNorth America's Weirdest Parasitic Plant
I'm a bit concerned about the cadence of this one once we get to the subject of the plant in question, as we discuss floral morphology before we discuss how weird this plant is and why. I kind of f...
2022-06-03 08:08:41 +0000 UTC View PostNew Website
Been working on the website and will slowly be adding high resolution images to the "photos" page.
2022-05-27 00:08:45 +0000 UTC View PostCo-Evolution in Carnivorous Plants
Note: Dealing with lots of dismal bullshit (childhood cancer is a pain in the ass) over here so I did not proof-watch this whatsoever so if there's fuck-ups or typos in captions let me know. Thanks...
2022-05-24 11:37:17 +0000 UTC View PostThe Great Welwitschia mirabilis
The tone on this one is a little morose as I had just gotten some really awful news hours before (and subsequently canceled the rest of the filming), but I still managed to put together a video on ...
2022-05-15 00:20:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Andy's Orchid Dungeon
Feedback on this one appreciated...too long? Too long-winded in the explanations? There's an entire second part as the whole compendium was too long. Should I have just kept it all as one 56 minute...
2022-05-07 02:17:26 +0000 UTC View PostThank You
I know this doesn't mean shit and it's just a few words but I want to express thanks for all who support me via patreon. Money from letting YouTube run terrible ads on the channel doesn't pay shit ...
2022-05-06 02:51:09 +0000 UTC View Post
A shining example of mimicry in a cactus...
Ariocarpus scaphirostris is one of the most bizarre cacti in the world...
2022-05-03 04:01:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe world's tiniest paintbrush
And the world's highest Agave
2022-04-30 01:48:06 +0000 UTC View Post
