Shownotes
Across the world Botanic Gardens are doing amazing work. And at Cambridge University Botanic Garden, there are wonders to behold in every corner of its 40 acres. But the glasshouses are perhaps the most memorable, packed with exotic plants which will stay in your memory forever.
This week on the podcast, Alan Gray (East Ruston Old Vicarage) and Thordis Fridriksson are joined by Alex Summers, Glasshouse Supervisor at the Botanic Garden, for a chat about everything from his love of parasitic plants and epiphytes, to plant-collecting trips, the garden's amazing Jade Vine (Strongylodon macrobotrys) and database!
Plus an exciting gift courtesy of Mike Clifford (@mikesrareplants on Instagram - go follow him, he's amazing!) and a potential Birthday present for Alan!
PLANT LIST
Strongylodon macrobotrys (Jade Vine)
Vasconcellea pubescens
Lachenalia viridiflora
Ixia viridiflora
Magnolia Sapiensis
Magnolia insignis
Huodendron tibeticum
Polyspora
Tetrapanax papyrifer 'Rex'
Euphorbia horrida
Viscum minimum
Viscum crassularae
Cyphostemma juttae
Cyphostemma currorii
Portulacaria afra
Rafflesia
Lathraea clandestina
Amorphophallus titanum
Cinnamomum camphora
Furcraea macdougallii
Furcraea longaeva
Tulipa sprengeri
Stapelia