@@ciaragarrity6425 Kindly suggest some? I know Summer Rayne Oakes for sure is a wonderful plant nerd. However, apart from her most of what I find in searches are people pretending they aren't working for companies trying to sell gardening products. And a bunch who are baldfaced just working for companies (not always a bad thing, but just not the same get on your belly flavour)
I went into horticulture because I love plants. I got out of horticulture because I found out that it wasn't about learning about plants but controlling them. I love your channel because it reminds me of how excited I used to get about plants before I became disillusioned.
"The plant doesn't know how the rock looks like" Even tough i already know how evolution works, hearing that particular example made me wonder how much of my own self was generated by processes that i'm as far of understandig as the plant is of having the consciousness and visual capabilities i used to understand the video
I would say all of it, i dont know how to make dna but my cells are doing it right now. I understand how I got here in retrospect bc were particularly intelligent primates, but we got here not knowing where we were going. And thats cool as hell. Were a part of this like every other organism.
I imagine it would be a bit like some of the Native Americans. There's so many wrinkles there, though. Down in Mexico and South America the rot of civilization had already begun to take hold even before the Europeans arrived and subsequently mostly wiped out the natives with smallpox, war, and slavery. And then there's the question of whether we would have ever evolved the ability to get off this planet and perpetuate our species without civilization... I think that answer is a pretty firm "no". It's a double-edged sword in my eyes. For me, there is no point unless we continue to exist, but for others, there is no point unless we can _coexist._ Ruminate on that one over a bowl or two.
I love how excited you get over these little gems. Crassula Pyramidalis is one of my favorite Crassulas. What a treat to see them in their natural habitat. 💚
Sometimes i see ppl suggest that knowing and believing the science of life on earth and not thinking it was all put here magically as is takes the wonder out of it but I couldnt disagree more. These plants are amazing BECAUSE they are survivors. What manages to evolve because of natural selection is amazing for that reason to me. An unconscious process resulting in all of this biodiversity, and we all started in the same place. Life is amazing and beautiful just for existing at all. I hope I never run out of new organisms to learn about and be in awe of. Thank you for sharing.
Learning more about science and why the world (and the universe) is the way it is doesn't make it less awe-inspiring, it makes it *more* so. I agree completely, what a fantastic and beautiful demonstration of the forces that shape all our lives.
OMG! THAT was GREAT!!! You're SOOO right, if it were in a pot, it wouldn't be anywhere near as spectacular as it is in the wild. Thank You for sharing that!
Crassula pyramidalis is so easy to get from breeders that I can’t imagine why anyone would poach them. They’re green in captivity, though, unless you live somewhere they can get blasted with the sun to the point they need protective red pigments. It’s so cool to see them in the wild, especially that itty bitty seedling! I love the tiny orchid and the mesemb you didn’t talk about, too.
I don't see why you couldn't do that with synthetic lighting and the right iron supplements etc. Some greenhouses even add CO2 or O2 to the grow area to stimulate growth during daylight hours etc. We do it with aquatic plants and increasing the light and CO2 for them usually allows the plant to get those red pigments that would otherwise be recessive. Edit: UV lighting causes damage to clorophyl, and so they bring up secondary metabolites like iron and such to help protect the photosynthesis process that only requires Blue/green spectrum lighting, at least in SOME plants. Flowering and fruiting generally requires red spectrums, but the UV is the important part here, you could absolutely "sun stress" a plant by having UV lamps on for like 2 hours of the day with regular lights the rest of the time, you just really want to protect workers eyes and things as well.
@@KoroWerks it’s the intensity of light and the colors that stress the plants enough to look natural. That kind of set up makes sense for greenhouses trying to grow succulents and pretty and compact as possible, but it’s a lot more expensive for an individual. The plants have to be very close to the light source, too.
The first time I saw wild succulents was a year ago. I had a meltdown because they're so freaking beautiful and vibing on the beaches in Monterey. After watching this video, I'm learning to appreciate and love my home even more
This is awesome, I love succulent and one of the first things I do when I see a species in HomeDepot is look up pictures of the species in its natural habitat. Luckily, you do the work for me with these little beauties.
You’re fucking awesome man. I ve never heard a man with such a thick Italian New Yorker accent express such intelligent and meaningful sentiment about the natural world. You’re wildly original and I think you’re amazing. Good people really do exist.
Guy I served with, had a bachelor's degree in mathematics and the thickest South Georgia accent you ever heard in your life. Barely intelligible at times. Hearing him explain the Fourier transform brought me a little closer to a higher state of being. 🤣
These fucking videos have me staring at every plant I come across, hoping it's flowering so I can just stare at it. If you ever want to come to Alberta to peep some short-lived Canadian flowers, hit me up brudda
Man I love your videos!! So entertaining and informational!! Please consider coming out to Hawaii and doing a video on the native endemic and also invasive plants here.
One of my favorite videos so far. I love your commentaries. Though I understand your point and frustration in previous videos I definitely enjoy the shorter videos with less griping about suburbia. 😜
I love how exciting the world can be! It's also exciting to see others get hyped about things they're passionate about regardless of whether I share the particular passions. I happen to share a passion for nature/evolution/biology so it makes me feel good and a little less alone to see these videos and comments from so many people who express the same feelings!
You are so amazing and we love your channel and all the information you have of Botany. You make plants so much fun, and we can't believe how many species you know off by heart, truly amazing! You are the star 🌟 that illuminates the knowledge of the earth plants.
I love that this thing is so well adapted to its environment and it thrives, super well camouflaged, and then there’s us with our big pattern finding brain can see it without even trying.
I'm in my first year of a bach of science, majoring in Ecology and Evolution and thinking of doing a plant science specialisation - and the more I learn the more wonderment I have for the world and I feel like I'm in a constant state of awe at everything around me and I have so many more questions. Thanks so much for your videos, they really help inspire more of that in me (and they're also helping me study for finals)
"how can people see this and not be enamoured"? The problem is that although peoples eyes are biologically the same, the information that gets processed is wildly variable. You Sir. are doing a hell of a job helping us see something to love that has always been right in front of us.
Awesome family and such a wonderful specie i love those Crassulaceae , And hope more people be like you and caring obout nature and all the wonderful things that inhabit it . Thanks for that Tony !
I forgot that I had been listening to really loud music thru my phone. (I was shaking the dust off my windows while cooking dinner tonight. It makes cooking pretty fun.) All was peaceful & quiet during dinner while we listened to the miraculous raindrops falling on the roof here in Central Texas. And then I clicked on your video... And suddenly- STOOOOP!!! YOU'RE BLOWING MY MIND AGAIN!!! came blaring out of the stereo! 😆😆🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 That alone was worth clicking on the vid!
The more I study dynamical systems theory, the more I'm convinced evolution is real, and that it's the details of the same that need to be worked out. That said, it's stuff like this video which convinces you at an intuitive level that YES, EVOLUTION IS REAL, and it does this irrespective of your educational background. Much thanks to this channel from a grateful subscriber🙏🙏🙏.
Also, I love seeing these small stone sized cacti and succulents in situ with their natural environments. Especially the Lophophora family, all hunkered down in the substrate like its a mosaic tessera.
Brilliant Tony. Or as a South African let me say that was lekker!!! Thank you. Edit: Brilliant video, there is so much education here, should be shown to children, teenagers and adults!!
FANTASTIC video to help demonstrate evolution and natural selection, also a really awesome habitat study for these Crassula species! Many thanks for sharing!! Are the other forms and variations of this species that you refer to at the beginning of the video different because they have "adapted", i.e. have had an evolutionary advantage, on different outcrops and geology (e.g. lighter coloured sandstones with less iron content?) Or is there also a different environmental parameter driving the variations - e.g. not just coloration but also shape/morphology - here? Thanks again, I'm a geologist by profession and a passionate succulent grower, love your channel!👍🌵🪴😎
our environment is filled with so much amazing and weird shit- thanks for pointing out a planet completely unnoticed by its occupants... love these vids. ive learned alot
really means a lot to me to hear how much you care. makes me feel a little less crazy in a world that largely doesn't value the same things
Yeah.
Omg stole the words right outta my mouth 🤝
I am physically pained by human society and its utter disregard for the earth & ALL its residents.
Wish I saw more full grown adults on their hands and knees going full nerd on some plants. Evolution is an amazing concept
Luckily there are a lot of youtubers that love plants and gardening. Search around a bit.
@@ciaragarrity6425 Kindly suggest some? I know Summer Rayne Oakes for sure is a wonderful plant nerd.
However, apart from her most of what I find in searches are people pretending they aren't working for companies trying to sell gardening products. And a bunch who are baldfaced just working for companies (not always a bad thing, but just not the same get on your belly flavour)
@@purpleghost106 Self Sufficient Me, The Gardening Channel with James Prigioni, and KosaBrin.
I went into horticulture because I love plants. I got out of horticulture because I found out that it wasn't about learning about plants but controlling them. I love your channel because it reminds me of how excited I used to get about plants before I became disillusioned.
You got to dis-indoctrinated now, and find your illusions where much more real than their bs is.
"Enamored with the world" Yes, very much! I love that nature puts wonder in you! Many/most people are not struck with awe by our world.
Psychedelics or near death experience can help
I'm sad and glad it took me Toni's videos to grasp the idea.
The more crazy stuff you show folks, the more questions they ask, then, you've done it. Sparks lead to fire.
@@robertcuff5704 -joe rogan
Because they are too enamoured with themselves usually
The admiration I have for this crude, intelligent bastard.. 🖤
For this crude intelligent bastard; admiration I have.
- Yoda (probably)
"The plant doesn't know how the rock looks like" Even tough i already know how evolution works, hearing that particular example made me wonder how much of my own self was generated by processes that i'm as far of understandig as the plant is of having the consciousness and visual capabilities i used to understand the video
man you cant just go and break my brain like that
This comment was amazing.
🤯
I would say all of it, i dont know how to make dna but my cells are doing it right now. I understand how I got here in retrospect bc were particularly intelligent primates, but we got here not knowing where we were going. And thats cool as hell. Were a part of this like every other organism.
Yeah bro👍🏼 I just started reading Dawkins-The Ancestors Tale , & your post fits right in 🙏
"The only reason it's cool is because it's here." Thanks for the wise words, an antidote to consumption.
Imagine how different the world would be if everyone had such enthusiasm for botany.
in a world where botany pays, but crime doesn't 🤯
I imagine it would be a bit like some of the Native Americans. There's so many wrinkles there, though. Down in Mexico and South America the rot of civilization had already begun to take hold even before the Europeans arrived and subsequently mostly wiped out the natives with smallpox, war, and slavery.
And then there's the question of whether we would have ever evolved the ability to get off this planet and perpetuate our species without civilization... I think that answer is a pretty firm "no".
It's a double-edged sword in my eyes. For me, there is no point unless we continue to exist, but for others, there is no point unless we can _coexist._ Ruminate on that one over a bowl or two.
@@sntslilhlpr6601hits blunt*
Yeah man
I love how excited you get over these little gems. Crassula Pyramidalis is one of my favorite Crassulas. What a treat to see them in their natural habitat. 💚
Yes and you are one of the reasons they are threatened.
@@ianmiles2505 I’m not sure what you mean. I’ve never poached plants nor have I bought poached plants.
Sometimes i see ppl suggest that knowing and believing the science of life on earth and not thinking it was all put here magically as is takes the wonder out of it but I couldnt disagree more. These plants are amazing BECAUSE they are survivors. What manages to evolve because of natural selection is amazing for that reason to me. An unconscious process resulting in all of this biodiversity, and we all started in the same place. Life is amazing and beautiful just for existing at all. I hope I never run out of new organisms to learn about and be in awe of. Thank you for sharing.
Learning more about science and why the world (and the universe) is the way it is doesn't make it less awe-inspiring, it makes it *more* so. I agree completely, what a fantastic and beautiful demonstration of the forces that shape all our lives.
Agree! That life exists at all is so rare and then from that we have so much biodiversity. Life is unimaginably diverse and wonderful.
"Out of It's context, it doesn't mean anything. You got to leave it here!" Exactly! Truer words have not been spoken!
OMG!
THAT was GREAT!!!
You're SOOO right,
if it were in a pot,
it wouldn't be anywhere near as spectacular as it is in the wild.
Thank You for sharing that!
Man I fuck'n love this show.
Crassula pyramidalis is so easy to get from breeders that I can’t imagine why anyone would poach them. They’re green in captivity, though, unless you live somewhere they can get blasted with the sun to the point they need protective red pigments.
It’s so cool to see them in the wild, especially that itty bitty seedling! I love the tiny orchid and the mesemb you didn’t talk about, too.
I don't see why you couldn't do that with synthetic lighting and the right iron supplements etc.
Some greenhouses even add CO2 or O2 to the grow area to stimulate growth during daylight hours etc. We do it with aquatic plants and increasing the light and CO2 for them usually allows the plant to get those red pigments that would otherwise be recessive.
Edit: UV lighting causes damage to clorophyl, and so they bring up secondary metabolites like iron and such to help protect the photosynthesis process that only requires Blue/green spectrum lighting, at least in SOME plants. Flowering and fruiting generally requires red spectrums, but the UV is the important part here, you could absolutely "sun stress" a plant by having UV lamps on for like 2 hours of the day with regular lights the rest of the time, you just really want to protect workers eyes and things as well.
@@KoroWerks it’s the intensity of light and the colors that stress the plants enough to look natural. That kind of set up makes sense for greenhouses trying to grow succulents and pretty and compact as possible, but it’s a lot more expensive for an individual. The plants have to be very close to the light source, too.
Crypsis in plants is always cool as hell but this one is on a whole new level of awesome
Im so happy I found this channel, the pure enthusiasm you've got for this makes me so happy to see someone else who has this passion
You were the BEST expert on G-Q, I really loved listening to you answer questions. I hope they have you back again and again!
I would feel so bad if I walked on all of those things because I didn’t know they weren’t rocks
I love that you get how best to enjoy the desert plants
Can I like this video twice? Thank you for this little gem of a video.
Your excitement and passion is more energising than I think you realise. Fuckin amazing stuff once again
I've never seen anything like that. Super impressive camouflage.
Love it. Amazed all the time. Thanks
The first time I saw wild succulents was a year ago. I had a meltdown because they're so freaking beautiful and vibing on the beaches in Monterey.
After watching this video, I'm learning to appreciate and love my home even more
This is awesome, I love succulent and one of the first things I do when I see a species in HomeDepot is look up pictures of the species in its natural habitat. Luckily, you do the work for me with these little beauties.
Home Despot**
I love your mix of Bronx attitude and language mixed with child like joy of nature.
“Hopefully, you got something out of that. If you didn’t, I don’t know what the fuck is wrong with you.” 😂
nature is truly a marvel, you could learn some new cool shit every day for the rest of your life and still not even appreciate half of it
You’re fucking awesome man. I ve never heard a man with such a thick Italian New Yorker accent express such intelligent and meaningful sentiment about the natural world. You’re wildly original and I think you’re amazing. Good people really do exist.
Guy I served with, had a bachelor's degree in mathematics and the thickest South Georgia accent you ever heard in your life. Barely intelligible at times.
Hearing him explain the Fourier transform brought me a little closer to a higher state of being. 🤣
These fucking videos have me staring at every plant I come across, hoping it's flowering so I can just stare at it. If you ever want to come to Alberta to peep some short-lived Canadian flowers, hit me up brudda
Yep, stuff like that will re-calibrate your perspective on alot of stuff. 10 out of 10. GFY
I love tiny succulents that teach me things, that’s what I’m all about. I also take well to some intense selection pressure.
WOW, context is everything. I never understood about those plants until now. Thanks!
Made me love you today. You just described what I feel every time I see an Empusa pennata.
Holy fuck, the commentary in this video is some of your best yet.
I love that ending. I think we all need to hear that at least once a day.
I absolutely love the southern african flora. Thanks for sharing!
You had to do that didn't you.
This is delightful. Thank you, sir!
Man I love your videos!! So entertaining and informational!! Please consider coming out to Hawaii and doing a video on the native endemic and also invasive plants here.
One of my favorite videos so far. I love your commentaries. Though I understand your point and frustration in previous videos I definitely enjoy the shorter videos with less griping about suburbia. 😜
Man!!! I love your views! I'm on board! 😘😘😘
I love your videos so interesting and beautiful plants just trying to live!❤🌵❤ and you have a good day Sir.
We don't have to "take it home" because you brought it home to us! Thanks and best to you as always.
I love how exciting the world can be! It's also exciting to see others get hyped about things they're passionate about regardless of whether I share the particular passions. I happen to share a passion for nature/evolution/biology so it makes me feel good and a little less alone to see these videos and comments from so many people who express the same feelings!
T, this is one of your best videos ever! So much in so little. That was magical! Thanks!! GFY,B!
You are so amazing and we love your channel and all the information you have of Botany. You make plants so much fun, and we can't believe how many species you know off by heart, truly amazing! You are the star 🌟 that illuminates the knowledge of the earth plants.
I love that this thing is so well adapted to its environment and it thrives, super well camouflaged, and then there’s us with our big pattern finding brain can see it without even trying.
I'm in my first year of a bach of science, majoring in Ecology and Evolution and thinking of doing a plant science specialisation - and the more I learn the more wonderment I have for the world and I feel like I'm in a constant state of awe at everything around me and I have so many more questions. Thanks so much for your videos, they really help inspire more of that in me (and they're also helping me study for finals)
your enthusiasm is infectious
Thank you for showing that the richness of life goes on
"how can people see this and not be enamoured"? The problem is that although peoples eyes are biologically the same, the information that gets processed is wildly variable. You Sir. are doing a hell of a job helping us see something to love that has always been right in front of us.
Dude! cranking out the vids recently. good stuff. Loved the w o k e grocery store vid.. too funny.
Powerful message, brilliantly conveyed. Kudos
Awesome family and such a wonderful specie i love those Crassulaceae ,
And hope more people be like you and caring obout nature and all the wonderful things that inhabit it .
Thanks for that Tony !
That is amazing! I get to learn so much from your broad knowledge and travel
Love and respect from the Western Cape
Love you attitude towards life brotha. You got another subscriber. 🍻
I forgot that I had been listening to really loud music thru my phone.
(I was shaking the dust off my windows while cooking dinner tonight. It makes cooking pretty fun.)
All was peaceful & quiet during dinner while we listened to the miraculous raindrops falling on the roof here in Central Texas.
And then I clicked on your video...
And suddenly-
STOOOOP!!!
YOU'RE BLOWING MY MIND AGAIN!!!
came blaring out of the stereo!
😆😆🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
That alone was worth clicking on the vid!
And like you, I'm a plant lover and the most miniscule, the better.
I wish more people taught like him
Such an amazing explanation of selection pressure.
I love the atmosphere of this channel
It's depressing how the majority of the world could not care less and would rather build a shopping mall or a highway over them
The more I study dynamical systems theory, the more I'm convinced evolution is real, and that it's the details of the same that need to be worked out. That said, it's stuff like this video which convinces you at an intuitive level that YES, EVOLUTION IS REAL, and it does this irrespective of your educational background. Much thanks to this channel from a grateful subscriber🙏🙏🙏.
This is refreshing to my feeble primate brain
Mine too
La naturaleza abriéndose paso. Saludos desde Perú.👍🌵👍
Your thoughts on citys using more native plants and in return we cool the citys and its more beautiful.
great stuff. gonna take this attitude and perspective into a small hike today.
So beautiful! I for sure would take photographs of this plant in its habitat! Frame it and put it on my wall! Thank you for sharing!
When I see things like these, it makes me think of how much humans don't understand
Also, I love seeing these small stone sized cacti and succulents in situ with their natural environments. Especially the Lophophora family, all hunkered down in the substrate like its a mosaic tessera.
Brilliant Tony. Or as a South African let me say that was lekker!!! Thank you. Edit: Brilliant video, there is so much education here, should be shown to children, teenagers and adults!!
That place with those living beings is so beautiful and unique!
“Foreskin Jade” - 🤣🤣🤣
You're great. Thanks for what you do.
Greetings.....from the Western North Carolina Mountains.....!! I AM amazed...! I AM enamored...!! WELL DONE, my fellow human.
awesome video thank you so much! I LOVE science and get excited with this kind of stuff!
starting the video by screaming STOOOOOP!!! made me realize... i really ought to stop. thanks for helping me take it joey.
Fuckin love it. The biggest trip
Fascinating ❣️ Thank you ❣️
This video oozes "double rainbow guy" energy and I'm here for it
Fascinating stuff, evolution.
04:18 I paused here just to marvel at how incredibly the camouflage really is.
And then there's the CAM mechanism. I'm always amazed by how plants esp. xerophytes adapt to harsh dry climate.
endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful
Aaaand subscribed. Actually, I subscribed as soon as I saw your ruler tattoo.
The AvE of botany? You've got yourself another subscriber. Cheers, my guy.
I evolved too! * licks eye ball with tongue *
I love this channel so much.
That plant looks like it's from another planet.
FANTASTIC video to help demonstrate evolution and natural selection, also a really awesome habitat study for these Crassula species! Many thanks for sharing!!
Are the other forms and variations of this species that you refer to at the beginning of the video different because they have "adapted", i.e. have had an evolutionary advantage, on different outcrops and geology (e.g. lighter coloured sandstones with less iron content?) Or is there also a different environmental parameter driving the variations - e.g. not just coloration but also shape/morphology - here? Thanks again, I'm a geologist by profession and a passionate succulent grower, love your channel!👍🌵🪴😎
Thanks again, brother!
Absolutely brilliant. You’re a fking inspiration my man!
I have no idea how the algorithm worked to recommend this video to me... But damnit I'm glad it did. You sir have a new subscriber
our environment is filled with so much amazing and weird shit- thanks for pointing out a planet completely unnoticed by its occupants... love these vids. ive learned alot
"How could you see stuff like this and not just be enamored with the world."
Happy 300K and welcome everyone to this beautiful masterpiece of a youtube channel!
Wow they are awesome, really love em.
King Joey...The new David Attenborough.
Wonderful, thanks!