Duck orchid hunting as a child a favourite past time. Hope you get the chance to meet some Huon & King billy pines. So glad you got to the show the world this magnificent spot.
also was working in the herbarium during this (specifically in fabaceae) and had to find the Gompholobium genus folder when you showed the flower- my specimens are a bit red/black with age so it's sick to see a living counterpart
I was stuck being amazed at how chance mutations can turn into something that seems so specialized, like I always am with any plant that evolved so predominantly with a certain pollinator… and than you started with that voice and I lost it 😂😂😂.
There are times in my life when I think I have it all figured out, then someone like you comes along and slaps me upside the head and I realize I don’t have a clue to what’s going on. Thank you.
I freaking love gompholobiums, I’m really glad you featured one in this video. I live in western Sydney and am really into all the cool fabaceae we have out here, glad you enjoy it too
That environment looks so similar to our extremely sandy pine flatwoods in central Florida. We even have sundews here, although they are flat on the ground. Those climbing sundews blew my mind!
@@BobSacamano666 if only Joseph Smith had been born in Hobart to dig up the plates gad left there for us, with the anthropomorphic orchids and wispy sundews.
Tony, you remind me of my cousin Joan from New Hampshire. She married an Italian American. I have cousins down there who are part Italian American. I also have my cousin Carleen in Indiana. If theyre still around they are older. GAD bless them.
Reminds me of the rare bee orchid i found once near my home, i told the tree charity guy about it who had a meeting with locals when the woodland trust took over the land & he looked at me like i was an idiot & said they don't occur this far north, so i showed him the pic on my phone i took of it. Woodland trust , frigging grant monkeys.......
Always can count on this channel to titilate in some form or fashion ( get yer mind out of the gutter, ya freak), botany and cussin...what a combo!!! My old professor might shit a brick 😅
Can not believe you were down in my corner of the world! I've been watching your videos for a very long time now and I've always wondered if I'd ever see this! And you got decent weather too, super lucky.
I was almost as impressed with the climbing sundew as the orchids. Never thought about an ambitious sundew since all I've ever seen are the damn tiny michigan bog dwellin bug eaters.
Glad to se you've made it back down here! Hopefully next time you get a chance to explore the biodiversity labyrinth that is Sydney sandstone which has an array of sclerophyll communities rivaling south west WA. (and yes there is Caleana major here too!)
Yes, Australian trees often appear to have inappropriate and unrelated common names like she oak (Casuarina), silky oak (Grevillea robusta) or white cedar (Melia). Supposedly, this dates to the timber industry of the 19th century. Some Australia trees were given common names based on what the wood looked like when it was finished and whether it resembled the wild trees native to Britain.
Isn't pseudo-copulation what we was doin back in the day? Like having relations while still fully dressed 🤔 Definitely not as fun to watch as these pretty flowers. Damn I love terrestrial orchids!
I fucking love asteraceae and what's nice is while Michigan may lack solanaceae bastards it does have lots of asteraceae bastards and they are fucking wonderful like the genus symphyotricum
Evolution is incredible. It would be one thing if plant could somehow choose to attract male insects this way, but the actual process is actually more amazing. At some point, millions of years ago I suppose, some plant randomly attracts an insect. The plant looks more and more like an insect it cant see, because its an efficient way to reproduce. Some other mutation made it secrete the pheromone the insects use, which is... wow. The odds are so minuscule, yet here we are, surrounded by all these incredibly specialized organisms we take for granted.
Those mushrooms didn't look like they were mature enough to drop spores. Once the cap opens and the gills look a little less clean it's most likely started sporulating.. Even white spored mushrooms with white gills will look a little different if the spore load is heavy enough - similar to white pollen
Is Stelitzia reginea ok with a higher crown when transplanted? I just moved it into a 20 inch pot from a box and it's three inches raised due to the taper of the pot. And two years ago when I put it in the box I didn't put all the dirt in because of the weight of it all so it had a somewhat exposed crown then too. You could almost say I'm starting to "stilt" it like the buttress roots on corn, but that's an over-exaggeration just for the mental picture.
Knda weird seeing all the bracken ferns in that sand. Makes me think of that John Lennon song; 'Strange Days' I believe, which we'll change to 'Strange Place!
Not sure it's that respectful nor polite to call the way you're walking on ... D*ck ... Except considering ... Way of life !!! Dare, care, ride safe, clean, have fun ... From France with .
Mushrooms are equivalent to the fruit of the organism, not the organism itself. There's a benefit for them to being picked - the spores get dispersed. Eventually the mushroom just withers and gets consumed by bacteria anyway.
Can someone please get this man a National Geographic show
this is the show you're looking for.
Disney bought them right? Dont hear much bad ass shit outta them anymore
Disney would sensor him, wouldn’t be worth watching.
If he was in Alaska it would maybe be possible
One of the most unique orchids I have ever seen, I was absolutely blown away. Thanks for sharing your travels and knowledge with us.
I like the voice when you said "you don't think I know what a duck looks like??!?"
He can sure cuss a flower out 😂
I came here to say this too. 😂 Body shaming a flower! 🤣
Whoa…naturally evolved snap bracelets. This flower has been way more successful with it as a mating strategy than I was in my circa 1996 attempt.
Duck orchid hunting as a child a favourite past time. Hope you get the chance to meet some Huon & King billy pines. So glad you got to the show the world this magnificent spot.
I wrote a paper on deceptive pollination for a tropical plant systematics class and I haven't seen this one yet- so cool!!!
also was working in the herbarium during this (specifically in fabaceae) and had to find the Gompholobium genus folder when you showed the flower- my specimens are a bit red/black with age so it's sick to see a living counterpart
You're my favorite profane floral Attenborough. I know fuck all about the subject, but you never fail to entertain. Salutations from frozen Finland 🍻
A plant that looks like a bird and tricks an insect. Nature you are fabulous. ❤
I was stuck being amazed at how chance mutations can turn into something that seems so specialized, like I always am with any plant that evolved so predominantly with a certain pollinator… and than you started with that voice and I lost it 😂😂😂.
There are times in my life when I think I have it all figured out, then someone like you comes along and slaps me upside the head and I realize I don’t have a clue to what’s going on. Thank you.
I freaking love gompholobiums, I’m really glad you featured one in this video. I live in western Sydney and am really into all the cool fabaceae we have out here, glad you enjoy it too
That Hugeleii was a dope looking plant
I love all the smooth rounded edges
Amanitas are everywhere! Very cool. Thanks for showing us some of the Tasmania's flora, and the fungus!
I used to grow these several years ago. Quite a unique group of orchids. 👍🏻😀
"Find what works and then excel at it." Damn good advice, evolution, thanks.
That environment looks so similar to our extremely sandy pine flatwoods in central Florida. We even have sundews here, although they are flat on the ground. Those climbing sundews blew my mind!
Ooo nice! Caleana's are reasonably common where I live in the Blue Mountains.
Love when he says bye in the middle of the video
I wish he'd just keep going, forever ♾️
warm with sundews orchids and huge ferns, you got to love Australia
I'm so glad Noah thought to have a few pots of these on the Ark. That boat must have been LOADED!
There were so many dildos there was barely room for any animals!
@@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt gad had to wipe out humanity cuz a all the butt fucking. Was a waste of a lot of good assholes. Haha
@@BobSacamano666 if only Joseph Smith had been born in Hobart to dig up the plates gad left there for us, with the anthropomorphic orchids and wispy sundews.
Tony, you remind me of my cousin Joan from New Hampshire. She married an Italian American. I have cousins down there who are part Italian American. I also have my cousin Carleen in Indiana. If theyre still around they are older. GAD bless them.
Fascinating method of attracting pollinators. Wish there was a tree or something that wanted us to copulate with it. Spriggan bush.
A request, please more videos on Tasmania flora!
Reminds me of the rare bee orchid i found once near my home, i told the tree charity guy about it who had a meeting with locals when the woodland trust took over the land & he looked at me like i was an idiot & said they don't occur this far north, so i showed him the pic on my phone i took of it. Woodland trust , frigging grant monkeys.......
UK? Ophrys apifera .
So wonderful!. What an awesome natural creation! Thx.
Always can count on this channel to titilate in some form or fashion ( get yer mind out of the gutter, ya freak), botany and cussin...what a combo!!! My old professor might shit a brick 😅
Can not believe you were down in my corner of the world! I've been watching your videos for a very long time now and I've always wondered if I'd ever see this! And you got decent weather too, super lucky.
Most unique orchids,,
Woww amazing ,,,wonderful
Thank you for sharing 🤗
Dude is BRILLIANT!!!
I was almost as impressed with the climbing sundew as the orchids. Never thought about an ambitious sundew since all I've ever seen are the damn tiny michigan bog dwellin bug eaters.
Glad to se you've made it back down here! Hopefully next time you get a chance to explore the biodiversity labyrinth that is Sydney sandstone which has an array of sclerophyll communities rivaling south west WA. (and yes there is Caleana major here too!)
Hmmm, a floral sadistic that gets rewarded for it's violence by having offspring. Thank you Tony for bringing us this.
legit thought the thumbnail was a flying duck from the side of my eye
Love your work.
I’ve got an idea for you . Do marine plants, what are u a terra forma snob?
Thank you
Yes, Australian trees often appear to have inappropriate and unrelated common names like she oak (Casuarina), silky oak (Grevillea robusta) or white cedar (Melia). Supposedly, this dates to the timber industry of the 19th century. Some Australia trees were given common names based on what the wood looked like when it was finished and whether it resembled the wild trees native to Britain.
I love plants that snapped down on insects. They are so awesome
Before I read the description, I thought your thumbnail was a picture of a wood duck.
Isn't pseudo-copulation what we was doin back in the day? Like having relations while still fully dressed 🤔
Definitely not as fun to watch as these pretty flowers. Damn I love terrestrial orchids!
Umm, aka : dry humpin? 😅🦧😅
This man needs his own TV show...
Wow, talk about wham bam thank you ma'am.
2:18
Oh yeah, dats Gneiss.
Talking about "triggered", any trigger flowers there ?
Stylidium graminifolium everywhere yes
This plant is crazy, I keep wasps in my garden for pollination
I fucking love asteraceae and what's nice is while Michigan may lack solanaceae bastards it does have lots of asteraceae bastards and they are fucking wonderful like the genus symphyotricum
Banger plants bud thanks again
I found a couple of these in late October, all the way up here on the central coast
Quack Quack... 🦆🦆🦆 ☃️🎄☃️
Evolution is incredible. It would be one thing if plant could somehow choose to attract male insects this way, but the actual process is actually more amazing. At some point, millions of years ago I suppose, some plant randomly attracts an insect. The plant looks more and more like an insect it cant see, because its an efficient way to reproduce. Some other mutation made it secrete the pheromone the insects use, which is... wow. The odds are so minuscule, yet here we are, surrounded by all these incredibly specialized organisms we take for granted.
Those mushrooms didn't look like they were mature enough to drop spores. Once the cap opens and the gills look a little less clean it's most likely started sporulating.. Even white spored mushrooms with white gills will look a little different if the spore load is heavy enough - similar to white pollen
That orchid has a hustle.
💚
Why does this orchid flower look like a duck❓ because it's Wabbit Season down there 🐰
I remember you talking about this on Dosed with Abby Martin, great podcast
Nutrient poor soil makes me wonder if they kill pollinator inspects, too
Is Stelitzia reginea ok with a higher crown when transplanted? I just moved it into a 20 inch pot from a box and it's three inches raised due to the taper of the pot. And two years ago when I put it in the box I didn't put all the dirt in because of the weight of it all so it had a somewhat exposed crown then too. You could almost say I'm starting to "stilt" it like the buttress roots on corn, but that's an over-exaggeration just for the mental picture.
I can't trim the roots to make it fit. It would be tremendous damage.
The signs of creation are there for those that look and discern.
Promise of a good time, and then he gets the bill
You’d be good at RFK environmental advisor, as a side line hustle 👌🏼
Are you in Australia now
Wow, flying duck indeed!
I can not wait for summer
Knda weird seeing all the bracken ferns in that sand. Makes me think of that John Lennon song; 'Strange Days' I believe, which we'll change to 'Strange Place!
Had no idea that orchids catfished. Dang
The wise philosopher Tony says touch my asteraceae.
Tribe😍 omg its so beautiful
It's the orchid version of catfishing.
The index of Latin names is phenomenal. It’s rather humbling …
Nice!
Not sure it's that respectful nor polite to call the way you're walking on ... D*ck ...
Except considering ...
Way of life !!!
Dare, care, ride safe, clean, have fun ...
From France with .
It's upsidedown because you're in Australia of course
Like a fleshlight for insects... dope.
after discsovering via recommeneded I subscribed simply because the way you speak.. to my fuckin' heart.
Como se dice means 'gnome sayin?'
The appropriate term for 'cup-like' is 'cotyloginous'
How many random genetic experiments did it take til it started producing the same chemical that is the pollinators pheromones 😆
Nature is nuts
QUACK
It wouldn't quite sound the same.
nice banger.
Watch these videos with the book Plant Identification Terminology by James Harris and Melinda Harris. It'll change your life.
Fiddly fucking around
Loyal fan cuh..
Plant Gaslighting
3:53 become jerma
That is actually a he oak
😂Is there something wrong with this fella, Al Jackson?
Pseudo-Copulation, Nice
Gently touches plants - proceeds
Finds cool amanita and gets excited - rips out the whole mushroom....
Mushrooms are equivalent to the fruit of the organism, not the organism itself. There's a benefit for them to being picked - the spores get dispersed. Eventually the mushroom just withers and gets consumed by bacteria anyway.
Get In The Water
Haha