Found him on TikTok about 4 years ago. Go back in his past RUclips videos and look up his Tasmania videos along with the desert ones from Chile and your mind will be blown. Definitely a good educator and I think I learned as much about the lay of the land and geology as much as plants from him. Enjoy the trip.
I grew up on the Navajo rez and our town Medicine Man had a secret 'Grandfather button' patch down near the border. I went down with Tooley to 'harvest' sacrament with him once. Tooley died in the early 90's, but I went back to the patch last year in late April, for the first time in 38 years. Still there. Hundreds of buttons, some as small as my pinky nail. A few larger than my double fist. It was good to see them. I didn't harvest anything, I was just glad to see them all doing their thing. Thank you for sharing. Beautiful!
You had me at "look at these purple bastards." You, sir, are an enigma, You belong in the desert. You are one of those complicated but prickly plants. Just such an excellent tour of the land. World class video, right here.
While being stunned by your knowledge & expertise about the botanical wonders in west TX, I was equally as entertained by your commentary - a true, personal diatribe ... now and then interrupted to say hello to an old plant friend. What a scream. And what a refreshing combination of personality and prowess. Congratulations ... amazingly entertaining and truly educational. Thank you for *demonstrating* the 'bigger picture.'
I started watching your videos about 3 yrs ago? 4? And I’ve been growing native plants in my backyard in central Tx ever since. Chopping up the invasive/introduced as the natives slowly take over the space. Making some attempts at astrophytum and maintaining some opuntia but the pollinators are what I’m in it for. So excited to see your cactus talk this Friday at the SA botanical garden
Some of us old guys that can’t get out to the desert anymore watch your ass because you’re very knowledgeable and interesting. So go “make more videos”.
I've always wanted to see the (any) desert for myself, but it just hasn't worked out that way for me yet, while each passing year i find myself wanting to avoid the heat more than the last. Had sort of a heat stroke years ago so that might be it. Anyway. For a while now I've been interested in learning to identify wild edible plants, and that's lead to discovering all the other uses for everything in the wild. People are all so dependent and modern conveniences now, electricity, cell phones, supermarkets and so on, you would think that there would be at least a little more interest in re-learning some of what we've lost but... "survivalists" are usually ridiculed. Few people I've tried to introduce these things to are interested in any of it. They'd rather panic and fight over toilet paper than do something educational/useful.
Wow! I'm a fish and wildlife biologist, my father is in forestry. Just found your channel. I LOVE your style and content... Can't wait to watch the rest. Keep up the excellent work, I LOVE the ecology!
Edit: JFC I suggest alternatives not because of legality but because the slow growing nature of this plant means it is harder to harvest it sustainably. I don't get the drug hype around peyote cause there are tons of faster growing cactus that can get you high. That crested peyote is amazing, always great to see old plants living it up.
They generally aren't as potent -- I guess that's the excuse. You can always eat more. Or I'm sure there are extraction "teks" out there on the Interwebs.
@@bugz000 bolivian torch/san pedro are 2 species known to grow faster than peyote that contain psychoactive phenethylamines, production of plants for use as drugs is illegal
@@bugz000 San Pedro and Argentine saguaros are major ones you can find commonly in big box stores here in the Southwest. Along with most other species of Trichocereus. Don’t need to collect native peyote out of the wild
You're awesome,you Understand. Many of these plants are very sacred,I love learning about All the medicinal botany of my area,much as the medicine people did. TY So Much for having respect for these plants,and for grandfather peyote.
My dad would have totally dug your videos. As others have commented, the down to earth, street level speak combined with the technical knowledge makes this an A+ video.
@@James-gx4ix peat is dead sphagnum moss. Peat moss is a combination of the living sphagnum top layer and the dead peat substrate in which it is growing.
Love you. Love your lessons. Don't worry too much about your Id (darkside) try to think about the kids, the puppies and the young and growing... rather than the dying. Everything is growing, adapting and sharing, just like you and me and all of us trying to find our peace. Thank you so much.
Been really enjoying your west texas videos, as I'm a geologist who finds myself employed out here and so I go on field trips to rock outcrops for work and such. Over some years of teaching field geology in NM/S. Colorado I got to know some of the plants out there and the ecology, some of which was pretty cool (like packrat middens in the hills on either side of the Rio Grande Rift). Pretty unfamiliar with the chihuahua desert plant life and ecology, really just recognizing Ocotillo. I never even knew what peyote looked like before this video, I'll keep an eye out for it next time I'm on a field trip (not to harvest or use!). I often wished, when I was out doing field research or teaching a class, that I had someone like you along who knew the botany so they could tell me what I was looking at. It interests me, but not as much as geology, so I've never dedicated the time to commit the stuff to memory to be able to ID by myself.
i took the train from new orleans to los angeles and we were in texas for a whole day and some change. the entire time i was frothing at the mouth trying to figure out who all these new plants id never seen before were as it was my first time that far west. thank you for finally illuminating me 🙂↕️🙏🏾
I just found your video and after watching I am pretty hooked on the plants in the desert. Very cool. Never knew there were so many different flowering plants. Beautiful!
Found this guy on TikTok about 4 years ago and I've been nerding out looking at plants and learning about them on the iNaturalist app. Definitely an inspiration that kept me from hitting the bottle to hard.
Your hillarious man!! Full of knowledge too! I never knew a peyote could look like that or be that old? Very cool. "Were in the spirit world man"! "Did you see the size of that chicken"? Young guns reference for the younger folks! Lol
@@impicklerick8370 I know, there’s a lot of different strains and percentages are all over the place, especially with pachanoi, tried a few times and it was really hit or miss, but man when it really hit it’s the most perfect feeling imaginable, good luck in finding a good one !
@@impicklerick8370 Percentages are all over the place with pachanoi so you have to try it doesn’t work everytime but it’s still the best way to experience that
As an amateur botanist I’ve I really grown fond of your videos. Love your content and knowledge of plants. Also love that you decided to visit my great state of Texas. Keep up the great work and you can count on my subscription!
Beautiful. You really captured what I love about this desert. At first it looks almost lifeless, but if you look close something's going on everywhere. And the blooming times are gorgeous!
Thanks for showing us your backyard desert landscaping. My grandma is native to the city Chihuahua. AkA "THE CAVELADY"--- Say hi to the trail cams 4 me.
Man it is so refreshing to have come across great content on RUclips! Keep up the passion in what you have interest in! You’ve got a new subscriber out of me. Thank you!
Ahh yeah!! Holy crap, melted my face off seeing that ancient peyote. Such a beautiful spot! The Euphorbia, & the Hibiscus too; amazing! Jones’ing to get out into the Kalmiopsis wilderness soon. I HIGHLY recommend getting a UV index meter! I got mine for $40. I do a lot of gardening, as a side hustle to help older folks, & the Sun can really beat down on you on the extreme UV days. Here on the southern Oregon coast, we can get weeks of 10-11 UV during peak hours (11am-3pm) even though the cool coastal temps are 60-70’s, there’s this almost withering heat beaming at you from the sun. My brother’s dogs always let me know too.. they seek shade asap. Increased peak solar cycle, & what some folks say is a weakening magnetosphere, which is letting in more solar radiation like UV, and even small solar flares can have unexpected impact. I have 4 years of my own UV data now, & there is definitely an upward trend in UV index. What used to be 8-9 UV index during peak hrs, is now more 10-11 UV index during peak hrs. We get really hot days, but the coastal fog regularly moves in, and is an absolute godsend/natural ac. Mushroom season started here, yes. Cheers, Joey!
That's an awesome idea. I need that for archaeological excavation. Most people have no clue how much all the quartz and silica in the soil reflects. It's just like being on the water if you don't put sunscreen on your septum or below your jaw you will get burned there even wearing a hat.
Just discovered your channel and you're an absolute fucking treasure !👍💯 Lmfao you shedrule! Thank you for sharing your valuable knowledge us. The soapbox rantings are just a gem of a bonus as far as I'm concerned.😅 That's great that those people left appreciative offerings to the grand old cactus. I'm up here In the north east in Rhode Island and not having been to the south west I'm amazed at how much plant life is in the semi desert over there. It's beautiful. Thanks again.
You could carry around a sun umbrella or normal umbrella, extend it and anchor it to some shrub for the dog. Also please don't ever show people on the internet WHERE this is. Such a beautiful video, did not expect there to be that much life and beautiful shrubs.
I don't show people where any rare cacti are, especially not ones that drug bros or poachers would covet. Notice how the camera is pointing at the ground most of the time? Lol
Wow that native buddleja is so gorgeous! Who knew there were buddlejas in Texas drylands? That stunning natural vegetation with all those superb greens and textures is as always just beautiful and would be a pleasure to paint. No need to posses anything to benefit from the beauty.
That's amazing! It would be tempting to grab a chunk, but knowing how poached it is and how nice this one is I don't think I could do it. What a beautiful plant.
I moved to the Chihuahuan desert in central New Mexico 3 yrs ago. Sadly, native plants are decimated by cattle. Ive had no luck until this video finding ANY info about what remains. Subscribed immdiately when i finally saw a plant in my yard.
Falling in love with West Texas vicariously. I can't believe how many beautiful plants are all so close together. I turned down a job offer from Texas and New Mexico Railroad because I didn't want to live in Texas. Kind of regretting that now.
I took biology as my lab science in college. The first part was plant biology. Unfortunately, my professor was a botanist who was dreaming of his retirement. He didn't teach us very much. He was 70 or so.
Just found this channel and wanted to say thanks for the humor and knowledge! I grew up in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and it's so cool to see a desert ecosystem up close.
..in 1990 I was in Tucson and one of the ‘famous’ cactus nurseries had a huge pile of Ariocarpus someone had dug up/poached? And were selling…Supposedly from Mexico…just laying in a pile..I got a dozen of them..planted east of Tucson..hope they are surviving❤.
Brother, I've learned alot, I laughed even more. I'm 100 percent subscribing. And I never really subscribe to anything due to over hearing the slogan "like and subscribe" blah blah blah. You earned it. I appreciate the knowledge of a place I've never gotten the chance to stop and enjoy. I've always been on other missions when I'm in the desert. Thanks man. Be safe our there
My grandparents used to own land in Monterrey that these grew like nobody's business. Or so I have been told. Long time watcher, a Hidalgo-McAllen border baby. Thanks for your videos, always refreshing to derust the 'ol brain with your content.
Dude one of the best honest videos I have seen in a long time...keep it coming..most people don't respect what they don't have a clue about..also on that same side of the coin... so to speak....is most people have no desire to increase their knowledge about much of anything.
You and Bill Burr have officially broken my stereotype that people with that kind of Northeast accent are dumb 😂😂 this was the most entertaining and enthusiastic appreciation of cactus and railing of the culture ever put to video lol Thank you I will be sharing this
That looks like such a beautiful undisturbed area I don't see much cattle damage thanks for the trip keep up the good work your friend Jerry in Moab Utah
I love how you just walk and casually name all the plants around you like its nothing. My friend im interested in your knowledge. I always look to the edible plants just incase I ever end up with out a home I can sustain my self off mother earth. Thank you for the knowledge
Thou art a true aficionado of the desert environment as am I. I got somewhat in to the botany while in University. But AS you basically said, People don't give a damn they are to busy with urban racing minds to slow down long enough to truly appreciate the living miracle. Now I just bath in it as part of it. Thanks for your captured appreciation.
@@Myth1n Lophophora (peyote) species are the world's slowest growing cactus. They're also the most chemical complex cactus genus on Earth. I'm not a botanist I'm an archaeologist and anthropologist but given my experience with these little ones is you're looking at several years just to grow a midsize button. Faster growth shaves how much time off, a couple months?
@@sneakyviewing4391 i know its one of the slowest species, which is why i asked about it growing faster because its crested. I have a few crested cacti (and i live in central tx), they all grow _a lot_ faster than their uncrested brethren. I am also a biologist, so just accepting 'it also should grow slow' is not based in any observation in the real world, you are just assuming that. Im sure it still grows fairly slow, but it being crested probably helped it attain that large size a lot quicker than it would have being not crested.
Wow so beautiful. Ya lawns suck. I'm a long time lover of native plants. I bought a bunch of desert plants from a native plant store in the Okanagan to plant in dry spots in my garden so i wouldn't have to water them. The Okanagan has a pocket desert that runs from Mexico to British Columbia.
That is MORE gorgeous than an old growth redwood. That was truly a rare treat to see a loph that large, let alone so crested it looks like a brain coral. Offering? Water from your canteen. Truly precious offering there. Finally, I would guess that the damage on the crested section is from people touching the heads and removing the farina. Just a guess🤷
Always wanted to try peyote, but thanks to what you said, I won't fuck with it because it's endangered. I hunt, but I'd never shoot an elephant or a lion. I'm glad I came across this video. I would have felt terrible finding out that I ate something that was endangered.
I don't know how I got here, but the combination of this dudes accent, incredible knowledge, technical jargon, slang, and enthusiasm is awesome
same here
He's a walking encyclopedia 😊
He's been going like this for years and years. Been watching for a long time now
Same.
Found him on TikTok about 4 years ago. Go back in his past RUclips videos and look up his Tasmania videos along with the desert ones from Chile and your mind will be blown. Definitely a good educator and I think I learned as much about the lay of the land and geology as much as plants from him. Enjoy the trip.
I grew up on the Navajo rez and our town Medicine Man had a secret 'Grandfather button' patch down near the border. I went down with Tooley to 'harvest' sacrament with him once. Tooley died in the early 90's, but I went back to the patch last year in late April, for the first time in 38 years. Still there. Hundreds of buttons, some as small as my pinky nail. A few larger than my double fist. It was good to see them. I didn't harvest anything, I was just glad to see them all doing their thing.
Thank you for sharing. Beautiful!
Thank you too for sharing 💚
That's great news and shows hope!
Glad this popped up on my timeline
It's heartening to see how much peyote, and old growth too, is growing in that area.
You had me at "look at these purple bastards." You, sir, are an enigma, You belong in the desert. You are one of those complicated but prickly plants. Just such an excellent tour of the land. World class video, right here.
So hard to find genuine intelligent and enlighten people these days. This was refreshing to watch.
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While being stunned by your knowledge & expertise about the botanical wonders in west TX, I was equally as entertained by your commentary - a true, personal diatribe ... now and then interrupted to say hello to an old plant friend. What a scream. And what a refreshing combination of personality and prowess. Congratulations ... amazingly entertaining and truly educational. Thank you for *demonstrating* the 'bigger picture.'
I started watching your videos about 3 yrs ago? 4? And I’ve been growing native plants in my backyard in central Tx ever since. Chopping up the invasive/introduced as the natives slowly take over the space. Making some attempts at astrophytum and maintaining some opuntia but the pollinators are what I’m in it for. So excited to see your cactus talk this Friday at the SA botanical garden
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excellent work!
great work!! if you have any footage of your garden, id love to see a garden tour!
@@laurenr842 LUCKY!! Also - AWESOME job!! 🤩
No issues with the hogs?
Plants and animals make better friends than a lot of people
Some of us old guys that can’t get out to the desert anymore watch your ass because you’re very knowledgeable and interesting. So go “make more videos”.
I've always wanted to see the (any) desert for myself, but it just hasn't worked out that way for me yet, while each passing year i find myself wanting to avoid the heat more than the last. Had sort of a heat stroke years ago so that might be it. Anyway. For a while now I've been interested in learning to identify wild edible plants, and that's lead to discovering all the other uses for everything in the wild. People are all so dependent and modern conveniences now, electricity, cell phones, supermarkets and so on, you would think that there would be at least a little more interest in re-learning some of what we've lost but... "survivalists" are usually ridiculed. Few people I've tried to introduce these things to are interested in any of it. They'd rather panic and fight over toilet paper than do something educational/useful.
You've made me love the desert Joey. Spectacular specimens!
Also i like how he calls the plants out like hes running into an old friend at the grocery store. "Oh look, its Arowhatever! That old little pancake."
Wow! I'm a fish and wildlife biologist, my father is in forestry. Just found your channel. I LOVE your style and content... Can't wait to watch the rest. Keep up the excellent work, I LOVE the ecology!
Edit: JFC I suggest alternatives not because of legality but because the slow growing nature of this plant means it is harder to harvest it sustainably.
I don't get the drug hype around peyote cause there are tons of faster growing cactus that can get you high. That crested peyote is amazing, always great to see old plants living it up.
They generally aren't as potent -- I guess that's the excuse. You can always eat more. Or I'm sure there are extraction "teks" out there on the Interwebs.
Sometimes you can even find those other cacti at the big box despot stores on accident...
@@Glaudge list em so people turn their attention to those instead, why keep the supposed "solution" secret? do you see the irony?
@@bugz000 bolivian torch/san pedro are 2 species known to grow faster than peyote that contain psychoactive phenethylamines, production of plants for use as drugs is illegal
@@bugz000 San Pedro and Argentine saguaros are major ones you can find commonly in big box stores here in the Southwest. Along with most other species of Trichocereus. Don’t need to collect native peyote out of the wild
You're awesome,you Understand. Many of these plants are very sacred,I love learning about All the medicinal botany of my area,much as the medicine people did. TY So Much for having respect for these plants,and for grandfather peyote.
Thank you for the reverence with which you speak and teach. It’s much needed.
Without CPBBD, I'd have no idea this environment or its fascinating flora existed. Thank you from UK 🇬🇧
The algorithm blessed me with this video tonight. New subber....
This Gentleman is extremely knowledgeable and interesting ❤
My dad would have totally dug your videos.
As others have commented, the down to earth, street level speak combined with the technical knowledge makes this an A+ video.
I love your peyote drawing, got the T-shirt, love it.
don't tell anybody where you found this. protect the peyote
Nah I want to know!
Peat moss is similar, it's a freaking old growth plant. Not everything has to be giant to be remarkably old and fantastic.
The oldest known tree in the world is a scrubby, pathetic looking bristlecone pine.
Peat moss is dead plants, it's not alive.
@@James-gx4ix peat is dead sphagnum moss. Peat moss is a combination of the living sphagnum top layer and the dead peat substrate in which it is growing.
Peat moss don't let you into the spirit realm.
@@joevictor8431I still find the bristlecone fascinating. Old trees of any kind.
Thanks for the walkabout education. Most people never open their eyes to the wealth of life around us.
I'm so glad that ppl love plants aswell I love all plants been a gardener all my life an I love this channel
Beautiful plants great knowledge🙏
This is what I call a real "prayer", and this one has meaning!
We are part of our environment.
Thank you 🙏
Good to see you pop up on my stream again .
love the desert. great place to grow up. respect from Arizona
Thank you for walking around in the desert showing us all these beautiful plants and for all the knowledge you share
Love you. Love your lessons. Don't worry too much about your Id (darkside) try to think about the kids, the puppies and the young and growing... rather than the dying. Everything is growing, adapting and sharing, just like you and me and all of us trying to find our peace. Thank you so much.
Awesome purple smelling flowers
Been really enjoying your west texas videos, as I'm a geologist who finds myself employed out here and so I go on field trips to rock outcrops for work and such. Over some years of teaching field geology in NM/S. Colorado I got to know some of the plants out there and the ecology, some of which was pretty cool (like packrat middens in the hills on either side of the Rio Grande Rift). Pretty unfamiliar with the chihuahua desert plant life and ecology, really just recognizing Ocotillo. I never even knew what peyote looked like before this video, I'll keep an eye out for it next time I'm on a field trip (not to harvest or use!). I often wished, when I was out doing field research or teaching a class, that I had someone like you along who knew the botany so they could tell me what I was looking at. It interests me, but not as much as geology, so I've never dedicated the time to commit the stuff to memory to be able to ID by myself.
i took the train from new orleans to los angeles and we were in texas for a whole day and some change. the entire time i was frothing at the mouth trying to figure out who all these new plants id never seen before were as it was my first time that far west. thank you for finally illuminating me 🙂↕️🙏🏾
"the purple bastard look at this" 😂😂 I already like this guy
I just found your video and after watching I am pretty hooked on the plants in the desert. Very cool. Never knew there were so many different flowering plants. Beautiful!
Outstanding content!
Very well done.
And shared!
Found this guy on TikTok about 4 years ago and I've been nerding out looking at plants and learning about them on the iNaturalist app. Definitely an inspiration that kept me from hitting the bottle to hard.
Your hillarious man!! Full of knowledge too! I never knew a peyote could look like that or be that old? Very cool. "Were in the spirit world man"! "Did you see the size of that chicken"? Young guns reference for the younger folks! Lol
Wow amazing specimen, I hope only people like you find her again.
Thanks for showing us one of our many grandmothers.. that is a life-giving mother
For all the cacti enthusiasts : grow lophs from seeds, trip with san Pedro and read a lot that’s the way
I California the San Pedro grow about a foot a year. One year the patch I tend had 52 big white flowers at the same time.
Leave the poor lophs alone!
I tried that once and didn't feel anything. I had about a forearm length worth.
@@impicklerick8370 I know, there’s a lot of different strains and percentages are all over the place, especially with pachanoi, tried a few times and it was really hit or miss, but man when it really hit it’s the most perfect feeling imaginable, good luck in finding a good one !
@@impicklerick8370 Percentages are all over the place with pachanoi so you have to try it doesn’t work everytime but it’s still the best way to experience that
Specifically, read the teachings of Don Juan 😊
Such beautiful varieties. So many blooms. Wondering if they receive good vibes from the peyote.
As an amateur botanist I’ve I really grown fond of your videos. Love your content and knowledge of plants. Also love that you decided to visit my great state of Texas. Keep up the great work and you can count on my subscription!
Beautiful. You really captured what I love about this desert. At first it looks almost lifeless, but if you look close something's going on everywhere. And the blooming times are gorgeous!
Thanks for showing us your backyard desert landscaping. My grandma is native to the city Chihuahua. AkA "THE CAVELADY"--- Say hi to the trail cams 4 me.
Man it is so refreshing to have come across great content on RUclips! Keep up the passion in what you have interest in! You’ve got a new subscriber out of me. Thank you!
😂❤all that ink on you and were talking plants i love this channel super cool stuff in texas 😊i still dont miss elpasso😊
First time viewer, Subscribed, like the cut of your jib!
Thank you Joey your videos are so informative
I am stunned by that peyote, how sublime♾️
It's a work of art!
Ahh yeah!! Holy crap, melted my face off seeing that ancient peyote. Such a beautiful spot! The Euphorbia, & the Hibiscus too; amazing! Jones’ing to get out into the Kalmiopsis wilderness soon.
I HIGHLY recommend getting a UV index meter! I got mine for $40. I do a lot of gardening, as a side hustle to help older folks, & the Sun can really beat down on you on the extreme UV days. Here on the southern Oregon coast, we can get weeks of 10-11 UV during peak hours (11am-3pm) even though the cool coastal temps are 60-70’s, there’s this almost withering heat beaming at you from the sun. My brother’s dogs always let me know too.. they seek shade asap. Increased peak solar cycle, & what some folks say is a weakening magnetosphere, which is letting in more solar radiation like UV, and even small solar flares can have unexpected impact. I have 4 years of my own UV data now, & there is definitely an upward trend in UV index. What used to be 8-9 UV index during peak hrs, is now more 10-11 UV index during peak hrs. We get really hot days, but the coastal fog regularly moves in, and is an absolute godsend/natural ac. Mushroom season started here, yes. Cheers, Joey!
That's an awesome idea. I need that for archaeological excavation. Most people have no clue how much all the quartz and silica in the soil reflects. It's just like being on the water if you don't put sunscreen on your septum or below your jaw you will get burned there even wearing a hat.
Just phenomenal!!!
thanks for your excellent videos, always ad-less and endlessly educational. 👊
Just discovered your channel and you're an absolute fucking treasure !👍💯
Lmfao you shedrule!
Thank you for sharing your valuable knowledge us.
The soapbox rantings are just a gem of a bonus as far as I'm concerned.😅
That's great that those people left appreciative offerings to the grand old cactus.
I'm up here In the north east in Rhode Island and not having been to the south west I'm amazed at how much plant life is in the semi desert over there. It's beautiful. Thanks again.
A great tour of the SW Texas desert. Brings back memories of my explorations in the area. Thanks for sharing.
Mother earth gave so much to us its impossible to thank her properly with words
Living with honest gratitude is one way of saying Thank You to our Mother🙏
Wow i was thinking about you last week and woundering why i uavent seen a vedio lately and boom here ya are my man . Thanks for the vedio , love ya❤❤❤
You could carry around a sun umbrella or normal umbrella, extend it and anchor it to some shrub for the dog.
Also please don't ever show people on the internet WHERE this is.
Such a beautiful video, did not expect there to be that much life and beautiful shrubs.
I don't show people where any rare cacti are, especially not ones that drug bros or poachers would covet. Notice how the camera is pointing at the ground most of the time? Lol
This just blew my mind.... I'm inspired to learn A LOT more now...
Wow that native buddleja is so gorgeous! Who knew there were buddlejas in Texas drylands?
That stunning natural vegetation with all those superb greens and textures is as always just beautiful and would be a pleasure to paint. No need to posses anything to benefit from the beauty.
Hi Tony...Yet another mind blowing enlightening presentation.......Awesome man.
That's amazing! It would be tempting to grab a chunk, but knowing how poached it is and how nice this one is I don't think I could do it. What a beautiful plant.
love seeing so much purple in the desert. Wish I found your channel sooner. Howdy from DFW
I moved to the Chihuahuan desert in central New Mexico 3 yrs ago. Sadly, native plants are decimated by cattle. Ive had no luck until this video finding ANY info about what remains. Subscribed immdiately when i finally saw a plant in my yard.
❤ thank you for making me laugh and showing all these fascinating plants!
Falling in love with West Texas vicariously. I can't believe how many beautiful plants are all so close together. I turned down a job offer from Texas and New Mexico Railroad because I didn't want to live in Texas. Kind of regretting that now.
Beautiful plants!
Thank you! I really like desert plants!
I took biology as my lab science in college. The first part was plant biology. Unfortunately, my professor was a botanist who was dreaming of his retirement. He didn't teach us very much. He was 70 or so.
"Hot as balls!" - as a south Texas resident I endorse this message
It's "hot as balls, in cutoffs on a tin roof at noon" ... 😂
Just found this channel and wanted to say thanks for the humor and knowledge! I grew up in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and it's so cool to see a desert ecosystem up close.
Ocotillo are some of my favorite plants. From my childhood visiting big bend natl park to my adulthood living in the Sonoran desert. ❤
..in 1990 I was in Tucson and one of the ‘famous’ cactus nurseries had a huge pile of Ariocarpus someone had dug up/poached? And were selling…Supposedly from Mexico…just laying in a pile..I got a dozen of them..planted east of Tucson..hope they are surviving❤.
Probably bulldozed for a housing development, unfortunately.
thank you , I appreciate your passion and knowledge
Brother, I've learned alot, I laughed even more. I'm 100 percent subscribing. And I never really subscribe to anything due to over hearing the slogan "like and subscribe" blah blah blah. You earned it. I appreciate the knowledge of a place I've never gotten the chance to stop and enjoy. I've always been on other missions when I'm in the desert. Thanks man. Be safe our there
Bringing this kind of attention on yourself to educate us,while in active witness protection takes ballsss, salute
I stumbled across your videos..I live in MA...so friggin cool to see you rummage thru the desert .
Looks like a Wilsoni Coral I have in my Reef System.
❤ all that you do Joey 😎
Houston, Texas
Bro out here looking like a human brain with the keys to the cosmos.
I wish I could smell this video. It looks like it smells beautiful!
My grandparents used to own land in Monterrey that these grew like nobody's business. Or so I have been told. Long time watcher, a Hidalgo-McAllen border baby. Thanks for your videos, always refreshing to derust the 'ol brain with your content.
Very educational. You know your stuff. I do landscaping. I think I know plants, but you are a master. Thanks.
Gorgeous love the color varieties
incredible peyote you found.
Awesome Tour, dude! thanks for the invite. That Cristata is Holy!! Holy Place Holy Earth!! Your hair is always good for an offering . PEACE
Gorgeous and ancient peyote! I hope it’s being protected!
Dude one of the best honest videos I have seen in a long time...keep it coming..most people don't respect what they don't have a clue about..also on that same side of the coin... so to speak....is most people have no desire to increase their knowledge about much of anything.
You and Bill Burr have officially broken my stereotype that people with that kind of Northeast accent are dumb 😂😂 this was the most entertaining and enthusiastic appreciation of cactus and railing of the culture ever put to video lol
Thank you I will be sharing this
That looks like such a beautiful undisturbed area I don't see much cattle damage thanks for the trip keep up the good work your friend Jerry in Moab Utah
I love how you just walk and casually name all the plants around you like its nothing. My friend im interested in your knowledge. I always look to the edible plants just incase I ever end up with out a home I can sustain my self off mother earth. Thank you for the knowledge
Thou art a true aficionado of the desert environment as am I. I got somewhat in to the botany while in University. But AS you basically said, People don't give a damn they are to busy with urban racing minds to slow down long enough to truly appreciate the living miracle. Now I just bath in it as part of it. Thanks for your captured appreciation.
That crested peyote is friggin amazing! I wonder if the mutation helps it grow faster too! (Crested plants usually grow quicker)
Not really...
There's a very old crested lopho on a England collection and its really slow
@@gmork0357 growing inside in a collection in england, and growing outside in baking in the texas sun are quite different, dont you think?
@@Myth1n no i'm not think that. i saw and got many of this crested plants and every single peyote plant are totally different, so its about the gens
@@Myth1n Lophophora (peyote) species are the world's slowest growing cactus. They're also the most chemical complex cactus genus on Earth. I'm not a botanist I'm an archaeologist and anthropologist but given my experience with these little ones is you're looking at several years just to grow a midsize button. Faster growth shaves how much time off, a couple months?
@@sneakyviewing4391 i know its one of the slowest species, which is why i asked about it growing faster because its crested. I have a few crested cacti (and i live in central tx), they all grow _a lot_ faster than their uncrested brethren. I am also a biologist, so just accepting 'it also should grow slow' is not based in any observation in the real world, you are just assuming that. Im sure it still grows fairly slow, but it being crested probably helped it attain that large size a lot quicker than it would have being not crested.
Wow so beautiful. Ya lawns suck. I'm a long time lover of native plants. I bought a bunch of desert plants from a native plant store in the Okanagan to plant in dry spots in my garden so i wouldn't have to water them. The Okanagan has a pocket desert that runs from Mexico to British Columbia.
That is MORE gorgeous than an old growth redwood. That was truly a rare treat to see a loph that large, let alone so crested it looks like a brain coral.
Offering? Water from your canteen. Truly precious offering there.
Finally, I would guess that the damage on the crested section is from people touching the heads and removing the farina. Just a guess🤷
My brother, I love your work, attitude and rebellious nature. What puts a yank out in the desert of my beloved and despised state of Texas?
0:25 had me giggling >.
LOLZ
Always wanted to try peyote, but thanks to what you said, I won't fuck with it because it's endangered. I hunt, but I'd never shoot an elephant or a lion. I'm glad I came across this video. I would have felt terrible finding out that I ate something that was endangered.
As Soon as You Dropped the Home Despot remark I subscribed 🤣 Don't get me Wrong the Peyote is Beautiful too along with the Native plants and Fauna 😊
Amazing find that will give you a humore for sure 😊
Those peyote can be 100 yrs old? Amazing!