episode 063: Calla Lily and Ice Plant
Calla lilies. Photo by Kelly Armijo
First, the Language of Flowers, well at least according to a random book from 1884. Then Kelly shares about a plant and a cat with lots of meaning. Steve shares an embarrassing high school memory involving an often ignored plant. Finally, a brief discussion of Plant Awareness Disparity
Show Notes!
The Language of Flowers
Genus Zantedeschia on Wikipedia
Zantedeschia aethiopica, the common Calla Lily
History and Meaning of Calla Lilies
Calla Lilies Meaning: Symbolism and Significance of the Flower
The Flower Vendor (Girl with Lilies)
Calla Lilies page on the California Invasive Plant Council
Carpobrotus on wikipedia
Invasive to Avoid: Ice Plant
The Creepy Appeal of the Highway Ice Plant
California Native Plant Society article on Ice Plant origin in CA
Ice Plant = Climate Change (article mentioned rolling down the hill to kill ice plant)
Foraging Ice Plant Fruit
Sour Fig Jam
@sacramentofoodforest - a very entertaining and informative instagram account, also often critical of ice plant
GardenDC Podcast Episode 140
Towards Theory of Plant Blindness
Plant awareness disparity: A case for renaming plant blindness
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