Talking Dirty (Alex Summers - Glasshouse Supervisor at Cambridge University Botanic Garden, Episode 32)

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