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That beetle's journey was pretty entertaining. The orchid is really cool looking too.

Calla lillies also plague the Mornington Peninsula. They blend in about as well as an abandoned mattress.

The yelling beetle whisperer

imma get “wouldn’t be the woods without human garbage” tattooed on my forehead

I like hearing what you have to say; your genuine love for botany is obvious and makes it fun for me.

Never apologize for who you are, never change

"Wouldn't you love to see what kind of Proteaceae lived in the late Cretaceous?" If one more person asks me that today....

I've never been so invested in a beetle's happiness before

🌿 Always a great time when I get to see you yammering on about the natural world! Thanks for what you do!

The orchids footage was awesome.

Closing in on 100K subscribers. Way to go CPBBD!!

'A holly leafed basterd'. Eloquence Sir David Attenborough would be proud of 😆👍

It makes my day when I see one of your videos posted

Now my day's a little better

One of the showiest orchids where I live, Calypso bulbosa, plays a dirty trick on bees. It's showy and fragrant, so they think there's a BIG nectar reward inside. But there's none. Bees eventually learn to ignore them, but they bloom in the spring, so there's always plenty of newly-hatched naive bees for them to fool.

"I believe in God, only I spell it Nature" - Frank Lloyd Wright

I’m in a plant taxonomy class right now and my teacher specializes in orchids. I’m going to share this video with her, because she’ll appreciate you’re mutual fascination in their wacky reproduction. Also, this is just a hoot to watch.

Thank you for another informative bright spot in my day...beetle footage made me laugh out loud and orchids are a passion of mine so I am always willing to learn something new about them. It's always a joy to listen to someone passionate about their subject. I am hooked and slowly going back through your up loads until I have seen them all. Thanks again for reminding me to look down at the beautiful things at my feet. D.

"wanna look at this turd now? i hope yer eatin'" as I'm opening the food i got delivered, ya got your wish pal

I was just thinking about you!! Yay new video...keep me entertained and educated while I'm slaving away in the concrete jungle. Thank you for living free!

Dude you are my spirit animal, I could listen to you for hours man hahah. Come to brisbane dude! They've got gorgeous biomes up here, I'm from NSW and down there is just beautiful lush green. Any Aussie coast is a great one dude, beautiful diversity

oddly, these videos make me want to get into photography again. if i cant make peopl care about plants and the environment thru words maybe i should let the natural beauty speak for itself

The pollinia on orchids is normally found under the anther cap on the end of the column. The stigmatic surface is just forward of this. The beetle will pick up the pollinia backing out of the flower. Next flower slams him up where the pollinia are picked up by the sticky stigmatic area. He will then pick up the pollinia from this flower on his way out. This method gives the plant a better chance of cross pollination.

Not familiar with Austrailian orchids, but if they're like most others those 2 yellow bulges aren't the pollina. The pollina should be hidden under a hood at the tip of the column . The beetle get stuck because the pollinia attached to his back touched the spot that accepts them, which is usually sticky to them.

I have an addictive nature... I got sober..but love the Cannabis still. Your vids are addictive..and in the best of ways..I'm ok with this. Your knowledge on these plants and the way you discuss them.. even the street lingo and humor you throw in the lesson are perfect. I don't envy folks as a rule..but seeing the places your able to visit esp. The old mountains ..I hate to admitt..a pang of jell. I'm a jack of many intrests..music art..literature.nature.. shamanism.. history.. I paint ..write...but I've mastered none as well as you know these amazing plants. As a wise assed environmentalist I tip my many hats in yer general direction sir. 🗣Go fck yerselfs..the best sign off ever. Gad bless that shit. I admit being to broke to patreon. But I pray yer channel multiplies in paying subscribers.. we need more like you. Enjoy your your travels my friend.🌎🌾🌴⚘🌺🌼🐜🐀🦘🌿☘🍀Stay well.👣🎐🕴✌

Lol my mom loves her calla Lilies they have a whole corner of her yard, the flowers are nice but they do look like an office plant.

My favourite line - I don't want to disturb him while he's fulfilling his duties as a pollinator.

fantastic episode! Do be careful driving down there, don't drive when you're tired. Muscle memory can be hazardous to your health. (right side, left side)

I was feeling kind of down today, and this made me feel better. Orchids are incredible. Thanks Joney

i always get so pumped when you show lichen, i love that stuff!!!!!!!!! it’s so beautiful and diverse

Dammit beetle we were all rooting for you!! Wonder if he ever made it. That Caladenia Brunonis is almost luminescent, hell all those terrestrial orchids are showing up their epiphytic counterparts. It’s incredible that poor soils can give way to such diversity. It would be so nice to just take a seat on the ground and just observe these beauties for awhile.

You are wrong; we LOVE it when you talk. How you remember all the botanical knowledge is amazing!

come for the botany, stay for the random social commentary tangents that get peppered in. 🌺🙃👍🏻

Fantastic. I play my favorite botanist Joey videos on background sometimes....all day long! My companion thinks I’m obsessed. Yes. With botany! And Joey....

So educational, botany, scientific names AND Italian slang!

I missed the dogs on this series

I may have a magenta thumb, but this is one of my favorite channel on RU-vid. To learn from, and just in general.

So exited seeing u in my backyard, thànkyou . Very grateful for the ramblings of an outdoorsman. Why not stay? We need more like u to spread the knowledge and point out the beauty of our barren? Land.

I really need to get to Australia

AMAZING .. thank you!

If you get a chance, try some of the bush foods provided by Myrtaceae (Corymbia terminalis), Capparaceae (capparis spinosa) Fabaceae (acacia kempeana). So many more. The desert here is a supermarket of flora and fauna.

That blue orchid blew my mind! Sooo beautiful

That bush size Scavola is gorgeous, commentary apreciated.

Tell ya what, a bee is much quicker than a drunk beetle. Thanks for visiting my area (Perth). An eye opener right there. We've got a lot of imported "weeds" here. Paterson's Curse (dunno the real name) is a bastard. Purple flower. Brought in for flower arrangements or some such

Best Channel thanks

The beetle is in the Scarabaeidae, looks like Diphucephala sp. There’s about 70 described species in Australia and I haven’t a clue how to tell them apart. Cool video nonetheless. Cheers!

Love this video, awesome orchids and splendid Ausie scape! That old car was bomb, haha! And I gotta say, the say you narrate is mighty entertaining!

How do you remember all those names. Impressive.

I personally enjoy that you are crass, and lewd, and obnoxious! :D

Your talking adds years to my life

That beetle was shitfaced on nectar. Expecting it to perform was asking a lot.

Thanks

My kid introduced me to this channel. I appreciate your crass, lewd take on botany. Plus, the Italian cussing takes me back to my grandmother's kitchen

Have you seen what the wood of sheoaks looks like? It has incredible bright red and tan striped grain, some of the most amazing wood out there. Not easy to sustainably source unfortunately. Thanks for the entertaining and informative video, as always.

I first learned about the hammer orchid watching the documentary "Sexual Encounters of the Floral Kind". They have some good footage. Then the footage from inside a bucket orchid as a bee gets lured in and tries to escape... Anyone who likes plants should watch it, IMO. Thanks for doing what you do. edit: Also good for people who don't like plants and will be amazed.

Had to watch this one with my mum. Was hilarious

Micro-managing that beetle was one of the best things I've ever seen. Nice work, boss.

Ya gonna keester stash some of those seeds to get them through customs? “Anything to declare, sir?” “Nope 😏”

Yes! I like that! Keep dishing.

I'm surprised you're not using bug dope on your clothes. In real bad areas, a netted hat can go a long way 😁 Have fun in Oz mate!

mom look theres a strange man yelling at a bug on the side of the freeway "dont look at him honey, he's on drugs"

That beetle pollination was one of the most intense things I've seen on RU-vid.

Amazing Orchid, Keep doin what your doin .

For the Caladenia orchids: I believe the pollinae are actually at the very tip of the column directly in front of the stigma. The yellow coloration at the base of the column is likely just there to entice insects further down into the flower to position them better for a successful pollination. Not sure if it's a coloration thing, or a nectar gland, but that's my guess as to what that is.

This channel always feels like I went off trail to burn one and then some wise acre strolls by spouting knowledge and goodness. Keep up the good stuff.

Jesus Christ, this is the most interesting botany lesson I've ever seen. What the actual fuck is RU-vid recommending to me?

28:30 right after, "Looks like something gnawed this guy off," I think the culprit is seen crawling along a stick in the background, possibly. What a large ant!

Omg! I have never commented ever but I LOVE the beetle pollination bit 🤣

Congrats on 100k.

In the case of the Drakea Glyptodon, that labellum looks more like a little crow- than a wasp! Maybe it's trying to evolve to get crows to pollinate it, in about 10 million years! (No bong hits, here- but I am really tired. I can't wait till tomorrow to get my CPBBD fix!) Keep 'em comin'!

This channel is consistently my favorite thing on RU-vid

Love the geometry on that lomandra! Never seen it flower. We have a species over here we use to stabilise banks in our revegetation projects.

Try Lisse Essentials Deet Free insect repellant. It has really worked well for me on my back country trips to Assateague Island, (east coast) but you need to reapply about ever 2 hours or so.

Amazing to see the wrecks without bullet holes, in the US you'd be wadding through spent cartridges and looking at metal with thousands of holes.

The play by play of the beetle vs orchid was better than most 49er games! I’m glad I lived to see this video. Btw I plan on living many more years and watch many more of your videos. Grazie!

Great video! Thanks so much! I’ve seen plants i never know excisted! Greatings from the Netherlands

What’s up with Aussies calling those first trees pears and that pine an oak. Either way I sure love the content! It’s like walking through the bush having a two way convo. You say stuff and I nod my head.

Joey: I should stop-Nah. Lol, no space of breath between "remorse" and premeditation of the next "offense" nice

'This is not family botany'. I love your work. It is very therapeutic!

i CRANE my neck to see up inside those orchids.

Oh wow welcome to my country Oz :-)

"Buzz Away" bug spray is all natural

"Don't call me dodder" I like that song.

2 most important trees that stabilise waterway banks: Allocasuarina/ she oaks and Mangroves....

21:43 Absolutely Gorgeous Flower I really cant get enough of that Orchid :)

Omg that Thelymitra money shot... That is one sexy flower

Thanks for this! This is as good as a trip to Australia for an amateur botanist like me.

That blue orchid is sooooo beautiful.

The lily breakdown was pure gold. Just awesome. No apologies necessary. Someone had to say it.

absolutely brilliant how you caught orchid pollination in action. That Caladenia labellum is pretty sick.

Holy shit that hammer orchid blew my mind. Thanks for that

By far my favorite RU-vid channel. Please just keep doing this.

Scaevola, is that name in any way related to Gaius Mucius Scaevola, they Roman guy who burned his right hand in the fire as an act of bravery and was thereafter called “Scaevola” ie “left handed”?

Hey where abouts did you find the Calla Lilys? I think I live pretty close to where you were and our local scout troops are always happy to rip them out

Love that you have been to australia! I just found you on YouTub last week and I’m a huge fan. Been on a huge binge atm keep sharing the knowledge

How you feel about Callas is how I feel about Hostas...the only reason why people plant them is because they're almost a set-it-and-forget-it plant that takes no maintenance what-so-ever (and I guess they look nice to some people).

You mentioned that the name scaevola sounded like a thousand screaming Italians. I had to laugh because the name, which means left-handed, Is historically related to an Italian who did not scream. The story goes that an Etruscan king named Lars Porsenna attacked and besieged Rome in order to restore the monarch whom the Romans had driven out. The Roman Senate called for volunteers to sneak into the Etruscan camp and assassinate Porsenna. The young man chosen was named Gaius Musius Cordus. He entered into camp and made his kill, but killed, not the king, but his clerk, who was wearing identical clothing. Gaius was captured and brought before Porsenna, who had kindled a fire because he planned to make a sacrifice to his gods. Gaius then told the king that he was only the first of three hundred volunteers. Then to show how determined these volunteers were, he stuck his right hand into the sacrificial fire and held it there until all the flesh was burned off. Porsenna was so impressed that he sent Gaius home, saying, "You did more harm to yourself than you did to me." He then sent a message to the Senate to make peace. The Senate was so grateful to Gaius that they granted him a large section of farm land, and from that day on he became known as Scaevola (lefty). The plant is called Scaevola because the flower looks like one side has been ripped off.

@11:55 starts the greatest rant ive heard in a while. I agree 100%

17:00 That straight up looks like a mantis. Beautiful!

Man that is so beautiful. Great work dude.