Jurassic Forests & Root Parasites of New Caledonia 

ive heard the botany guy say ultramathic rock more times than ive heard my father say i love you

The mid--rant cutaways to a species ID never fail to make me laugh. Every single time.

The huffing and puffing in high humidity and high elevation really make these videos extra special

Hard to believe this was 40 minutes. No matter how long they are, I could always watch more. Great vid as usual.

This man just found a WWII era propeller plane in the jungle. He is officially the actual Indiana Jones.

If by chance you discover a new species..... say a member of the Asteraceae family.....might I suggest "whattheshiticus"

It is absolutely mind-blowing the way the Balanophoraceae family mimics fungi.

I’m more of an invertebrate kinda guy Recently found you after getting into succulents really getting me into plants more Great video Keep em coming

Heres an entomological crash course for ya. The insect at 32:53 is a species of parasitic wasp (incidentally on a parasitic plant)

I click on your videos when I’m homesick. (Former Rockford, Elgin girl and South Bend, Indiana girl who moved to Northern Portugal.)Learning a lot. Cheers.

Love watching you flip leaves like folks here in Mississippi check horse teeth-

"Have you ever walked into something you knew was gonna suck, but you had to do it anyway?" Yeah, my 9 to 5. At least nature is a good antidote to the dimly florescent lit, blood slathered concrete floor of a butcher shop.

LOVE this....Love hearing your breathing...brings back memories when I could walk long distances...and was still hiking....BEFORE some dumb lady ran me off the highway while she was texting.....DON'T TEXT AND DRIVE. Sorry to insert this ...I ENJOY YOUR INCREDIBLE KNOWLEDGE OF BOTONY Thank U

It's so great you were able to make it out there to New Caledonia. Thank you for getting out there and being eaten alive while the rest of us stay home with our pricks.

Only two minutes in and once again pure stream of thought genius.

Thank you for uploading this amazing series of videos - a botanical tour of New Caledonia has been one of my bucket-list items, now I'm more motivated than ever to see it all for myself. You may be too environmentally conscious to use a DEET-based repellent, but word of warning from an Aussie, they don't call Dengue "break-bone fever" for nothing! Hope you stay well. :)

With your alluding to Mt. Moo and ice cream, I could almost, but not quite smell the dairy air. Thanks again!

I'm getting sympathetic itchiness for what that is worth. That Hachettea austrocaledonica is blowing my mind.

wish i studied botany so i could watch your videos and pass every exam easy

Okay, this video has even a plane wreck that seems straight from Lost and beautiful a red velvet mite, it might be officially my favourite youtube video ever

Someone gave me a 15 year old Norfolk island pine that they bought at home depot as a Christmas tree . It's about 17 feet tall and only has foliage on the top foot or so . Its beyond root bound in a 15(?) Gallon pot . I cant plant it where I live but my goal is to keep it going until I can finally put it in the ground and watch it take off . Hearing what you said about that similar tree was really good info

Really interesting. I appreciate your hard work and sharing of knowledge. Mosquitoes suck.

14:20 "these mosquitoes are biting through my pants! They're like telemarketers" I LOST IT!!!! AHAHAHA YOU'RE THE BEST😂😂😂😂😂😂

Yes, I WAS eating. Thanks

I (like a dumbass) severely burnt my foot and was cryin my eyes out - however this made me laugh and feel 1000x better. Thanks mate!

👍 I was just thinking about your videos! Lo and behold, you’ve made my day posting yet another excellent video! Thanks for the views and the amazing amounts of knowledge you possess! I’ve learned so much from watching your videos! It has piqued my interest in flora once again.

Symbiotic. Freaking great video! Thanks so much.

I'm so glad on this one that your the guy going outside asking/answering questions. What a brutal hike. Yikes. Great vid, thanks.

Your videos are the few things that can actually being joy and happiness to my life I miss being around the forest and plants i wish i never moved to Florida its hot and full of invasive species so the native flora and fauna are being out competed

fantastic video mate. i watch your videos to break the monotony of my day & reset my headspace

Fantastic! So much work you put in. What a great episode.🥰

Great vid CPBBD . New Caledonia is amazing .Money shots never disappoint.

I'm barely dipping my toe into the vast sea that is botany knowledge but so far from the little I know I've gotten really fascinated with mosses, ferns and conifers. Idk. The fact they're some of the most ancient forms of land-living plants, and still around today, is just really cool to think about.

Your the best, a new hero of mine, truly! I just watched your video of the trees that you "gorilla" planted...it is stupid that it has to be done on the sly. But, my question is how you get your trees to grow from seed so well??? I'm on a pretty big piece of land in central Illinois and have collected all kinds of seeds, but haven't had any luck with growing pine trees from seed. Do you have any books you could recommend? I would really appreciate any advice or info. I too am a gorilla grower in my area. I spread thousands upon thousands of Milkweed seeds in towards the end of Winter, very start of Spring. When it gets warmer I go for a walk at night throwing Sunflower seeds, Coneflowers, basically any pollinator seeds I can collect and then spread everywhere. It's hilarious watching the Sunflowers growing everywhere when everyone is scratching their heads like wtf?? It's an awesome feeling.. especially when I'm surrounded by farmers who use pesticides. :) Thanks for your videos! They are hilarious and informative, my favorite!!! ;)

Absolutely fabulous video. Thank you

That really is a very steep Hill side you are climbing up Beautiful flowers are you are coming across

Joey. Always carry some Deet with you.Some day, you will wander into the tundra of Canada to show us the plants up there and you will need it.

Thanks for the beautiful orchids, ancient trees, and the parasites that eat them! Someone should take the Chilean mountain toilet and WWII plane scraps and build a tiny house.

there are actually 4 different kinds of mushrooms :D saprotrophic, mycorrhizal, parasitic, and endophytic.

Great Video---Yap The Tropic Of Capricon In Feb. is hot and nasty in SE Brazil also

I have no idea what you're talking about but I love hearing you talk, hilarious.

I love the little beady pods so much they absolutely amaze me.

>Telling a story about walking into a room full of 5 beautiful blonde women >is that a ficus? >anyway I just got out of there

I discovered this marvel of a channel last week and I'm wondering how on earth the stupid youtube algorithm took so long to recommend it instead of all the non-related or already watched crap. As a foul-mouthed Italian naturalist myself, I'm enjoying these videos hugely

take care, and thank you.

Nice!

You are the reason why I've gotten into botany, even with my health and mobility problems. I dig the nihilistic sarcasm and strive to have the "IDGAF" attitude one day. Keep at it!

Whew! Tuckered just watching. Thanks for the education! Hope your blood levels have recovered. :)

Well done. Thanks.

You can daii and you can craii as long as you reach the skaii!

Cheers buddy..love the vids keep it up!..dabs up

I started hyperventilating while watching this. Well done.

Fantastic video - what gorgeous flora over there! Thanks for showing it off. It’s so weird to see other Scaevolas from the Australian ones - the flowers are so distinctive!

"Just another weird-ass in New Caledonia!" Love it. Thank you for suffering the mosquitoes. 💪

Can completely relate to the mosquito attack. In Fairbanks, they hover around you and wait for the exact second the deet wears off and all go in at once. Clouds just follow you waiting.

The other day: "there are no mahsquitoes here because de big mammal species never really made it to New Caledonia." Today: "FuKiN MasSqUiTos EVerYWheRe!!?"

Had a big disappointment about an hour ago but feel much better after this video. Thank you for the blooming Hibbertia, Hachettea and especially for the Megastylis. Sorry about the mosquitoes and heat but I was there in the April wet when those paths turned into greasy mud slides so I slipped, fell and rolled every day.

If We were spending our last year ,2020 to 2021 on the planet before they kicked Us out???I would take my favorite music and follow You everywhere ! WHO doesn't dig nature!?

Holy shit was real long between uploads I was afraid those French park police arrested you for something really minor like yelling at the ground with a camera. I fucking love your content man. I cant wait till stickers go up again.

weeeeeeeeeeeeee thank you for sharing

11:15 "C'mon do your job!" love

These skeeters are killing me..but we’re almost to the top…you said that a 1/2 hr ago! You crack me up!

*Airplane sticking out of the ground* "Looks like somebody probably died." I fuckin lost it.

Wow I think I even heard the mosquitoes once

This definitely happened. 13:13

Finding a plane was interesting too. Triggered that there are people that track the locations of such. My uncle was lost in New Guinea. Not sure what he was flying. Maybe I forgot. All the kids in that family were pilots. My father's Boy Scout Manual had references to airplanes and that they would soon be as common as cars. My Boy Scout Manual had references to conservation issues so I turned into a wildlife biologist/ecologist and later into other things in public health related service. I did learn to fly too. Expensive hobby that. Keep up the good work, I look forward to each upload.

That is some strange messed up imagery I am seen thank you for the laugh

That blue mushroom is awesome!

that is a massive velvet mite!! :o

great plants and scenery, but glad I'm not the one hiking

You should check out the TED talk “How trees talk to each other’’. Trees pass excess carbon to surrounding trees and even show evidence that they can recognize their own offspring and give them preferential treatment. Maybe all of these plants really are part of a larger super organism after all.

Thank you.

That place is beautiful.

Wow that’s a big ficus

I love apocyneceae!

I love you.

The transition in dialogue at 6:20 is just wonderful. Keeps it interesting, not that the content needs it...lmao

The mushroom at 25:30 is in the genus Strobilomyces, it a mycorrhizal.

This needs more views wtf

a couple of times you mentioned that the mosquitoes let up . . . you should review your footage to see if you can correlate those areas with a particular plant . . . maybe there's a natural (and hopefully harmless to humans) mosquito repellent to be had. also . . . thanks for another spectacular vid!

Let's get a close up on Dem flowers...ohh yeeaahh

I feel your pain, I HATE mosquitoes, they drive me insane and the itching lasts for weeks.

I love the ferns, orchids and lycopods! Seen any snails there (despite the drought)? I really appreciate being able to see these places without being eaten by mosquitos and sweating, thanks!

Excellent!🤘

:) Home Despot... 'nice

"As long as you don't die, you'll be fine." 🤣

Crash plane brings back memories of reading World War II novels in childhood. New Caledonia was a frequent plot point.

I'm just a mushroom novice, but the ones you showed with the decurrent gills 1/2 way down the stipe look like a species of Caranthellus. Rounded, vein-like and forked...now that blue guy you found: wow! I'm blown away by the kinds of colors Ma Nature puts on her plants! They can be used for pigments, art & paper can even be made from 'em! Oh, and it won't be too long now before my Ozarks back yard erupts in Chants - yummm, gonna make me some scrambled eggs with 'em...maybe with a little heavy cream & foraged leeks!

Fun!👍💚

This inspirational for me. Thanks for doing this.

Look for the giant geckos while your there!!! Its like a football sized gecko.

Great video s ever! :) I can’t seem to get many comments to load on this video, so the question may already have been asked, Did you find any information on the crashed plane that you came across?

whoo hoo Joey.. you made my day!

15:44 Dude just climbed a mountain bitching crudely about mosquitoes and wandered right into a studio Ghibli movie. My Neighbor Totoro.

David John de Laubenfels only died in 2016 and he was born in 1925!!! what a legend of the tropical conifers :)

Hope you find a couple bangers, maybe even a ripper

Have you considered travelling to Northern Canada, like Baffin Island or Northwest Territories? Another wonderful video. Love the Iron rich rock.

If you accept the phylogenetic work, the sister genus of Megastylis is Rimacola, the green rock orchid. Rimacola is found only on a few mountains in New South Wales. Both orchid genera are in the same "Tribe" as the Caladenia and Thelymitra species you showed us in Western Australia. Makes you wonder if ancestors of some Australian orchids were taller in bloom when the continent was wetter?

was watching these vids then closed my computer to go outside and look at plants and get bitten by mosquitoes myself 👍 a bug flew into my eye in the ass-sweltering heat but I feel infinitely better from having done it

Amazing plants there in the mountains. I understand about the mosquitoes, they are blood-thirsty vampires here