New Caledonia Botany & Eau-de-Toilette Ultramafic Special 

Thanks for coming through everybody. I owe you all burritos.

2:32am. Sleep can wait. Gotta learn about ultramafic flora and what the shit

Don't worry about the kids, Tony.. My proudest day was when my 11 year old daughter walked into a Canadian Tire, and asked where they "keep all the plants, and what da shit."

Omg omg he finally got there 😍

I knew he’d make it to New Caledonia sooner or later.

I've always wanted to go to New Caledonia to witness the wicked biodiversity. Thanks for the quality entertainment.

Well, now we know where Dr. Seuss learned to draw trees.

Wonderful!! Enjoy and travel safe:) Hugs, Gramma.

This Man. . Is a Godamn Legend

The true fairytale of the botanist who managed to make some money talking about plants to strangers on the internet and flew off to his weird dream island in the Pacific Ocean.

I wish I knew you. Thank you for what you do, for what this is, and for who you are. Cheers.

The foliage dropping is good for heat dispersion, providing more airflow to keep the sunny rock updrafts from frying them. Hence the inter-species climatic prevalence of dry bony arms.

Three hundred plus comments and nobody mentions the fact you’re standing in front of one the the most iconic scenes from the classic BBC series ‘Walking with Dinosaurs’. The very end of the first episode, the waterfall and river feature prominently with the introduction of the Plateosaurus. Wish I was touring this prehistoric relictual landscape myself.

Oh man, I hope he gets to see an Amborella trichopoda.

You're my everything

like a wonderland of strange plants

You made it to New Caledonia! You did it!

Just finished reading the book 'A natural history of conifers', and I thought I learnt a thing or two about the pines in New Caledonia. And this video came up, what a treat！

Had fun watching this vid, especially hearing the " l'eau de toilette" meme; the drift towards geology was welcome😊

Yay! You made it to New Caledonia!!!

Excellent footage and info. My hell playlist: Fireflies - Owl City Honey - Bobby Goldsboro Crank Dat (Soulja Boy) - Soulja Boy Afternoon Delight - Starland Vocal Band

Still lovely to see someone gush about the local flora back home

It's my dream to go there! such interesting biodiversity! So happy you got to explore this unique place!

as a French, I am amazed by your "eau-de-toilette" pronunciation skills. New Caledonia seems to be a paradise for botanists.

I do feel better. Also grateful for you and YT taking my mind on a gorgeous morning walk.

I hope you enjoyed the cava cava whilst there... I met the king of the kanak when I was there, completely by accident, I wandered into his seating area.

I'm so happy you got to go to New Caledonia! A place I'll never get to visit. Thanks for a fascinating glimpse into the weird ecology there :)

Glad you got there! Sounds like you are enjoying yourself!

Wow, what an amazing place. On my bucket list for years, but don't want to think of the cost. You just made my day better.

My torture song: that Paul McCartney Christmas one with the annoying synthesizer that goes mewmewmewmewmew.

Thank you for the vlog from the island that I am sure I will never see. A tour of nature that is both a feeding of my spirit and a fiesta for the eyes. The banter is really fun too. Thanks again.

My musical hell was the Mamma Mia soundtrack in short snippets while working at a Borders bookstore, in Indiana. You think you know grim? Do you know madness?

New Caledonia yay! I swear last week I was telling my husband I really wanted you to go there and tell me about the weird plants. Thanks! 🤩

I do feel better after watching this. thanks!

Some guy was complaining about ads today on your last vid I was about to tell him off man cause you need to go to New Caledonia and holy shit you’re there.

Absolutely *thrilled* and *delighted* that you somehow got yourself to New Caledonia! I had to spread the news to all my interwebz frens as soon as I saw this, but am saving my own initial viewing for after work when I can relish it.

Glad you made it!

Thx, from the Great Southern near the Stirling Ranges 🇦🇺

theres some amazing geckos there to

Flageleria!! 😁 No time ever wasted with you.. Loving everything to do with it!👍 Cheers Bro! 🖤

Not skipping and watching all the ads for my guy 👍

Those southern conifers. Love them, love this, much thank.

look for Blechnum obtusatum on the rainy side! Its an aquatic/semi aquatic tree fern.

i believe the substrate is bog iron.

You inspired me to finish a painting I've been working on for 20+ years plus you are a great suicide prevention what the shit. Thanks buddy. Truly beautiful.

The sound of running water soothes my soul. Add in some cool flora & I'm in heaven. Playlist from Hell would include any country song proclaiming our "Freedom" & exceptionalism. Can I pretend to deny climate change to get in on the psychedelics? I'm a grandma without connections.

thanks for the guided meditation on weird plants and rocks

What in the literal hell, where did this come from? Congrats on living your dream

@ 8:30 - Man that Alphitonia really looks weird and cool. I need to see one in person some day. What a unique look!

You can literally hear the plants feel happier when he says shit like "those BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS" or endearingly calls it a mortacious bastard or whatever, this guys the shit.

45 minutes? hell yes

I feel better! I feel jealous of you being in New Caledonia though too. Fun video, thank you.

Wow muy buen video, hermosas plantas, espectacular,

Come to NZ

If you hadnt guess i love this series, its like seeing what the ancient confers would be getting up to in the 21st century fucking awesome!

This is one of the most calming channels on youtube in 2020. Less gloom, more plants and what tha shit! 🌱

You're right about it all looking melted! Zealandia was/might still be? volcanic as heck, but being submerged and eroded and covered in bird guano until trees grew on it and whatnot makes it look less so. The ground reminds me a little of El Malpais, actually, but I've only been there once. p.s. you're not kidding about plants being good for feeling less like killing someone. been binging this channel so I stop fantasizing about caving in the skull of the guy what destroyed my mom. really saving my blood pressure and reducing my cortisol levels, so thank you very much.

What a wonderful video!! Back in 2000 I went to New Caledonia, and spent most of my time in southern part, in the ultramafic maquis. I didn't get to Chutes de la Madeleine, but I got to the Riviere Bleu park. I spent considerable time around Col de Moirange, Col de Ouanaru, and Col de Yate. In the former I saw a small Drosera--I didn't realize sundews would grow in such an area!. Besides the conifers (I saw LOTS of Agathis ovata), I was interested in Nothofagus, and was hoping to find N. codonandra at Col de Moirange, but what I thought might be it turned out to be Alphitonia--although the leaves appear similar, those of the Nothofagus are narrower. I found Beccarriella (yes, the undersides of those leaves are MOST impressive!), Pancheria, Allocasuarina and Joinvillea. The first time I spotted Dacridium araucarioides, I turned around on the main road--and got the front right tire of my rented Citroen stuck in an eroded spot that extended perpendicularly from the ditch at the side of the road--but fortunately some kind people came along and got me out of it--one attached a rope from his vehicle to my back bumper, and two others in the ditch trying to lift the front passenger side of the car, while I had the car in reverse, and it worked! On one day I visited the botanic garden in Noumea where I saw some species I hadn't seen in the field. I hope I can go back again, and go to Mount Mou and other places. I went to a coastal area where I saw niaoli (Melaleuca). When I've mentioned having gone to New Caledonia to others having botanical interest, they often seem envious. The impression I get is that the tourist promoters are much more interested in the marine life than the terrestrial life. You mentioned the Atlanta Botanical Garden, which had an excellent collection in their conservatory. The RBG at Mt Tomah (NSW) also has quite a few, and Alistair Watt's Otway Ridge Arboretum (in southern Victoria) is also excellent. I miss that deep red soil--more intense than any I've seen elsewhere!

If you get a chance see if you see any crows, the crows there make hooks out of wood and ferns to fish grubs out of holes

The only channel I will watch a 5min advert for

Omg the grevillea at the start my dream plant. I live in Australia and I think it’s the prettiest one and I have seen a lot.

The macharana on loop, for eternity. Best hell playlist.

I was reading Farjon’s Natural History of Conifers on the Internet Archive and he has a chapter about the New Caledonian conifers and finding your videos is fantastic and brings them to life. Hope to visit this island someday

The fact that any of your videos have not been dem0n3tized is a testament to how much people like the botany you're demonstrating. There ought to be way way more tight-assed people reporting these videos for whatever BS (language), but this shit is gold. You're undoubtedly doing wonders for public interest in botany.

Niiiiiice, you made it there.

glad you made it out there bro

You are awesome pronuncing Latin. Eau is pronounced O. Love you.

thanks dude, peace

"Mr. Jones and Me" pure hell!

Thanks, that was great.

In my best Long Island speak " you're a f...king pisser" your knowledge is amazing but the delivery is fantastic.

man these are so nice to watch

this series is awesome, especially now i have a book thats actually heard of these plants thanks for recommending Aljos, even if he isnt your favourite person :)

very nice job ...thanks for sharing

Love your channel. I'm a botanist on the east coast of Australia. Make "Myrtaceous Bastard" merchandise and ill buy it!

I saved this video to watch later a few hours ago and I walked into my bathroom and saw my parents cologne that said ‘eau-de-toilette’, I couldn’t believe it and took it as a sign to watch the video now

absolutely fascinating. thank-you so much and what the shit.

I feel better, thanks

I DO feel better, after watching your videos! :)

I feel better now

What a great adventure. New Caledonia has some wild biodiversity. My torture songs would be anything by Maroon 5.

i've never been this early to such a great video

Oh! Dear Darwin bless me! Those sweet sweet Jurassic offshoots

Oh WOW... that view is breathtaking!! Holy canoli. Thank you for another vid!!

So you gonna be a Guest on my Podcast brother. I sure hope so, and you can let up know on what trees to plant in regions everyone lives in. Thanks for all the vids and insight. I Started on The Zimmer Evolutions book as well. 👍🏽👍🏽🤘🏽🔴🎙🎥🌎🌱

That place looks like it's volcanic or distinct volcanic. Volcano. Thank you for the video preciate it. .

Congrats on your New Caledonia dream happening! 🌲🌲🌲

Great to see you got to New Caledonia! Really enjoying the CPBBD Southern Hemisphere 2019 - 2020 Tour. Keep rockin! Europe "The Final Countdown " is about as hellish as it gets.

Best Christmas tree I’ve ever seen

I thought i saw a rodidendron until you showed the flowers. Interesting!

“An over here this Podocarpaceae and over there whatever that shit” Have you ever been in a Cannoli eating contest, huh?” Genius

You haven't lost me yet And I seriously doubt you're going to Just keep making videos like you always do my luud mouth botanist friend

Ayy he really made it to New Caledonia

Just excellent, yet again. I learned loads again, again. Thank you from England.

I've never knew I could laugh so much watching a video about plants! Ha!

Nice. Thanks Tony, a walk in the australis forestalis has made my day.

My favourite botanist.

Hay ya finally made it👌

I like the Cooper...... bush/tree. Cool beans! So many Incredibly cool plants, bushes ,Trees and rocks! Lmao 🤣❤

Let me guess the water was so foamy because it was high in phosphates and since I don't see any farms or Washing machines..I guess the lava rock is high in phosphorus and sulfur. Also..you sent Bonsai people into a high looking at the very Bald Cypress like Podocarps...just like a Sensei just worked them over. I have Plerandra elegantissima growing here at home in the backyard. N.C. native that looks pretty much like what you saw...tall thin trunks and compact foliage at the top. From an area of more rains or deeper soils..but you can see the similarity of island life. Noumea is close to Vanuatu,and that might be like Xanadu to tropical climate lovers..had to stretch to make it rhyme.