For the Love of Rhododendron – Details, episodes & analysis

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For the Love of Rhododendron

ARS NextGen

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Frequency: 1 episode/44d. Total Eps: 17

Have you ever loved someone so much that you followed them around and talked endlessly about them to all your friends and family? That’s how much we love Rhododendron, a quirky and amazing genus of flowering plants that has a deep human history and an incredible ecological legacy. Follow along on our adventures as we learn about the remarkable things that folks all around the world have done, For the Love of Rhododendron. This podcast is a production of The American Rhododendron Society Next Generation Program. Learn more at www.rhododendron.org

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Faith in a seed

Season 2 · Episode 5

Wednesday, May 3, 2023 • Duration 58:48

In this episode we meet Emily Ellingson, Plant Collections Curator at Polly Hill Arboretum. We learn how Emily’s own career was inspired by Arboretum founder Polly Hill, who held a strong faith in seeds and became an early adopter of electronic plant records. Emily shares the story of Polly’s Rhododendron and Azalea hybrids, and highlights the important work taking place now in conservation horticulture, including an excellent internship program, presenting the next generation an opportunity to grow and try out different things, carrying on Polly’s legacy, as expressed by Henry David Thoreau:

“Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.”

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From distraction to discovery

Season 2 · Episode 4

Wednesday, February 15, 2023 • Duration 01:13:57

In this episode we meet Dr. Mary Jane Epps, a scientist at the Center for Urban Habitats in Charlottesville, Virginia. Dr. Epps tells us how a moment of distraction while researching beetles led her to discover that flame azalea, a.k.a. Rhododendron calendulaceum, is pollinated by the wings of Tiger Swallowtail butterflies. We learn that this extremely rare type of pollination works because the flower shape offers the butterflies a clear landing platform, but that high diversity in Rhododendron flower shapes results in diverse rhododendron pollinator communities, and that there is an urgent need for us humans to support these pollinator communities: by making small changes in how we manage our home gardens, and by taking the time to get distracted, even by places as plain and humble as powerline cuts, we too can contribute to the conservation of pollinator biodiversity.

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