Parenchyma Schmarenchyma (Boojum Tree)

Completely Arbortrary

Comedy, Education, Science

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Join us as we get weird with the Boojum tree (Fouquieria columnaris), a quirky desert oddball with some fascinating parenchyma. Plus, Casey reads an interminably long Lewis Carroll poem that gave this tree its name.

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0:00.0	What's up, up, Fungal Associates? Welcome to Completely Arbitrary. It's a
0:09.2	podcast about trees and other related topics. I am one of your hosts hosts my name is Alex Krossen and of course I am joined as always by Casey
0:19.0	Clap hi, that's me. I was, Alex. Oh, this is not it.
0:23.3	I looked up something in reference
0:25.2	to a thing we were talking about,
0:26.2	and it's not the one.
0:27.4	Great way to start a show.
0:29.3	Very good.
0:30.3	Ah, uh-uh. Hi, Alex, no, good day. I'm ready. I'm ready. I'm ready. I know what we're doing. This is a whole other side thing whole other side thing. Whole other side thing I was looking up.
0:39.6	Yes, well that has to do with something that's happening later in the show, which we will get to when we get to it.
0:45.4	Yeah, Patawon.
0:46.9	How are you, Kase?
0:47.9	I'm doing okay, Alex, I'm doing okay.
0:49.2	I'm doing okay, I'm doing a lot on my plate.
0:50.6	Yeah. Looking around, I'm wearing pants. It's pants weather now. That's right. This is really nice. I put on some pants this morning. I thought God bless America. To be very clear, Alex usually doesn't wear any pants. Yes.
1:03.0	I also never wear pants.
1:05.0	I'm a big, I mean for the last few months have been a big sweat shorts guy.
1:11.0	Yeah, that's right.
1:12.0	You're a gross nerd. You said it, not me, just be clear. But they're
1:16.6	fashionable sweatshorts. They're not like, you know, ugly on me. Assumed. I look
1:20.8	fucking hot in them. What can I there you go well yeah how are you
1:23.8	what's going on with you oh you know okay so I'm doing okay the seasonal change is
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