Buzz Pollination (Bigberry Manzanita)

Completely Arbortrary

Comedy, Education, Science

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Buzz buzz! Let’s connect some pollen the new fashioned way with the Bigberry Manzanita (Arctostaphylos glauca).

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0:00.0	What's up, Fungal Associates, welcome to Completely Arbitrary.
0:08.5	This is the podcast about trees and other related topics.
0:11.8	I'm one of your hosts, a very tan Alex Crozen.
0:15.9	And over there on the big green couch, we have Casey Plop.
0:18.3	I'm also tan, Alex.
0:20.7	Yes. Thanks a lot. Well, clap. I'm also tan, Alex.
0:17.3	Yes. Thanks a lot. Well, you're not exactly Hawaii tan, Casey. Oh, wow. All right. Well, let us know, Alex. Where have you been? Hawaii, and you know what I did there, Casey? Got sunburned. Yes, but I also got you a little something. What? You got me something? I got you something. close your eyes.
0:17.6	Okay.
0:18.7	I got you a little take.
0:20.7	Well, I guess, yeah, keep them closed.
0:37.8	I'm going to throw it. Yes, but I also got you a little something. What? You got me something? I got you something. Close your eyes.
0:38.1	Okay.
0:36.1	I got you a little take, well, I guess, uh, yeah, keep them closed. I'm going to throw something. Okay. Toward you. This is good stuff. It's next to you. Okay. Can I open your eyes and see what it is? My heart's pounding. It's a throwing knife.
0:37.6	Hawaii's flowers. Hawaii's flowers.
0:38.7	It's a pocket guide.
0:40.0	It's a little pocket guide. Wow, this is by Leland Mayano and Douglas Peebles. Do you have that one? No, no, no, okay, great. I don't think I was into plants when I went to Hawaii. Well, here's the story behind this. Wow. Okay, tell me. I was like, I want to get Casey a tree book about Hawaii while I'm here in Hawaii. Well, here's the story behind this. Wow. Okay, tell me.
1:11.3	I was like, I want to get Casey a tree book about Hawaii while I'm here in Hawaii.
1:15.4	Okay.
1:16.1	I could not find one, but I could find flowers of Hawaii.
1:20.4	Wow, green jade vine, strong la don.
1:23.7	That's right, strong la don.
1:25.6	And, of course, there are some trees in there. Yeah. So it'll unfortunately
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