Ep. 351 - Can Pseudophoenix Rise From the Ashes?

In Defense of Plants Podcast

In Defense of Plants

Science & Medicine, Natural Sciences

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

What does it take to save a rare palm from extinction? You are about to find out! Listen in as we sit down with Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden's Conservation Program Manager, Jennifer Possley to learn about one of North America's rarest palms - Pseudophoenix sargentii. You will learn why conservation needs to be a long-term investment and how even a single individual can make a huge difference. This episode was produced in part by Christie, Carlos, Paleo Fern, Levi, Sylvia, Lanny, Ben, Lily, Craig, Sarah, Lor, Monika, Brandon, Jeremy, Suzanne, Kristina, Christine, Silas, Michael, Aristia, Felicidad, Lauren, Danielle, Allie, Jeffrey, Amanda, Tommy, Marcel, C Leigh, Karma, Shelby, Christopher, Alvin, Arek, Chellie, Dani, Paul, Dani, Tara, Elly, Colleen, Natalie, Nathan, Ario, Laura, Cari, Margaret, Mary, Connor, Nathan, Jan, Jerome, Brian, Azomonas, Ellie, University Greens, Joseph, Melody, Patricia, Matthew, Garrett, John, Ashley, Cathrine, Melvin, OrangeJulian, Porter, Jules, Griff, Joan, Megan, Marabeth, Les, Ali, Southside Plants, Keiko, Robert, Bryce, Wilma, Amanda, Helen, Mikey, Michelle, German, Joerg, Cathy, Tate, Steve, Kae, Carole, Mr. Keith Santner, Lynn, Aaron, Sara, Kenned, Brett, Jocelyn, Ethan, Sheryl, Runaway Goldfish, Ryan, Chris, Alana, Rachel, Joanna, Lori, Paul, Griff, Matthew, Bobby, Vaibhav, Steven, Joseph, Brandon, Liam, Hall, Jared, Brandon, Christina, Carly, Kazys, Stephen, Katherine, Mohsin Kazmi Takes Pictures, Manny, doeg, Daniel, Tim, Philip, Tim, Lisa, Brodie, Bendix, Irene, holly, Sara, and Margie.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to the Indefense Plants Podcast, the official podcast of IndefensePlants.com.
0:05.8	What's up? This is your host Matt, welcome to the show. How's everyone doing this week?
0:09.6	Today we're going to talk about the plate of a palm tree, named Sudo-Fenix Sargentii or the Florida
0:15.8	Cherry Palm. The plate of this tree has a lot to do with overdevelopment and poaching,
0:21.3	and unfortunately its numbers are not doing well in the wild, but thanks to people like my guest,
0:27.1	there is hope for the species. Joining us from Fair Trial Tropical Botanical Garden is Jennifer
0:32.2	Poesley, and she's going to tell us all about what has happened to this palm and what 30 years of
0:37.2	efforts in palm conservation can do to bring a species back from the brink. This is really inspiring
0:43.6	and it's one of those conservation success stories that we need to be shouting at the top of our
0:48.0	lungs, but I don't want to steal any of her thunder, so let's just jump right into it. Without further
0:52.5	ado, here's my conversation with Jennifer Poesley. I hope you enjoy.
1:09.7	All right, Jennifer Poesley, it is so great to have you on the podcast. I'm really excited to
1:14.5	talk to you about your work today, but first let's start off with you. Tell us a little bit about
1:18.7	who you are and what it is you do. Okay, thank you Matt. It's really nice to meet you.
1:25.0	I followed the podcast for a few years now. I am the conservation program manager at Fair Trial
1:32.4	Tropical Botanic Garden, which is in Miami, Florida, and I've actually worked at the garden for
1:39.3	maybe 21 years at this point. I've been the conservation program manager since Joyce
1:44.9	Mishinsky left, and I know you interviewed her a few years ago. She's now the CPC
1:51.0	Center for Plant Conservation Director, but we have a small team of staff that focuses on the
1:56.3	rare plants of our region and conserving the germ plasm of these rare species of Florida,
2:02.5	Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. That is excellent. I'm a huge fan of Fair Child, and it's
2:08.4	really great to talk to anyone that works there, has got their hands sort of in the process of
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