Ep. 433 - What Drives Orchid Diversity?
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In Defense of Plants
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🗓️ 6 August 2023
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
What drives orchid evolution? Why are places like Colombia so rich in orchid diversity? What constitutes a species across different orchid genera? Questions like these are what drive Dr. Tatiana Arias' research. Join us as we explore how she is attempting to tackle said questions and more. This episode was produced in part by Sea, Shannon, Thomas, Will, Jamie, Waverly, Brent, Tanner, Rick, Kazys, Dorothy, Katherine, Emily, Theo, Nichole, Paul, Karen, Randi, Caelan, Tom, Don, Susan, Corbin, Keena, Robin, Peter, Whitney, Kenned, Margaret, Daniel, Karen, David, Earl, Jocelyn, Gary, Krysta, Elizabeth, Southern California Carnivorous Plant Enthusiasts, Pattypollinators, Peter, Judson, Ella, Alex, Dan, Pamela, Peter, Andrea, Nathan, Karyn, Michelle, Jillian, Chellie, Linda, Laura, Miz Holly, 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 Indefensive Plants podcast, the official podcast of |
| 0:04.1 | Indeventiveplants.com. What's up? This is your host, Matt. Welcome to the show. How is everyone doing this week? I'm doing great because we are discussing one of my favorite topics in all of botany, and that is the orchid family. Specifically, why are they so diverse, especially in places like Colombia? Joining us to talk about this is Dr. Tatiana |
| 0:22.4 | Arias, and she has devoted her entire career to trying to understand those questions and so many more. |
| 0:28.1 | And as you're going to learn, this isn't science happening behind closed doors in an ivory tower. |
| 0:32.3 | This is extremely collaborative efforts that involves citizens, hobbyists, nurserymen, and so much more. |
| 0:38.3 | I'm going to let her describe all of that to you, but before we get into it, I just want to say |
| 0:41.9 | this podcast can't exist without support, and one of the best ways to support it is to become |
| 0:46.4 | a patron over at patreon.com slash indefensive plants. For a very small financial contribution |
| 0:51.8 | each month, you can give this show a future and get a lot of fun extras and kickbacks in the process. |
| 0:57.5 | I couldn't be doing this without my patrons, so go check that out. |
| 1:00.4 | Once again, that's patreon.com slash indefensive plants. |
| 1:03.6 | But that's entirely enough out of me. |
| 1:05.0 | I want to jump right into this topic. |
| 1:06.8 | So without further ado, here's my conversation with Dr. Tatiana Arias. |
| 1:10.5 | I hope you enjoy. |
| 1:25.2 | All right, Dr. Tatiana Arias, welcome to the podcast. |
| 1:28.6 | I am so excited to talk to you about our topic today. |
| 1:31.4 | But for those that aren't familiar with your work, start off with an introduction. |
| 1:34.6 | Tell us a little bit about who you are and what it is you do. |
| 1:38.0 | Yeah. |
| 1:38.4 | So I'm Tatiana Arias. |
| 1:40.1 | I am an orchid research botanies at Meryselby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, Florida. |
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