Compact and Bejew are the key words this week, as on the ledge delves into the world of tiny plants.

I'm Jane Perrone, your host, and I'm joined this week by Leslie Halleck to talk about her new book Tiny Plants.

Plus, I answer a question about a colourful Tadiscantia.

Thank you to Alison, who became a crazy plant person this week and supported me on Patreon,

and Cherie, who became a superfan. And also, I must give a shout

out to Inger 17494 in the Netherlands, who left a lovely review for the show. And I heard from Lynette,

who was listening back to an old, an old, old episode actually, I think it was episode 26 off the

top of my head about old house plants.

And she shared the story of her night blooming serius, aka Christ in the manger, that's

Hyla Serius Undatus for any botanical Latin fans. It sounds amazing because the cutting that her dad had was from his grandmother.

So the dad was born in 1933, so you can imagine how old this plant is, and Lynette has passed on a

cutting to her own daughter to keep the tradition going. And Lynette says this plant is a part of our family history. How wonderful to

still have it with you. And these plants can go on for decades. It's so lovely to know that it's

continuing to bring you all great joy. And yeah, wouldn't you just love to be able to have the

magical skill of being able to touch a plant and a bit like Spock

doing a mind meld, you could then access where it's been. Yeah, I think if I was going to have

a superpower, that might have to be it. A sort of a plant mind melt would be amazing, wouldn't it?

But Lynette, thank you for sharing that with me. And if you've got any stories about old plants,

I would still love to hear them. Speaking of which, it's coming up on episode 200 of the show.

And this is a shout out. I would like to know from you for this episode,

what has changed in the world of house plants for you since February 2017? So maybe you have

gone from zero houseplants to 200 houseplants. Maybe you have lost half of your collection because

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