Hello, welcome. This is on the Ledge podcast. I'm Jane Barone. We're talking about Hoyers. What's not to like?

Well, a very fine day to you all. And in this week's show, I'm going to be visiting the National Collection of Hoyers in Newcastle,

curated by the wonderful Felix Horn.

And I answer a question about a languishing lime.

Love that, a languishing lime.

Alliteration, you just can't beat it.

Thanks for joining me this week.

It's episode 244, and I do hope this audio is finding you in a reasonable state.

Now, if you've listened to on the ledge for any length of time, you will probably know is finding you in a reasonable state.

Now, if you've listened to On the Ledge for any length of time,

you will probably know that I'm quite keen on Hoyers.

So no surprises, there are a couple of Hoyer episodes coming up in the next few weeks and the first of those is this episode.

I travelled to Newcastle to meet

Felix Horn who holds the national collection of the Hoyer genus here in the UK. What's a national

plant collection, you may ask. Well, this is a UK charity that helps to conserve plants by gathering together plants of a particular genus

and looking after them. And the people looking after them are a huge range of volunteers who

study them, keep great records and generally keep the flame alive for their plant of choice.

And in the case of Felix Horn, that happens to be

Hoyer. So whether you're a Hoyer fan or a Hoyer disbeliever, I have a feeling that after listening

to Felix, you may want a few of these wonderful epiphytic plants. And if you hear a little bit of noise in the background during the interview,

most likely it's one of Felix's two cats,

one of whom got very interested in our chat and joined in delightfully.

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