Plant Latin 101
Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care
Maria Failla- Happy Plant Lady and Author of Growing Joy: The Plant Lover's Guide to Cultivating Happiness
4.8 • 912 Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2019
⏱️ 64 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do |
| 0:07.0 | Hi Plant Friends welcome to episode 54 of |
| 0:12.0 | Boomango Radio of botanical bro, the OG botanical bro for Bloom and Grow Radio, Chris Satch, back on the show today to help |
| 0:26.2 | demystify the Latin names of our house plants we love so much, but don't really know what they actually are or what their names actually are and I'm totally guilty of this |
| 0:35.3 | So today Chris and I dive into plant Latin the history of plant Latin some troubleshooting |
| 0:42.1 | We learn lots of nerdy plant names that I pretty much entirely |
| 0:46.5 | mispronounce and we also learn that that's okay to mispronounce Latin as long as you're making the effort to use it. |
| 0:52.2 | So we hope this episode helps you build a better understanding |
| 0:55.0 | of your houseplants, what families they come from, |
| 0:58.0 | and maybe just gives you some fancy words to pull out |
| 1:01.0 | out a party and sound fancy with. |
| 1:02.0 | I always love when I'm with a friend who's not a plant person. to pull out at a party and sound fancy with. |
| 1:02.8 | I always love when I'm with a friend who's not a plant person and I use the |
| 1:05.7 | plan Latin name of something they're like, oh my god, how did you learn that? |
| 1:09.2 | So it's a fun party trick. |
| 1:10.9 | Stay tuned till the end of the episode because we are going to have a super fun challenge for our community to participate in. |
| 1:17.0 | So make sure you listen and accept the challenge and take it. I can't wait to see you on Instagram to see what you post. |
| 1:24.4 | One more thing, Plant, friends, if you live in Los Angeles, we are throwing a party. |
| 1:30.5 | I'm so excited. You'll remember Deneene from Folia Collective. She was the amazing guest on the episode |
| 1:36.7 | How to Start a Plant Shop in season two. Dene and I are going to throw a little botanical and booze happy hour and the first live |
| 1:44.3 | taping of Blumengrove radio at her shop, Foley a collective in Los Angeles on March |
| 1:49.6 | 18th from 7 to 10 p.m. and we're so excited to announce that we've just |
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