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that house plants are definitely having a moment.

But why are we suddenly so obsessed with the idea of bringing leaves and vines inside our homes?

And how is this surge in plant parenthood impacting the environment?

For Scientific American Science quickly, I'm Rachel Feldman.

Today I'm talking to Mark Hachydorian, senior curator of orchids and director of

Glasshouse horticulture at New York Botanical Garden.

He recently appeared on NYBG's new podcast, Plant People, to dig into the dark side of

house plant ownership.

He's here today to tell us more.

How did you get into plants?

How did you become a plant person?

How did I get into plants?

Well, my grandmother was an avid gardener, and I think that's where my interest in plants developed, probably also encouraged by my mother hoping I would get out of my reptile and insect phase.

This way, there weren't any escapees in our house.

As I started exploring the woods around my home, I started finding unusual plants in

which you wanted to know what they were and identify them. And one of the things I liked about plants

was that if I went back, they were always in the same place, where a bird may have been something,

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