The weird and wonderful world of plants, flowers, and trees with legendary plant-hunter Tom Hart Dyke (Round 2) [#30]

Tom Hart Dyke is a legendary plant-hunter and horticulturalist. In the year 2000 he was kidnapped and held hostage for 9 months, we talked all about that experience in episode #29. During his time in captivity, he began to sketch plans for a 'World Garden', with plants from all over the world, a dream which later became a reality. In this episode, we focus more on plants themselves, the weird, wonderful, and downright bizarre, all served up to you with Tom's signature combination of passion and enthusiasm.    🌺HAVE YOU MET... TOM HART DYKE Check out this episode, round 1 with Tom, (or some of our others) on YouTube for video, photos, more links, and other resources: https://www.youtube.com/haveyoumetpodcast -- BIG announcement coming soon -- 🌻SCROLL DOWN⏬FOR 🕓TIMESTAMPS✌️ 🔗LINKS🔗 🐠 All of 🌍ur Links: https://linktr.ee/HaveYouMet 🌲 🌺 Tom's links Website: https://www.lullingstonecastle.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LullingstoneWorldGarden/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lullingstonecastle/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lullingstone 📱 Tom's Lullingstone Castle World Garden YouTube: ▶ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGyWzxQ8foiCpnwIHAQN6xw 🌵 Other links: Tom Hart Dyke on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Hart_Dyke Orchid Hunting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchid_hunting George Forrest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Forrest_(botanist) Francis Masson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Masson Tribe that Tom lived with: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentawai_people Darien Gap: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dari%C3%A9n_Gap PANDO, the world's largest & oldest living organism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pando_(tree) Sandbox Tree: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hura_crepitans Dad's Brown Trousers: https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2888840830448042465 ✌️ 🕓TIMESTAMPS🕓 [00:36] Recap of last episode & birth of the WORLD GARDEN [18:35] Darien Gap in the WG [22:56] Can foreign / exotic plants thrive naturally in the UK? [28:12] Interesting PLANT facts (Eucalyptus) [41:39] The world's most dangerous plant 😱 [50:16] Orchids [59:53] More amazing plants + plant facts [01:12:14] Can plants communicate? Do they think? [01:18:27] More unbelievable plant facts (scroll down 4 more info in 'other links') [01:27:57] Are we suffering loss of biodiversity in the world of plants? 🆕 - NEW EPISODE EVERY OTHER FRIDAY - ☀️PEN-MINDED and curious conversational interviews. 🎙️ Just two people talking...    🦄 Thank you for listening to the episode -- I hope you enjoyed it and maybe got inspired to plant some plants, explore somewhere new (maybe not the Darien Gap!!!), or go and visit Tom's castle!! If any of those are true - please consider clicking SUBSCRIBE + maybe consider SHARING the episode with someone you know, it all helps :) Thank you 🙌 📢HAVE YOU MET... is evolving! Going forward we'll be focusing on topics both directly and indirectly related to 2 of the most profound questions available for humanity to ponder: 1. Are we alone in the Universe? 2. What happens when we die?   We hope you'll stay with us on this journey into the unknown. 🌼 ALL LINKS: https://linktr.ee/HaveYouMet ⬅️ 🦚 #podcast #tomhartdyke #dariengap #thedariengap #tomhartdykedariengap #kidnapped #plants #haveyoumet #haveyoumetpodcast #flowers #trees #planthunter #podcasts #newvideo #planthunting #lullingstonecastle #worldgarden 🌷