Borderlands Biome Memories

December 08, 2020 00:04:58
Borderlands Biome Memories
Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
Borderlands Biome Memories

Dec 08 2020 | 00:04:58

/

Show Notes

I hope you’re getting some time away from your home and out into nature…out into the wild. It sure is easy to social distance when you are out in the desert or mountains, but Ms. Mesquitey and I always carry masks with us, just in case we run into a situation that requires them, like having to stop for gas.  Anyway, get out and make some biome memories and we’ll compare notes  soon!

I always want to add an extra T when I write Yucca baccata, but no, two Cs and one T is correct. The specific epithet baccata is from Latin and means berry. The 6-8” long fleshy fruit look more like bananas than berries, so the common name banana yucca gets it right. Another common name for this yucca is datil, which comes from the Spanish name for date palm fruit/berries…dates. Pronounce it in Spanish, not like the anglicized pronunciation of the town Datil in New Mexico. Perhaps a more accurate common Spanish name should have been platano, but datil it is!

The photos are mine and taken in the desert near the Winchester Mountains.

Other Episodes

Episode 0

August 19, 2024 00:04:22
Episode Cover

Busy Bees in the Borderlands

Squash bees are out so early in the morning that they’re moving pollen around well before honey bees even arrive. Research done by the...

Listen

Episode 0

March 17, 2020 00:04:45
Episode Cover

Sycamore Waiver Signed

What is it about sycamore trees? When I mention a sycamore or show a photo of one to someone, invariably they declare their love...

Listen

Episode

June 22, 2016
Episode Cover

Floriferous Madness

  Lotus greenei has the common names of deer vetch, deer clover or, red and yellow pea. I like the last one best as it...

Listen