Ep. 5 - Our Favorite Types of Plants

with Miles Jonard

The Plant Daddies introduce their first guest, Miles Jonard, owner of The Plant Store.

…And it’s another episode where Matthew puts on his plant geek glasses and lectures on a couple of his favorite types of plants, the Aroid family, and the Ficus genus. Stephen talks about carnivorous plants, and those that grow a caudex.

00:00:00 - Introduction, Meet Miles Jonard, owner of The Plant Store in White Center, Seattle (check out his Instagram here!)

• Chlorophytum comosum (Spider Plant)

00:14:25 - Personal Plant Updates

• Hoya obovata

• Bulbophyllum (a genus and alliance of orchid genera, including Cirrhopetalum)

• Cissus (Specifically C. tuberosa, C. rotundifolia, the Rex Begonia Vines [C. bicolor, C. javana, C. discolor,] and C. antarctica)

00:21:30 - Stephen's Plant Groups

• Pinguicula (Specifically the Mexican and temperate species)

• Caudex forming plants

• Adenium obesum (Desert Rose)

• Cyphostemma uter var Macropus

• Euphorbia pulcherrima (Poinsettia)

00:27:35 - Matthew's Plant Groups

• Ficus (Specifically the Common Fig, F. carica, India Rubber Plant, F. elastica, Banana Leaf Fig, F. maclellandii, Fiddle Leaf Fig, F. lyrata, and Weeping Fig, F. benjamina)

• Araceae

• Spathiphyllum (Peace Lily)

• Zantedeschia aethiopica (Calla Lily)

• Anthurium

• Arisaema triphyllum (Jack in the Pulpit)

• Philodendron

• Monstera deliciosa (Split Leaf Philodendron)

• Epipremnum aureum (Pothos)

• Amorphophallus titanum (Corpse Lily)

• Wolffia globosa (Duckweed)

• Dieffenbachia

• Aglaonema

• Colocasia

• Alocasia

• Caladium

• Syngonium podophyllum (Nephthytis, or Arrowhead Vine)

• Zamioculcas zamiifolia(ZZ plant)

01:08:53 - Wrap-up

• Cycas revoluta (Sago Palm)

• Nepenthes (Specifically, N. sanguinea, N. ventricosa, N. alata, and N. x ventrata)

• Cercestis mirabilis

• Calathea

Thank you for listening! Since podcasting is an auditory medium, and houseplants are best enjoyed visually, we want to provide a list of the plants we mention in each episode in case listeners want to see what we’re talking about. We also have a Pinterest account with many boards to accompany specific episodes, as well as some general ones that will include trending and popular plants, growing tips and ideas, and these will feature almost everything that we have mentioned. Listen to this episode, and check out our others, available on iTunes, Google Play, and Spotify.