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Prop Culture

Hortikult Digital Solutions, s.r.o. & Nurture System

Jos Vanden Abeele, Tanya Quintieri, and Kaylee Ellen are here to spill the plant communi-tea! This is a show for houseplant lovers, collectors, breeders, and hobbyists who want the gossip, the drama, the science, and the real talk about the changing plant community. Get the unpotted secrets, follow the trending drama, and join the mission to build a more sustainable, connected plant community. Email us at propculture@hortikult.com

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01:18:50

S02E21: Miami Vice(s) — Our First IAS Tropical Plant...

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2026/09/29

Tanya and Jos are home from Miami, cold, jet-lagged, and still on speaking terms. This week they spill the tea on their first-ever IAS Tropical Plant Expo.In the news:Hold My Bud: oaks that got eaten by caterpillars one year open their buds about three days later the next. That's enough to starve the hatchlings, and enough to cancel out a decade of climate-driven early spring. Published in Nature Ecology & Evolution.Pilea does math: the vein loops on a Pilea peperomioides leaf form a

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01:16:54

S02E20: Interview with Marco Cedeño-Fonseca, Fake...

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2026/09/09

Episode 20 and we finally have an aroid taxonomist in the room. Marco Cedeño Fonseca is a Costa Rican botanist who did his master's on Monstera at the University of Costa Rica and just finished his PhD at the Berlin Botanical Garden — as in, he got the title the day before we recorded and told us at the very end.News: the Thomas B. Croat Aroid Garden was inaugurated in Tabasco, Mexico. A 5-meter plant gets a strong opinion out of Marco about plastic plants in Costa Rica. And a new Typhonium was

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01:06:03

S02E19: Red Light Special (For Your Plants)

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2026/08/25

Your plant isn't being dramatic when it stretches for the window — it's reading the light. This week Tanya and Jos get into a red-shade-cloth vanilla farm in Hawaii, the real science of phytochrome and shade avoidance, and why cannabis growers manipulate far-red light on purpose. Plus: an AI plant-photo fraud scandal shakes the collector community, a Hawaiian botanist free-solos volcanic cliffs to save endangered plants by hand, two Australian orchids get pulled back from the brink, and Tanya drops

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01:27:47

S02E18: Coopetition Over Competition with Veronica...

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2026/08/13

Tanya's back from Corsica (barely rested, extremely tanned in spirit) and Jos has news about the UK's Plant Heritage — a royal-patronage plant conservation charity with over 600 protected collections, four of which now belong to King Charles III himself. It kicks off a real conversation about colonial extraction in the plant world, plus an update on the Monstera Stan bracket tournament (RIP to your wallet, congrats to Mexican Mint) and a citizen science detour into bird counts and Cape Cod

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01:20:30

S02E17: Turkish Ice Cream Is Made From Orchids?!...

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2026/07/28

Hosts this episode: Jos Vanden Abeele & Kaylee Ellen(Tanya Quintieri is off the grid in Corsica this week — back next episode.)No guest interview this time, so Jos and Kaylee fill the runtime with a stacked news round and two full plant-rating segments.Tanya's off soaking up Corsica, so it's just Jos and Kaylee this week — and they've brought a full plate of plant news. Top of the list: the strange, orchid-based science behind stretchy Turkish ice cream, and why making it is quietly

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01:11:56

S02E16 | A Luxury Service Nobody Needs: Dr. Sarah...

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2026/07/14

Episode 16 — and it's Hortikult's two-year anniversary, so we're celebrating by talking about paperwork.Our guest is Dr. Sarah Spaulding, evolutionary biologist, Tanya's co-chair on the IAS education committee, and the person behind BOTANOPHILE — the export business that gets rare plants from US growers into collections around the world. Sarah explains what that actually involves: monthly USDA inspections where a stranger examines every plant you own for hours, phytosanitary

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01:34:08

S02E15: The Chocolate Botanist on Plants as Food,...

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2026/06/30

Derek Haynes — The Chocolate Botanist — joins us for one of our widest-ranging episodes yet: equal parts plant science, stand-up, and a conversation that genuinely mattered.We open with the news. Tanya reports from Japan, where a 26-year-old got arrested within 24 hours for swapping the price tag on a ~$1,700 Operculicaria (a slow-growing Madagascan caudex succulent that mimics a decades-old bonsai) down to about $25 — then panicked and fled at the till. Then Jos digs into TWP Tropical, the Oklahoma

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01:32:29

S02E14: Of Plant Shows, MOSS POLES, Living the...

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2026/06/16

The day has finally come. We've summoned the Master of Moss Poles, none other than Jan, aka SydneyPlantGuy! But first things first:In this episode, we discuss the latest "news" on common houseplant mistakes, and we talk about attending plant shows. Then we interview Jan, and what an interview it was! Did you know that Jan can be spicy? In our Hot or Nah segment, we rate:Begonia U02Hoya multiflora 'Pandawa Lima’Alocasia scalprum ‘Narrow'Cycnoches The GrinchAnd finally we rate

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00:46:01

S02E13: It's Children's Day and We have a Special...

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2026/06/01

International Children's Day is celebrated worldwide on June 1, and on the second Sunday of June in the United States. The day holds special significance for Czechs. 80 years ago, on June 10, 1942, Nazis massacred hundreds of men, women, and children in the Czechoslovakian town of Lidice.Since Tanya lives in the Czech Republic, we decided to honor this day and 1) have her daughter (10) on the podcast, and 2) publish this episode on this Monday, rather than our usual Tuesday. Safe to say,

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00:58:01

S02E12: Take Two, Really? Two Decades of Plant...

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2026/05/19

They say sh!t happens, right? Episode 12 has us handling a Take Two, because Tanya & Tech. Nonetheless, it's an enlightening episode!In the news segment, we cover the past two decades in houseplant collecting according to a Google Trends report (shoutout to affordablebiscuit on Reddit!). Also in the news: a fascinating report from Matador Network on America's rarest flower. The video follows researchers deep into Florida's remote swamps as they trek through flooded forests and climb

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00:59:12

S02E11: Captain Aroid, aka Jos Was in China to Judge...

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2026/05/05

Jos returns from judging the first-ever Sensoria Expo in Hangzhou and reports back on what plant collecting looks like at China-scale. Plus: a sobering study on collapsing orchid pollination, the Alocasia 'Pink Bull' mislabel, two hot variegated Anthuriums, and weird plants featuring praying-hand pea flowers.CONNECTSubstack: ⁠⁠https://propculture.substack.com/⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/prop.culture.podcast⁠Website: ⁠⁠https://hortikult.com/podcast⁠Connect with us:

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01:17:33

S02E10: The Orchids Are Horny and the Bees Don't Know!

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2026/04/28

Tanya, Jos & Kaylee unpack a Facebook plant-DNA conspiracy, the wild trickery orchids use to scam pollinators (yes, including sex), Tanya's hot take on why rotating houseplants is bullshit, and weird-plant ratings featuring an elephant's foot.CONNECTSubstack: ⁠https://propculture.substack.com/ Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/prop.culture.podcastWebsite: ⁠https://hortikult.com/podcastConnect with us: ⁠propculture@hortikult.com

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01:13:06

S02E09: Plant Gatekeeping, Plant Name Trademarks,...

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2026/04/21

We kick off with the latest in plant trademark drama: Proven Winners' newly branded "Mythic Phoebus," which, under the trade name, is a variegated Alocasia (likely Alocasia Dora or similar). We dig into why a grower would trademark both a fake genus and a fake species name, what it means for the collector community, and why renaming common aroids as "boutique" plants is a growing marketing trend.Then we head to Monster, Netherlands, where 84-year-old Jan's 12-year-old

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01:30:18

S02E08: Exploring Plant Naming Wars, Futuristic...

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2026/04/14

In this episode of Prop Culture, hosts Tanya and Jos welcome Kaylee Ellen as their new co-host, a much-loved plant YouTuber known by many. The trio discusses plant naming controversies, including trademarked cultivar names and shops rebranding plants for profit. They cover news about a tech billionaire planning a futuristic succulent dome in Somerset and share which plant genera they'd avoid buying again, with Calathea topping the community poll. Also: Kaylee opens up about her plant shop

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00:58:46

S02E06 | Plant Show in Thailand – Interview With...

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2026/03/31

In this episode, Tanya and Jos bridge the gap between the royal gardens of England and the bustling plant markets of Bangkok. We look into the high-maintenance "Plant Shuffle" of King Charles III, discuss the evolving trend of physical plant journaling in a digital age, and get an update on the European collector scene with the upcoming My Botanica events.The highlight of the show is an international interview with Anastasia Shokhrin (@Foliage_Fancies), who joins us live from a quiet

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00:39:34

S02E05 | Podcastathon Special: Why the IAS Matters,...

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2026/03/20

In this special "Podcastathon" edition of Prop Culture, Tanya is joined by Ashley (@ATLPlantRoom), the Marketing Chair for the International Aroid Society (IAS). Together, they pull back the curtain on what it means to be part of the world’s leading organization dedicated to the Araceae family.From its "book club" origins in 1977 to its current role as the official international registration authority for aroid cultivars, the IAS has evolved into a global powerhouse for plant

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00:52:50

S02E04 | Daffodils, Community, and What’s the Deal...

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2026/03/20

In this episode, Tanya and Jos bridge the gap between historic botanical discoveries and the modern digital landscape. Jos shares the incredible story of a South African plant rediscovered after 200 years, along with the "Daffodil Fever" of the Victorian era. Tanya updates us on the "generational cold snap" in Florida and how it’s affecting both commercial crops and private collections.The conversation then turns to the ethics of the plant community. We examine plant content theft, including how

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00:49:11

S02E03 | Plant Shipping, the History of A. 'Ace Of...

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2026/02/19

In this episode, Tanya and Jos explore the cutting edge of plant science and the "wild west" of online plant selling. We start with some major news regarding the EU’s New Genomic Techniques (NGT) and what "designer plants" might look like in the future. We also dive into the drama of Reddit, discussing the audacity of a buyer asking for a free replacement plant four months after purchase—because they were in a coma.Jos shares his "hard way" lessons from launching a

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00:58:27

S02E02 | Interview with Dr. Tom Croat (Part 2)

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2026/02/13

After a chaotic start involving a "brain cell frying" recording mishap, Tanya and Jos are back for the second episode of Season 2. We dive into the legacy of the late orchid legend Paul Gripp, discuss the evolution of "rare" versus "collector" plants, and Tanya makes a confession about a certain "betrayal" regarding the IAS Tropical Plant Expo.In the second half of our interview with Dr. Tom Croat, we explore the mysteries of wild hybridization, the

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01:01:58

S02E01 | Interview with Dr. Tom Croat (Part 1)

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2026/01/27

Happy New Year and Welcome to Season 2! We made it back. Tanya is (mostly) healthy, Jos is caffeinated, and we are starting 2026 with a guest we’ve been dreaming of hosting since Day 1: Dr. Thomas Croat. The Man Behind the Name You likely know Dr. Croat as the “Godfather of Aroids”—the man who has described over 1,300 species and collected more plants than probably anyone in history. But in Episode 1 of Season 2, we got to hear the stories before the fame. He told us about his early adventures

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