Horticultural tour: the island of Madeira

This week on The Horti-Culturalists come with us on a journey to the remote and magical island of Madeira where Stephen recently lead a horticultural tour. The island has a host of endemic plants which Stephen was thrilled to see in the wild, including some very popular plants in cultivation like Echium and Geranium maderense. But you'll have to watch the whole video to find out which plant was the highlight of his trip!
We'll also visit the wonderful Quinta da Boa Vista orchid nursery and The Monte Palace Tropical garden: https://montepalacemadeira.com/desktop/
If you'd like to find out more about the tours that Stephe hosts you can here: https://www.asatours.com.au/
The plants we talk specifically about in this video are:
Semele androgyna
Erica arborea
Dendrobium loddigesii
Strongylodon macrobotrys - the Jade Vine
Daucus decipiens
Geranium maderense
Echium
Globularia salicina
Ruscus streptophyllus
Cyathea cooperi now Sphaeropteris cooperi
Vaccinium padifolium
Laurobasidium lauri
And if you're interested in learning more about rare and interesting plants you could the Royal Horticultural Society of Victoria here: http://www.rhsv.org.au/