NPR Office Plants:
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

February 23, 2002 -- Follow Ketzel and Weekend Edition Saturday guest host John Ydstie as they wander the halls of NPR looking for evidence of life - that is, plant life!


Dead Bonsai As Objet d'Art
Chris Mandra plays on themes of existential despair and the horrors of fossil-fuel emissions in this emboldened use of a desiccated bonsai. Well done, Chris!

Up With Native Plants! Shelly Franklin shows her political savvy by growing pothos, a plant native to mall planters and office cubicles.

Light Works! Despite rumors to the contrary, Barbara Sopato proves that even in an office florist's cyclamen will flourish.

Barbara Scores Again This time with a spider plant, the queen of air-quality control.

Guaranteed Date Bait Brigid McCarthy lures passers-by into her office with a tantalizing Phalaenopsis orchid.

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