there are a lot of plants here that are succulent and that's a great adaptation for growing in reallylimates. so we see lots of succulents, but some are truly special and this one's my favorite, this is shaw's agave, agave shawii, and this beautiful plant with those huge yellow clusters of flowers on this flowering stem, like all of our agaves is going to die at that growing point when it flowers, it's a determinate perennial but luckily it usually has tons of offshoots with these huge fleshy succulent leaves and wicked spines at the tip that will come in to keep this colony growing. and that's important because there's not that many shaw's agave left, shaw's agave is a good example of an endangered plant that we find here. california doesn't just have the highest diversity of any state it has the highest number of endangered species with over 600 found here. and this one it's here in this part of san diego county and just barely over into baja, it's a very localized endemic, just in this coastal sage scrub community. gets us to thinking about where these plants originally came from.

it's definitely way too overcooked to be succulent. savory, right? - mm-hmm. now, what if we soaked it in beer? do you think that would help it, like, regain its succulence? - like a beer rub? - mm-hmm.

. >> i'm sissy work in the performing arts department of the succulent. i want to thank supervisor chu for remembering ruth and i'm honored to be here with the children of ruth she had many children and grandchildren. she was a mother and a grandmother and she gave summoning so much to many manufacture she cared about gardens and children and making sure that nothing went to waste. she never took no for an answer and as i traffic this country families and parents asked me they want to know if i know who ruth was and i tell them yes. i say that a all over the school district was named after her. the school was to be move forward where the students can work with the greatest art. she went to the black college to work with the genius of their time. she understood the importance of place. help me keep the promise to let her generosity continue and a thank you very much >> next speaker, please. >> >> i'm going to be brief. i want to read something she wrote when we and my father wanted to get married they had to come to california. professor at black maintain

but it also has got an ingredient made from sturdy, succulent, which i didn't get the name of, succulenten tested, listen to this, if you use this twice, a day, for 28 days, it makes your lips more moist by 6,000%. ka-ching. ka-ching, okay? that means it works, it is worth the money. >> i like it. >> so i'm loving this stuff. >> good one. okay, so i -- >> 24 carat -- that's 24 carat tip applicator. >> it should. >> supposed to be good for your lips. >> it should. >> not that much. >> here's my favorite thing. these are thongs, no, they're hanky panky underwear. >> hanky panky thongs, hoda. >> i call them underwear. let me show you. this is what they're like. here is the great thing about these, anyone can wear them, they're one size and sometimes they have -- >> how can they be one size? >> there is only one size. they stretch. and the great thing is, i've tried other underwear that looked like this, and they say they're like hanky pankies, they're not. you have to get hanky pankies. try these on. try them on. >> no, i'm not going to -- >> no. >> try it during the commercial. >> no, i'm

really, everything's very moist and succulent, right, ron?

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and the other succulents and the orchids and poinsettias during the holiday show. >> it really is likew does it feel just to have that family history so ingrained in baltimore? >> it makes us very, very proud, and that is why my whole family has been a part of the celebration. my mom loves the conservatory and participate in the fundraising. my daughter, of course, thinks it is hers, her personal

. >> succulent, your next. >> caller: hello? >> you are on the air, go ahead. >> caller: i'm wondering about this. i read someplace that the same outfits that were part of this are protecting those warlords, that we were going into a meeting in ethiopia, to continue doing what he was doing. i haven't had the comment of that period. >> that is basically correct. we were after him on this mission, this battle was fought on october 3 and 4 between the forces of american soldiers. but the loss of american life in the novel number of casualties were so shocking to the clinton administration and the congress and the american people that their mission was called off. once the mission was called off, they began to form a coalition government, and in fact, the incident that he referred to when they had a peace conference he was afraid for his safety. so he said that the only way that he would be willing to go to it was if americans took him. so it was, although it was an insult, perceived as an insult, by many the american soldiers that

, which i didn't get the name of it. >> succulent. >> succulent. >> if you used this twice a day fors and they say they're like hanky pankys. they're not. you have to get hanky pankys. try these on. try them on. >> no, i'm not going to -- >> in the commercial. >> no, i'm not trying them in the commercial. do they go over spanx? >> no. >> then try it. >> i'm sorry, there are still people in the world where this would be a stretch. >> i promise you, they will be comfortable. try them. try them. please. >> they come in -- >> scher says they come in size. thank you, cher. >> they come in a small, real brief and they come in that. >> in that. >> i like these, the bigger ones. these are the granny panty version. >> cher never lies. >> is that a real thong? >> yeah. >> are you wearing this? >> i'm wearing causabella, the same thing. >> she says it's not the same thing. we can duke it out. >> also let me tell you about that [ bleep ] lip you have on, it should kiss your lips for that. >> it's $42, i think. cher, stop lying to america! >> we're going to wrap up, talking about our -- those are