blue23rose said:
Really enjoyed it when the conversation digressed to eating conch. Did not know that you could eat it! And loved Trish's reaction to it 
My husband spent a few weeks working in the Bahamas a few years ago and he said they prepare it as a ceviche most of the time, so it is raw conch with a strong acid like lemon or lime juice, probably some onions tossed in and seasoning. I'm more familiar with conch fritters in the Florida Keys, which are pretty tasty if they aren't overly breaded like a hush puppy.
Great episode once again y'all! I thought it was great you brought up rattan vine, B. scandens. I'm definitely a fan of underused woodland natives, which include many of the native clematis species. We have had great success growing C. crispa and texensis so far, the crispa doing far better than the texensis.
I lived in S. Florida for six years and gloriosa lilies are definitely not invasive there, at least from what I saw---but the air potato like you mentioned is. I've seen it here here and there in SE Texas in folks' yards but thankfully haven't seen it escaped---yet. Wisteria on the other hand---hahahah! A good alternative if you really want wisteria is the native wisteria, W. frutescens. I've not tried it yet.
Another fun vine if you are warm enough is Thumbergia grandiflora...we like the variegated version. Ours died back over the winter and with this winter I really thought it was toast, but it came back!
