# Cork Palm Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/bad-at-goodbyes-7020095/cork-palm Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/bad-at-goodbyes-7020095/cork-palm.md Podcast: [Bad at Goodbyes](https://stenobird.com/podcast/bad-at-goodbyes-7020095) Published: 2025-10-29T14:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://badatgoodbyes.com Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/49f50483-f273-4430-9040-1c4996655ea7.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bad-at-goodbyes-7020095/episodes/cork-palm Duration seconds: 2086 ## Resource Cork Palm :: Microcycas Calocoma Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 058 On today’s show we learn about the Cork Palm, a critically endangered tree native to the island of Cuba in the Caribbean Sea. (00:05) Intro (02:05) Species Information (23:01) Citations (24:23) Music (32:42) Pledge Research for today’s show was compiled from: Ania Pinares, Jorge González-Astorga, Andrew P. Vovides, Julio Lazcano, Wagner A. Vendrame, Genetic diversity of the endangered endemic Microcycas calocoma (Miq.) A. DC (Zamiaceae, Cycadales): Implications for conservation. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, Volume 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 385-394. – https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bse.2009.07.006 Botanical Gazette v.44 no.2, 118-141. (1907). “Microcycas Calocoma". Otis W. Caldwell. – https://doi.org/10.1086/329295   Botanical Gazette v. 47 no.2, 139-147. (1909). “Vascular Anatomy of the Seedling of Microcycas calocoma”. Helen Angela Dorety. – https://doi.org/10.1086/329818   Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 125, Issue 3, November 1997, Pages 201–210. “Pollination of endangered Cuban cycad Microcycas calocoma (Miq.) A.DC,”. Andrew P. Vovides, Nisao Ogata, Victoria Sosa, Esperanza Peña-García.  – https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.1997.tb02254.x   Bösenberg, J.D. 2022. Microcycas calocoma (errata version published in 2023). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T42107A243384251. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T42107A243384251.en Cycad Newsletter Vol. 14, No. 2 (November 1991) “Microcycas calocoma: Portrait of a Species”. Garrie Landry. – https://cycad.org/content/newsletter/   Horttechnology. v. 21. 474-481. “Palma Corcho: A Case Study in Botanic Garden Conservation Horticulture and Economics. “ Kay, Judy & Strader, Arantza & Murph… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bad-at-goodbyes-7020095/episodes/cork-palm/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/bad-at-goodbyes-7020095/cork-palm.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.