generalized search in the plant files question

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LeBug Greenville, IN(Zone 6a) Oct 20, 2006

Don’t know where to post this if there is another place to go please let me know.
I’m having problems with the plant files, I always use the generalized search because I can’t think of the ‘real’ names of the plants or I’m just searching to ID a plant, yesterday I tried to put fern in and it only came up with strawberry ‘fern’. I have put fern in several times and get all kinds of ferns and now I can’t. The same happens when I put vine in it comes up with apple ‘vine’, for a simple minded person like me things were going great in the plant files, now I have to know what I’m looking for to begin with, has this been changed lately, or is it just me? Am I just having one of my ‘moments’ lol I just put in morning glory and it came up with :
Tropical Hibiscus 'Morning Glory'
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
And
Echinopsis Hybrid 'Morning Glory'
Echinopsis

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Farmerdill Augusta, GA(Zone 8a) Oct 20, 2006

Don't know. Are you typing in the common name box. I just put in morning glory and it pulled up 186 of them. "fern" pulls up 525 entries. "vine" pulls up 395 entries. Actually the common name category pulls up everything with the entered word in the common name.

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Joan Belfield, ND(Zone 4a) Oct 20, 2006

If using the generalized search, like LeBug is, I only got two hits. Tropical Hibiscus 'Morning Glory', and Echinopsis Hybrid 'Morning Glory'

I get many more with the advanced search, but not much with generalized search, and not any Iponoea, which is what I think LeBug is looking for.

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LeBug Greenville, IN(Zone 6a) Oct 20, 2006

I get lazy and don't know the correct spelling so just use the common name but I've never had this trouble before, I use it all of the time, someone just dmailed me and said Dave was working on it, so guess it will get better :)
Thanks for the responce!
Lea

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Terry Murfreesboro, TN(Zone 7a) Oct 20, 2006

Yep - it's a glitch.

But you can use the field-by-field search - just enter only the common name field ;o)

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LeBug Greenville, IN(Zone 6a) Oct 20, 2006

Thank you Terry, I will do that, I just love the plant files, I use them almost every day, no life lol
Lea

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