Dave's Garden Newsletter Covering the events of March 16 ... in which ... 136 new members joined. 669 posts were made. 0 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog. 5 ratings were added to the Garden Watchdog. 10 plants were added to the Plants Database. 7 comments were added to the Plants Database. 104 checkboxes were added to the Plants Database. 24 snapshots were added to the Plants Database. 24 entries were added to Botanary. happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

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New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning Acanthostyles a-kanth-oh-STY-lees Thorny styles Serianthes ser-ee-AN-theez From the Greek seri (silk) and anthos (flower) zamiifolium zam-ee-FOH-lee-um Having leaves like Zamia (pine cones, or from the name of a native water spirit); also spelled zamiaefolium zamiaefolium zam-eye-ay-FOH-lee-um Having leaves like Zamia (pine cones, or from the name of a native water spirit); also spelled zamiifolium Boottia BOOT-tee-uh Named for Dr. Francis Boott, 19th century American botanist and physician decidua dee-SID-yoo-uh From the Latin de (down) and cadere (to fall); deciduous deciduum dee-SID-yoo-um From the Latin de (down) and cadere (to fall); deciduous deciduus dee-SID-yoo-us From the Latin de (down) and cadere (to fall); deciduous Argylia ar-GY-lee-uh Named for Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll and 18th century Scottish nobelman loddigesii low-dih-GEEZ-ee-eye Named for Conrad Loddiges, 19th century London-based supplier of exotic plants and botanical artist macrostachya mak-ro-STAK-yuh Large (flower) spike macrostachyum mak-ro-STAK-yum Large (flower) spike Antheroporum anth-er-oh-POR-um From the Greek anthero (anther) and poros (pore, passage) Pultenaea pul-ten-NAY-uh Named for Richard Pulteney, 18th century English botanist Spathoglottis spath-oh-GLOT-tiss Spathe tongue, refering to the shape of the flower lip Calostemma kal-oh-STEM-uh From the Greek kalos (beautiful) and stemma (crown) Lechenaultia lay-shen-NAWL-tee-uh Variant of Leschenaultia, named for Louis Theodore Leschenault de la Tour, 19th century French botanist and traveller Azalea az-ZAY-lee-uh From the Greek azaleos (dry), referring to the native habitat of the original species A. procumbens Bowkeria bow-KER-ee-uh Named for James Henry Bowker, and his sister Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Barber, 19th century botanists in South Africa x mentorensis men-tor-EN-sis Hybrid plant bred by M. Howarth, of Mentor, Ohio (U.S.) in the 1920s acanthothamnos a-kanth-oh-THAM-nos Thorny shrub; sometimes spelled acanthothamnus acanthothamnus a-kanth-oh-THAM-nus Variant of acanthothamnos, meaning spiny shrub Bertholletia berth-oh-LAY-ee-uh Named for Comte Claude-Louis Berthollet, 18th century French chemist Zonotriche zo-no-TRY-kee From the Greek zono (belt) and trix (hair)

Journal Activity

52 new items.
61 new entries.

Plants Database Activity:

Member Addition Description Weezingreens Comment Yellow Trout Lily, Yellow Dog Tooth Violet (Erythronium rostratum) lgsherk Comment African Mask (Alocasia amazonica) wihead Comment American Wisteria (Wisteria frutescens) lgsherk Comment Yellow Trout Lily, Yellow Dog Tooth Violet (Erythronium rostratum) Weezingreens Comment Trout Lily, Adder's-Tongue (Erythronium americanum) islandjim Comment Hottentot Fig, Kaffir Fig (Carpobrotus edulis) Bug_Girl Comment Clematis 'Nelly Moser' (Clematis ) Ulrich Image Hottentot Fig, Kaffir Fig (Carpobrotus edulis) Ulrich Image Hottentot Fig, Kaffir Fig (Carpobrotus edulis) wihead Image American Wisteria (Wisteria frutescens) Floridian Image Calamondin Orange, Panama Orange (x Citrofortunella microcarpa) wihead Image Chinese Fringe Flower 'Pink Fringe Flower' (Loropetalum chinense) wihead Image Chinese Witch Hazel, Chinese Fringe (Loropetalum chinense) wihead Image Cross vine (Bignonia capreolata) wihead Image Flame Azalea (Rhododendron calendulaceum) george4tax Image Heavenly Bamboo 'Nana' (Nandina domestica) mystic Image Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis) kennedyh Image Upright Elephant Ear, Giant Taro, Wild Taro (Alocasia macrorrhiza) kennedyh Image Upright Elephant Ear, Giant Taro, Wild Taro (Alocasia macrorrhiza) kennedyh Image Nodding Pink Onion, Lady's Leek (Allium cernuum ) kennedyh Image Nodding Pink Onion, Lady's Leek (Allium cernuum ) Kathy_T Image Sweet Pea 'North Shore' (Lathyrus odoratus) Kathy_T Image Freesia (Freesia x hybrida) Kathy_T Image Poppy Anemone (Anemone coronaria) MOLLYBEE Image Grape Hyacinth (Muscari armeniacum) kennedyh Image Glacier Lily (Erythronium grandiflorum) kennedyh Image Glacier Lily (Erythronium grandiflorum) kennedyh Image Glacier Lily (Erythronium grandiflorum) kennedyh Image Ivy Leaved Violet/Austalian Violet/Trailing Violet (Viola hederacea) kennedyh Image Ivy Leaved Violet/Austalian Violet/Trailing Violet (Viola hederacea) mead Image Resurrection Fern (Polypodium polypodioides)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description burgnblue Negative Inter-State Nurseries Melodie Negative Inter-State Nurseries GreenDragonVFT Positive Cook's Carnivorous Plants clemfl8 Neutral Aloha Tropicals clemfl8 Positive Van Veen Nursery

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger, StandardOut.com

And that's the way it was... March 16, 2003