The Plants Database Newsletter Covering the events of July 4, on which 147 members joined.

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Member Addition Description Rmplmnz Banana (Musa ornata) Ulrich Regal Pelargonium (UK), Martha Washington Pelargonium (US) (Pelargonium x domesticum) JanFRN Daylily 'Siloam Baby Talk' (Hemerocallis ) Rmplmnz Banana (Musa ornata) Cajun2 Spotted Dead Nettle 'White Nancy' (Lamium maculatum) Cajun2 Daylily 'Little Cobbler' (Hemerocallis ) Bug_Girl Black Voilet 'Bowles Black' (Viola nigra) bert Rose 'Scentimental' (Rose Hybr.) tbradley Hosta 'Allen C. Haskell' (Hosta ) yogaman Daylily 'Arctic Snow' (Hemerocallis ) Bug_Girl Wishbone Flower (Torenia fournieri) Rmplmnz Ae-Ae, Banana, Pisang, Plantain (Musa paradisiaca) tbradley Hosta 'Great Expectations' (Hosta ) tbradley Hosta 'Tokudama Flavocircinalis' (Hosta ) tbradley Daylily 'Spring Prelude' (Hemerocallis ) tbradley Hosta 'Allen C. Haskell' (Hosta ) tbradley Hosta 'Golden Tiara' (Hosta ) tbradley Hosta 'Radiant Edger' (Hosta ) tbradley Hosta 'Kinkaku' (Hosta ) tbradley Hosta 'Fried Green Tomatoes' (Hosta ) KIM3 Staghorn Fern, Elkhorn Fern, Antelope Ears (Platycerium bifurcatum) Thaumaturgist Guava, Tropical Guava (Psidium guajava) Thaumaturgist Guava, Tropical Guava (Psidium guajava) bert Hosta 'Andreji' (Hosta ) zippyanna Wishbone Flower 'Duchess Burgundy' (Torenia fournieri) zippyanna Wishbone Flower 'Duchess Burgundy' (Torenia fournieri) zippyanna Blanket Flower, Indian Blanket (Gaillardia aristata) zippyanna Blanket Flower, Indian Blanket (Gaillardia aristata) Soupster Bat-Face Cuphea, St. Peter's Plant, Tiny Mice, Bunny Ears (Cuphea llavea) Thaumaturgist Guava, Tropical Guava (Psidium guajava) JanFRN Fairies' Thimbles (Campanula cochlearifolia) Ulrich Regal Pelargonium (UK), Martha Washington Pelargonium (US) (Pelargonium x domesticum) Colorado_Roseman Rose 'Mary Rose (1983; aka AUSmary)' (Rosa English Rose (Shrub)) Ulrich Kangaroo Paw, Cat's Paw (Anigozanthos flavidus) Tomtom Campanula (Campanula takesimana) Tomtom Korean Bellflower 'Beautiful Truth' (Campanula takesimana) Tomtom (Symphyandra zanzegura) Tomtom (Symphyandra zanzegura) Thaumaturgist Guava, Tropical Guava (Psidium guajava) bob47 Daylily 'Pandora's Box' (Hemerocallis ) bob47 Purple Coneflower 'Magnus' (Echinacea purpurea)

New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning fennica FEN-nik-uh Finnish; of Finland fennicum FEN-nik-um Finnish; of Finland fennicus FEN-nik-us Finnish; of Finland sedoides see-DOY-deez Resembling sedum; also spelled sedioides sedioides see-dee-OY-deez Variant spelling of sedoides, resembling Sedum Geitonoplesium geet-on-oh-PLEE-see-um From the Greek geiton (neighbor) and pleison (near), referring to the plant's close relationship to Eustrephus, another Australian genus Rotala ro-TAY-luh From rotalis (wheeled, wheel-like), referring to the whorled leaves philoxeroides fy-loh-zer-OY-deez Resembling Philoxerus, a related genus fatua FAT-yoo-uh Insipid, simple fatuum FAT-yoo-um Insipid, simple fatuus FAT-yoo-us Insipid, simple pedatisectus ped-uh-TY-sek-tus Divided like a foot pedatisecta ped-uh-TY-sek-tuh Divided like a foot pedatisectum ped-uh-TY-sek-tum Divided like a foot

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger

And that's the way it was... July 4, 2003