The Plants Database Newsletter

Covering the events of October 25, on which 98 members joined.

Gardening Quote of the Day

"Most people don't see the sun, soil, bugs, seeds, plants, moon, water, clouds, and wind the way gardeners do."

(Jamie Jobb, garden writer)

The Plants Database Photo of the Day

Night Blooming Cereus, Queen of the Night, Dutchman's Pipe
Epiphyllum oxypetalum
By Jenks

Activity Report:

28 new plants were added to the database.
60 new descriptions were added.
39 new images were added.
158 new options were checked off.

Comments

Member	Addition	Description
roshana	Positive Comment	Dwarf Burning Bush (alata 'compacta')
htop	Positive Comment	Canna Lily 'Tropicanna (aka Phaison, Orange Durban)' (Canna x generalis)
Happenstance	Positive Comment	Senecio anteuphorbium (Senecio anteuphorbium)
daredevil	Neutral Comment	Daylily 'Mascara Snake' (Hemerocallis )
daredevil	Positive Comment	Daylily 'Startling Creation' (Hemerocallis )
daredevil	Positive Comment	Daylily 'Smuggler's Fire' (Hemerocallis )
daredevil	Positive Comment	Daylily 'Socks' (Hemerocallis )
daredevil	Positive Comment	Daylily 'Socks Ellie's Fire' (Hemerocallis )
daredevil	Neutral Comment	Daylily 'Socks Pink Ruffles' (Hemerocallis )
palmbob	Neutral Comment	Assai Palm (Euterpe oleracea)
daredevil	Positive Comment	Daylily 'Socks Rio Samba' (Hemerocallis )
palmbob	Positive Comment	Imperial Palm (Roystonea oleracea)
daredevil	Neutral Comment	Daylily 'Spirit Zone' (Hemerocallis )
daredevil	Positive Comment	Daylily 'Spiritual Corridor' (Hemerocallis )
palmbob	Neutral Comment	Bermuda Palmetto (Sabal bermudana)
ford3728	Positive Comment	Ornamental Yam (Dioscorea discolor)
daredevil	Neutral Comment	Daylily 'String Bikini' (Hemerocallis )
daredevil	Positive Comment	Daylily 'Subtle Charm' (Hemerocallis )
daredevil	Positive Comment	Daylily 'Swallow Tail Kite' (Hemerocallis )
daredevil	Positive Comment	Daylily 'Tangerine Horses' (Hemerocallis )
daredevil	Positive Comment	Daylily 'Taos' (Hemerocallis )
daredevil	Positive Comment	Daylily 'Tetrina's Daughter' (Hemerocallis )
daredevil	Positive Comment	Daylily 'Thumbprint' (Hemerocallis )
daredevil	Positive Comment	Daylily 'Thunder Patch' (Hemerocallis )
daredevil	Positive Comment	Daylily 'Todd Abbott' (Hemerocallis )
ford3728	Positive Comment	Honeyvine Milkweed (Ampelamus albidus)
daredevil	Positive Comment	Daylily 'Twist And Turn' (Hemerocallis )
daredevil	Positive Comment	Daylily 'Twist Of Lemon' (Hemerocallis )
pigeon1943	Neutral Comment	Daylily 'August Cheer' (Hemerocallis )
daredevil	Positive Comment	Daylily 'Velvet Beads' (Hemerocallis )
daredevil	Neutral Comment	Daylily 'Vorlon's Smile' (Hemerocallis )
pigeon1943	Positive Comment	Daylily 'Baby Blues' (Hemerocallis )
daredevil	Positive Comment	Daylily 'Wicked Witch' (Hemerocallis )
daredevil	Neutral Comment	Daylily 'Wings On High' (Hemerocallis )
carnyhoe	Positive Comment	Morning Glory 'Scarlett O'Hara' (Ipomoea nil)
daredevil	Positive Comment	Daylily 'Yellow Mammoth' (Hemerocallis )
daredevil	Positive Comment	Daylily 'Zambia' (Hemerocallis )
Monocromatico	Positive Comment	Kapok, Cotton Tree (Ceiba pentandra)
htop	Positive Comment	Copper Leaf, Jacob's Coat (Acalypha wilkesiana)
Monocromatico	Positive Comment	Mourning Cypress, Chinese Weeping Cypress (Cupressus funebris)
wnstarr	Positive Comment	Sutherland's Begonia (Begonia sutherlandii)
kayleebug	Positive Comment	Flame Acanthus, Hummingbird Bush, Texas Firecracker Plant (Anisacanthus quadrifidus)
kayleebug	Positive Comment	Night Blooming Cereus, Queen of the Night, Dutchman's Pipe (Epiphyllum oxypetalum)
wnstarr	Positive Comment	Encore Azalea 'Autumn Embers' (Azalea )
AngelSapph	Positive Comment	Wood Sorrel, Purple Shamrock (Oxalis regnellii)
wnstarr	Positive Comment	Encore Azalea 'Autumn Twist' (Azalea )
Monocromatico	Positive Comment	Bromeliad, Fire Staff (Aechmea chlorophylla)
daredevil	Neutral Comment	Daylily 'Vampire Lestat' (Hemerocallis )
Monocromatico	Positive Comment	Cola, Cola Nut, Kola, Bissy Nut (Cola acuminata)
Michelle_Hunziker	Neutral Comment	Rose Campion 'Gardener's World' (Lychnis coronaria)
pigeon1943	Neutral Comment	Daylily 'Bandit Man' (Hemerocallis )
pigeon1943	Neutral Comment	Daylily 'Becky Lynn' (Hemerocallis )
pigeon1943	Neutral Comment	Daylily 'Bertie Ferris' (Hemerocallis )
pigeon1943	Positive Comment	Daylily 'Black Eyed Stella' (Hemerocallis )
echoes	Positive Comment	Egyptian Tree Onion, Walking Onion, Topset Onion (Allium cepa var. proliferum)
pigeon1943	Positive Comment	Daylily 'Black Caesar' (Hemerocallis )
pigeon1943	Negative Comment	Daylily 'Brent Gabriel' (Hemerocallis )
pigeon1943	Positive Comment	Daylily 'Bridal Suite' (Hemerocallis )
pigeon1943	Positive Comment	Daylily 'Bug's Hug' (Hemerocallis )
pigeon1943	Positive Comment	Daylily 'Caprician Fandango' (Hemerocallis )

Images

Member	Addition	Description
carolann		Daylily 'May Colvin' (Hemerocallis )
carolann		Daylily 'Sinai' (Hemerocallis )
palmbob		Ivory Cane Palm (Pinanga kuhlii)
daredevil		Daylily 'House Of Lords' (Hemerocallis )
daredevil		Daylily 'John Karl Seager' (Hemerocallis )
Monocromatico		Imperial Palm (Roystonea oleracea)
Monocromatico		Coconut Orchid; Coconut Pie Orchid (Maxillaria tenuifolia)
kennedyh		Scarlet Kunzea (Kunzea baxteri)
kennedyh		Tiger Orchid, Tiger Diuris (Diuris sulphurea)
htop		Sago Palm (Cycas revoluta)
htop		Sago Palm (Cycas revoluta)
Floridian		Monarch Rosemallow (Hibiscus radiatus)
Floridian		Monarch Rosemallow (Hibiscus radiatus)
palmbob		Weber Blue Agave, Agave Azul (Agave tequilana)
kennedyh		Shrubby Velvet-bush (Lasiopetalum macrophyllum)
pigeon1943		Daylily 'Adams Street' (Hemerocallis )
pigeon1943		Daylily 'Absolute Zero' (Hemerocallis )
Weezingreens		Clasping Twisted Stalk (Streptopus amplexifolius)
Weezingreens		Clasping Twisted Stalk (Streptopus amplexifolius)
roshana		Golden Barrel Cactus (Echinocactus grusonii)
Thaumaturgist		Palmyra Palm, Toddy Palm, Sugar Palm (Borassus flabellifer)
roshana		Dwarf Burning Bush (alata 'compacta')
Abutilon		Canna Lily, Indian Shot 'Alberich' (Canna indica)
Abutilon		Canna Lily 'African Scarlet Speckle' (Canna x generalis)
Abutilon		Canna Lily 'Allegheny' (Canna x generalis)
Happenstance		Senecio anteuphorbium (Senecio anteuphorbium)
ford3728		Ornamental Yam (Dioscorea discolor)
wnstarr		Sutherland's Begonia (Begonia sutherlandii)
wnstarr		Encore Azalea 'Autumn Embers' (Azalea )
AngelSapph		Wood Sorrel, Purple Shamrock (Oxalis regnellii)
bodeoh		Alexandra Palm, Alexander Palm, King Palm (Archontophoenix alexandrae)
Jenks		Snail Vine (Phaseolus caracalla)
bodeoh		Cabbage Palm, Sabal Palm (Sabal palmetto)
KRNYSGIRL		Devil's Trumpet, Horn of Plenty, Downy Thorn Apple (Datura metel)
bert		Cactus Dahlia 'Tsuki-Yori-no-shisha' (Dahlia )
Happenstance		Pygmy Date Palm (Phoenix roebelenii)
niadams		'James Stirling' (Hebe ochracea)
groovytee		African Daisy, Cape Daisy, Osteospermum (Osteospermum hybrids)
mystic		Autumn Sage 'Cherry Chief' (Salvia greggii)

New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning

porphyreus por-FY-ree-us Reddish-purple
concinnioides kon-kin-ee-OY-deez Similar to concinnus (epithet meaning skillfuly joined; neat, well-made)
reichenbachii ry-ken-BAHK-ee-eye Named for Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach, 19th century German botanist, ornithologist, author and botanical artist
viridiflavus vir-id-ih-FLA-vus Green-yellow
porphyrea por-FY-ree-uh Reddish-purple

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Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger

And that's the way it was... October 25, 2003