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Covering the events of November 17
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78 signed up. Our membership grew by 0.11% yesterday.
788 posts were made.
3 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog.
7 ratings were added to the Garden Watchdog.
34 plants were added to the Plants Database.
27 comments were added to the Plants Database.
277 checkboxes were added to the Plants Database.
45 snapshots were added to the Plants Database.
12 entries were added to Botanary.
happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
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Gardening Quote of the Day
"There is nothing like pruning a grapevine for training oneself to think like a plant."( -- Hugh Johnson) Forum Photo of the DaySubject: Big Yella..... I can't even count the blooms!
By kell
Plants Database Photo of the DayAutumn Sage, Gregg Salvia, Cherry Sage 'San Takao'
Salvia greggii
By Happenstance
Forum Activity
A grand total of 788 posts were made yesterday.
| Name |
Pronunciation |
Meaning |
| catechu | KAT-eh-choo | Possibly from the Malay name kachu | | hildebrandtii | hil-de-BRANDT-ee-eye | Named for Johann Maria Hildebrandt, 19th century German plant collector | | Aceraceae | ay-ser-AY-see | From the Latin word for acrid; also meaning sharp, in reference to the hardness of maple wood which was used for spears by Roman soldiers | | oliviforme | oh-liv-IH-for-me | Olive-shaped | | prolifer | PRO-leef-er | Bearing offshoots | | polyacanthus | pol-lee-uh-KAN-thus | Many spines | | polancoensis | pol-an-koh-EN-sis | Comes from Polanco (district of Mexico City, Mexico) | | ambositrae | am-boh-SIT-ray-ee | Of or from Ambositra, Madagascar | | gummifer | GUM-mif-er | Gum-bearing | | gummifera | gum-MIF-er-uh | Gum-bearing | | gummiferum | gum-MIF-er-um | Gum-bearing | | Besseya | BES-see-ya | Named for Dr. Ernst A. Bessey, 20th century American professor of Botany at Michigan State University |
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No new items.
1 new entry.
34 new plants.
27 new descriptions were added.
45 new images were added.
277 new content were checked off.
| Member |
Addition |
Description |
| dogbane | Comment | Water Hyacinth
(Eichhornia crassipes) | | iridiphile | Comment | Tall Bearded Iris 'Detroit City'
(Iris ) | | iridiphile | Comment | Tall Bearded Iris 'Black Phantom'
(Iris ) | | nipajo | Comment | Bird of Paradise, Crane Flower
(Strelitzia reginae) | | Terry | Comment | Morning Glory 'President Tyler'
(Ipomoea nil) | | Farmerdill | Comment | Cantaloupe 'Old Time Tennesee'
(Cucumis melo) | | palmbob | Comment | Vegetable Fern
(Diplazium esculentum) | | Margiempv | Comment | Tall Bearded Iris 'Bolder Boulder'
(Iris ) | | Margiempv | Comment | Tall Bearded Iris 'Bal Masque'
(Iris ) | | Margiempv | Comment | Tall Bearded Iris 'Black Hills Gold'
(Iris ) | | Margiempv | Comment | Tall Bearded Iris 'Blue Staccato'
(Iris ) | | Margiempv | Comment | Tall Bearded Iris 'Broadway'
(Iris ) | | CannaGrwr | Comment | Canna Lily 'New White'
(Canna x generalis) | | nowheat | Comment | Narrowleaf Beardtongue, Broadbeard Beardtongue, Sand Beardtongue, Pagoda Penstemon
(Penstemon angustifolius) | | broozersnooze | Comment | Kalanchoe, Desert Cabbage 'Bronze Sculpture'
(Kalanchoe thyrsiflora) | | Farmerdill | Comment | Cantaloupe 'Netted Gem'
(Cucumis melo) | | Farmerdill | Comment | Cantaloupe 'Ogen (Haogen, Israel)'
(Cucumis melo) | | Farmerdill | Comment | Squash 'Summer Yellow Crookneck'
(Cucurbita pepo) | | nipajo | Comment | Scotch Broom
(Cytisus scoparius) | | Farmerdill | Comment | Cantaloupe 'Tip Top'
(Cucumis melo) | | atif98 | Comment | Devil's Trumpet
(Datura tatula var. inermis) | | Monocromatico | Comment | Rose of Venezuela
(Brownea grandiceps) | | Thaumaturgist | Comment | Water Hyacinth
(Eichhornia crassipes) | | mudeewatas | Comment | Confederate Rose, Cotton Rose
(Hibiscus mutabilis) | | dogbane | Comment | Japanese Crepe Myrtle, Crape Myrtle 'Natchez'
(Lagerstroemia x fauriei) | | flowerE1 | Comment | Rose: Tamora
(Rosa cv (Austin)) | | flowerE1 | Comment | Rose 'Graham Thomas (1983; aka AUSmas)'
(Rosa English Rose (Shrub)) | | Monocromatico | Image
 | Rose of Venezuela
(Brownea grandiceps) | | Monocromatico | Image
 | Rose of Venezuela
(Brownea grandiceps) | | kennedyh | Image
 | Giant Salvinia, Water Fern, Kariba Weed, Aquarium Water Moss, Koi Kandy, Butterfly Fern, Cat's Tongu
(Salvinia molesta) | | Thaumaturgist | Image
 | African Palmyra Palm, Toddy Palm, Ron Palm
(Borassus aethiopum) | | Thaumaturgist | Image
 | Sapodilla, Nispero
(Manilkara zapota) | | Thaumaturgist | Image
 | African Palmyra Palm, Toddy Palm, Ron Palm
(Borassus aethiopum) | | palmbob | Image
 | Heart Fern
(Hemionitis arifolia) | | palmbob | Image
 | Japanese Climbing Fern
(Lygodium japonicum) | | palmbob | Image
 | Plate Fern
(Microlepia platyphylla) | | palmbob | Image
 | Plate Fern
(Microlepia platyphylla) | | palmbob | Image
 | Loulou Lelo Palm
(Pritchardia hillebrandii) | | kirrani | Image
 | Tall Bearded Iris 'Capricorn Dancer'
(Iris ) | | daredevil | Image
 | Daylily 'Breed Apart'
(Hemerocallis ) | | daredevil | Image
 | Daylily 'Bubbling Brown Sugar'
(Hemerocallis ) | | Happenstance | Image
 | Texas Sage, Scarlet Sage, Tropical Sage 'Lady in Red'
(Salvia coccinea) | | Happenstance | Image
 | Texas Sage, Scarlet Sage, Tropical Sage 'Lady in Red'
(Salvia coccinea) | | kennedyh | Image
 | Hairy-pod Wattle
(Acacia glandulicarpa) | | kennedyh | Image
 | Rock Wattle
(Acacia rupicola) | | pigeon1943 | Image
 | Daylily 'Role Model'
(Hemerocallis ) | | kennedyh | Image
 | Grey Mulga
(Acacia brachybotrya) | | kennedyh | Image
 | Brush Heath
(Brachyloma ericoides) | | youngmj220 | Image
 | Taro, Elephant Ear 'Black Magic (aka Jet Black Wonder)'
(Colocasia esculenta) | | sa_haiad | Image
 | Java Glory Vine, Heart Vine, coração sangrento
(Clerodendrum x speciosum) | | Monocromatico | Image
 | Orchid
(Encyclia osmantha) | | goswimmin | Image
 | Angel Trumpet, Angel's Trumpet 'Marie Gerrits'
(Brugmansia hybrid) | | sa_haiad | Image
 | Shrimp Plant
(Justicia brandegeana) | | sa_haiad | Image
 | Shrimp Plant
(Justicia brandegeana) | | sa_haiad | Image
 | Shrimp Plant
(Justicia brandegeana) | | sa_haiad | Image
 | Red Bird of Paradise, Dwarf Poinciana, Pride of Barbados, Peacock Flower, flamboyam-de-jardim, flor-
(Caesalpinia pulcherrima) | | savvydt | Image
 | Sugar Maple
(Acer saccharum) | | Margiempv | Image
 | Tall Bearded Iris 'American Classic'
(Iris ) | | Margiempv | Image
 | Tall Bearded Iris 'Anything Goes'
(Iris ) | | Margiempv | Image
 | Tall Bearded Iris 'April In Paris'
(Iris ) | | Margiempv | Image
 | Tall Bearded Iris 'Arc De Triomphe'
(Iris ) | | Margiempv | Image
 | Tall Bearded Iris 'Art Deco'
(Iris ) | | CannaGrwr | Image
 | Canna Lily 'New White'
(Canna x generalis) | | Weezingreens | Image
 | Trailing Verbena 'Imagination'
(Verbena speciosa) | | Toxicodendron | Image
 | Flowering fern, royal fern
(Osmunda regalis) | | Toxicodendron | Image
 | Flowering fern, royal fern
(Osmunda regalis) | | ocimum_nate | Image
 | Prickly Pear
(Opuntia spp) | | rshadlow | Image
 | Tall Bearded Iris 'Aunt Mary'
(Iris ) | | htop | Image
 | Pansy 'Rococo Mix'
(Viola x wittrockiana) | | purpleshamrock | Image
 | Cyclamen, Hardy Cyclamen
(Cyclamen mirabile) | | purpleshamrock | Image
 | Cyclamen, Hardy Cyclamen
(Cyclamen mirabile) | | flowerE1 | Image
 | Rose: Tamora
(Rosa cv (Austin)) | |
3 new companies were added to the database.
7 new ratings/comments were added to the database.
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And that's the way it was... November 17, 2003 |
