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Covering the events of December 25
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33 signed up. Our membership grew by 0.04% yesterday. 443 posts were made. 0 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog. 2 ratings were added to the Garden Watchdog. 13 plants were added to the Plants Database. 13 comments were added to the Plants Database. 103 checkboxes were added to the Plants Database. 30 snapshots were added to the Plants Database. 9 entries were added to Botanary.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
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Gardening Quote of the Day
"The only calendar I need is just outside my window. With eyes to see and ears to hear, nature keeps me posted."( -- Alfred A. Montapert) Forum Photo of the DaySubject: Merry Christmas By gone2seed
Plants Database Photo of the DayPrairie Mimosa, Illinois Bundleflower, Spider Bean Mimosa illinoensis By htop
Forum Activity
A grand total of 443 posts were made yesterday.
| Name |
Pronunciation |
Meaning |
| nordmanniana | nord-man-ee-AY-nuh | Named for Alexander Von Nordmann, 19th century German botanist | | mammosus | mam-OH-sus | Having large breasts | | truncatulata | trun-kat-yoo-LAY-tuh | Almost cut off; decimated | | truncatulatum | trun-kat-yoo-LAY-tum | Almost cut off; decimated | | granitica | gran-NY-tih-kuh | Growing in granite crevices | | granitcum | gran-NY-tih-kum | Growing in granite crevices | | graniticus | gran-NY-tih-kus | Growing in granite crevices | | flexicaule | fleks-ih-KAW-lee | Bent (flexed) stem | | Arecaceae | ar-ek-AY-see | Palm family; formerly Palmae |
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3 new items. 5 new entries.
13 new plants. 13 new descriptions were added. 30 new images were added. 103 new content were checked off.
| Member |
Addition |
Description |
| wnstarr | Comment | Yellow Flag Iris pseudacorus | | kooger | Comment | Variegated Mugwort 'Oriental Limelight' Artemisia vulgaris | | sherryship | Comment | Clivia Lily, Kaffir Lily, Bush Lily, Boslelie Clivia miniata | | palmbob | Comment | Apple-ring Acacia, Ana Tree, Winter Thorn Acacia albida | | palmbob | Comment | Boree, Weeping Acacia, Weeping Myall Acacia pendula | | palmbob | Comment | Candlenut Tree Aleurites moluccana | | palmbob | Comment | She Oak Allocasuarina lehmanniana | | palmbob | Comment | Alocasia 'Hilo Beauty' Alocasia | | palmbob | Comment | Anthurium podophytum | | palmbob | Comment | Cook's Pine, New Caledonian Pine Araucaria colunaris | | palmbob | Comment | Araucaria rulei | | palmbob | Comment | Calliandra calothrysis | | palmbob | Comment | Spear Lily Doryanthes palmeri | | palmbob | Image
 | Madagascar Palm (Pachypodium geayi) | | palmbob | Image
 | White Velvet, White Gossamer Plant, Hairy Wandering Jew (Tradescantia sillamontana) | | palmbob | Image
 | Cabbage on a Stick (Brighamia insignis) | | palmbob | Image
 | Cabbage on a Stick (Brighamia insignis) | | palmbob | Image
 | Cabbage on a Stick (Brighamia insignis) | | palmbob | Image
 | Beaked Yucca (Yucca rostrata) | | palmbob | Image
 | Adam's Needle, Spoonleaf Yucca, Needle Palm (Yucca filamentosa) | | palmbob | Image
 | Foxtail Agave, Dragon-Tree Agave, Spineless Agave (Agave attenuata) | | palmbob | Image
 | Green Platters Aeonium (Aeonium pseudo-tabulaeformus) | | palmbob | Image
 | Crown of Thorns, Christ Plant, Siamese Lucky Plant (Euphorbia milii) | | palmbob | Image
 | Crown of Thorns, Christ Plant, Siamese Lucky Plant (Euphorbia milii) | | Margiempv | Image
 | Tall Bearded Iris 'Twilight Hues' (Iris Tall Bearded) | | Margiempv | Image
 | Tall Bearded Iris 'Witch's Wand (Blyth, 1988)' (Iris ) | | Margiempv | Image
 | Tall Bearded Iris 'Yaquina Blue' (Iris ) | | kennedyh | Image
 | Pink Sun-orchid (Thelymitra carnea) | | kennedyh | Image
 | Pink Sun-orchid (Thelymitra carnea) | | kennedyh | Image
 | Twisted Sun-orchid (Thelymitra flexuosa) | | kennedyh | Image
 | Twisted Sun-orchid (Thelymitra flexuosa) | | kennedyh | Image
 | Twisted Sun-orchid (Thelymitra flexuosa) | | Ulrich | Image
 | Trumpet Jade, Hobbit Plant 'Gollum' (Crassula portulacea) | | carolann | Image
 | Daylily 'Shirley's Dream' (Hemerocallis ) | | carolann | Image
 | Daylily 'Celebrity Status' (Hemerocallis ) | | carolann | Image
 | Daylily 'Chantelle' (Hemerocallis ) | | Monocromatico | Image
 | Guinea Grass, Colonial Grass, Tanganyika Grass (Panicum maximum) | | txgimgim | Image
 | Tall Bearded Iris 'Gypsy Romance (Schreiner, 1994)' (Iris ) | | txgimgim | Image
 | Tall Bearded Iris 'Jazz Festival (Schreiner, 1990)' (Iris ) | | htop | Image
 | Arizona Ash, Velvet Ash, Modesto Ash, Desert Ash, Leatherleaf Ash, Smooth Ash, Toumey Ash, Fresno As (Fraxinus velutina) | | kennedyh | Image
 | Fairy Waxflower (Philotheca verrucosa) | | kennedyh | Image
 | Pink Sun-orchid (Thelymitra carnea) | | kennedyh | Image
 | Pink Sun-orchid (Thelymitra carnea) | | No new companies were added to the database. 2 new ratings/comments were added to the database.
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And that's the way it was... December 25, 2003 |