The Plants Database Newsletter Covering the events of January 1, on which 65 members joined.

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Member Addition Description kennedyh Broughton Pea (Swainsona procumbens) palmbob Heenan's Cycad (Encephalartos heenanii) palmbob Heenan's Cycad (Encephalartos heenanii) palmbob Heenan's Cycad (Encephalartos heenanii) palmbob Royal Poinciana, Flamboyant Tree, Flame Tree, Peacock Flower, Gulmohar (Delonix regia) shoptalk Tall Bearded Iris 'Perfect Gift (Keppel, 1995)' (Iris ) shoptalk Tall Bearded Iris 'Poetic (Ghio, 1991)' (Iris ) shoptalk Tall Bearded Iris 'Chinese New Year (Ghio, 1996)' (Iris ) shoptalk Tall Bearded Iris 'Screen Play (Keppel, 1995)' (Iris ) chris_peeters Hosta 'Ventricosa' (Hosta ) chris_peeters Hosta 'Fortunei Albopicta' (Hosta ) chris_peeters Hosta 'Golden Tiara' (Hosta ) chris_peeters Hosta 'Wogon Gold' (Hosta ) Colorado_Roseman Hybrid Tea Rose 'Rio Samba' (Rosa ) Growitgreen Hosta 'Dust Devil' (Hosta ) Growitgreen Hosta 'Bobbie Sue' (Hosta ) Growitgreen Hosta 'Chiquita' (Hosta ) Colorado_Roseman Hybrid Tea Rose 'Veteran's Honor (aka City of Newcastle, Five Roses, Lady in Red, JACopper)' (Rosa ) carolann Daylily 'Adams Street' (Hemerocallis ) carolann Daylily 'Auspicious' (Hemerocallis ) carolann Daylily 'Bookmark' (Hemerocallis ) Colorado_Roseman Miniature Rose 'Dancing Flame (aka TUCkflame)' (Rosa ) kennedyh Trailing Abutilon, Flowering Maple (Abutilon megapotamicum) kennedyh Mexican orange (Choisya ternata) kennedyh Mexican orange (Choisya ternata) Colorado_Roseman Floribunda Rose 'Honey Bouquet' (Rosa ) Margiempv Tall Bearded Iris 'Poetic (Ghio, 1991)' (Iris ) Margiempv Tall Bearded Iris 'Polar Seas (Keppel, 1986)' (Iris ) Margiempv Tall Bearded Iris 'Premonition (Ghio, 1976)' (Iris ) Margiempv Tall Bearded Iris 'Queen in Calico (Gibson, 1979)' (Iris ) Monocromatico Chinese Fan Palm (Livistona chinensis) ideboda Aconite, Monkshood, Monk's Coule, Helmet Flower, Cat's Tail 'Anglicum Group' (Aconitum napellus subsp. napellus) monterey Australian Fuchsia 'Carmine Bells (aka Pink Bells, Dusky Bells)' (Correa hybrid) janetplanet Chinese Delphinium 'Blue Mirror' (Delphinium grandiflorum) george4tax Rasp Fern (Sadleria cyatheoides) george4tax Pitch Apple, Autograph Tree, Scotch Attorney (Clusia rosea) george4tax Pitch Apple, Autograph Tree, Scotch Attorney (Clusia rosea) Timmyj Rubrum Lily, Red Japanese Show Lily (Lilium speciosum var. rubrum) jermainiac Miniature Climbing Rose 'Climbing Cal Poly' (Rosa ) Clare_CA Hebe 'Midsummer Beauty' (Hebe ) carolann Daylily 'Cameron Quantz' (Hemerocallis ) Nancymo Tall Bearded Iris 'Jeanne Price (Jones, 1976)' (Iris ) henryr10 Star Plant (Astrophytum ornatum)

New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning cobrensis   koh-BREN-sis   From the Spanish Cobre, meaning copper; referring to a locale near a copper mine, or the color of the plant or flower   conjugata   kon-juh-GAY-tuh   Joined in pairs; wedded   cobrense   koh-BREN-see   From the Spanish Cobre, meaning copper; referring to a locale near a copper mine, or the color of the plant or flower   corniger   KORN-ee-ger   Bearing horns   crassigibbus   krass-ih-GIB-us   Thick-humped; referring to the large humps on the ribs   crataegoides   krah-tee-GOY-deez   Resembling Crataegus (Hawthorn genus)   bulgaricum   bul-GAR-ih-kum   Of or from Bulgaria   kaibabensis     Found on the Kaibab Plateau in northern Arizona   pachygaster   pak-ee-GAS-ter   Thick-bellied   Diplarrena   dy-plar-REN-uh   From the Greek diploos (double) and arrhen (male), referring to the two fertile stamens; also spelled Diplarrhena   conjugatus   kon-juh-GAY-tus   Joined in pairs; wedded   crassigibba   krass-ih-GIB-uh   Thick-humped; referring to the large humps on the ribs

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger

And that's the way it was... January 1, 2003