The Plants Database Newsletter

Covering the events of August 23, 2004, on which 243 members joined.
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Gardening Quote of the Day

"The hardest fruit upon this planet Is easily the pomegranate. I'm halfway through the puzzle game Of guessing how it got its name. The pome part turns my cowlick hoary, But the granite is self-explanatory. "

(Ogden Nash, American poet (born 8/19/1902))

The Plants Database Photo of the Day

Japanese Crepe Myrtle, Crape Myrtle 'Fantasy'
Lagerstroemia x fauriei
By sweezel

PDB Photo of the Day

Activity Report:

79 new plants were added to the database.
152 new descriptions were added.
43 new images were added.
975 new options were checked off.

Comments

Member Addition Description
Kylecawaza Positive CommentChusan Palm, Windmill Palm
(Trachycarpus fortunei)
Kylecawaza Neutral CommentVeitchia
(Veitchia spiralis)
Kylecawaza Neutral CommentKentia Palm, Sentry Palm, Paradise Palm
(Howea forsteriana)
Kylecawaza Neutral CommentOrange Crownshaft Palm, Pinang Merah
(Areca vestiaria)
Kylecawaza Neutral CommentBottle Palm
(Hyophorbe lagenicaulis)
Kylecawaza Neutral CommentBismarck Palm, Bismark Palm
(Bismarckia nobilis)
Kylecawaza Positive CommentCoconut Palm
(Cocos nucifera)
Kylecawaza Neutral CommentFishtail Palm
(Caryota mitis)
Kylecawaza Neutral CommentToddy Palm, Fishtail Wine Palm
(Caryota urens)
Kylecawaza Neutral CommentMajesty Palm
(Ravenea rivularis)
Kylecawaza Positive CommentChilean Wine Palm
(Jubaea chilensis)
Kylecawaza Positive CommentSpiny Licuala
(Licuala spinosa)
Kylecawaza Neutral CommentTaraw Palm
(Livistona saribus)
Kylecawaza Neutral CommentFoxtail Palm
(Wodyetia bifurcata)
Kylecawaza Positive CommentJoey Palm
(Johannesteijsmannia altifrons)
Kylecawaza Positive CommentMazari Palm
(Nannorrhops ritchiana)
Kylecawaza Neutral CommentGebang Palm, Buri Palm
(Corypha utan)
walksaved Positive CommentAnise Hyssop, Licorice Mint
(Agastache foeniculum)
Kylecawaza Positive CommentSpindle Palm
(Hyophorbe verschaffeltii)
Kylecawaza Positive CommentDwarf Sugar Palm, Formosa Palm
(Arenga engleri)
Kylecawaza Neutral CommentMacaw Palm, Macauba Palm, Gru-Gru Palm
(Acrocomia aculeata)
Kylecawaza Neutral CommentRuffled Fan Palm
(Licuala grandis)
Kylecawaza Positive CommentAssai Palm
(Euterpe edulis)
Kylecawaza Positive CommentBailey's Copernicia Palm, Yarey Palm
(Copernicia baileyana)
Kylecawaza Neutral CommentFootstool Palm, Roundleaf Fan Palm
(Livistona rotundifolia)
Kylecawaza Neutral CommentMalagasy Palm
(Dypsis madagascariensis)
Kylecawaza Positive CommentTalipot Palm
(Corypha umbraculifera)
Kylecawaza Positive CommentIvory Cane Palm
(Pinanga coronata)
walksaved Positive CommentBlanket Flower 'Fanfare'
(Gaillardia grandiflora)
Kylecawaza Positive CommentPalmyra Palm, Toddy Palm, Sugar Palm
(Borassus flabellifer)
Kylecawaza Positive CommentNicobar Palm
(Bentinckia nicobarica)
Kylecawaza Positive CommentCat Palm, Cascade Palm, Cataract Palm
(Chamaedorea cataractarum)
Kylecawaza Positive CommentBetel Nut Palm
(Areca catechu)
Kylecawaza Positive CommentRuffle Palm
(Aiphanes aculeata)
walksaved Positive CommentRose Campion, Bloody Mary, Bloody William
(Lychnis coronaria)
Kylecawaza Positive CommentGiant Windowpane Palm
(Beccariophoenix madagascariensis)
Kylecawaza Positive CommentAfrican Oil Palm
(Elaeis guineensis)
Kylecawaza Positive CommentBlack Palm, Queensland Black Palm
(Normanbya normanbyi)
Kylecawaza Positive CommentRafia Palm
(Raphia farinifera)
Kylecawaza Positive CommentRed Latan Palm
(Latania lontaroides)
Kylecawaza Positive CommentLicuala
(Licuala peltata var. sumawongii)
Kylecawaza Positive CommentWanga Palm
(Pigafetta filaris)
Kylecawaza Positive CommentHimalaya Rattan Palm
(Plectocomia himalayana)
palmbob Positive CommentNamibia Partridge Breast Aloe
(Aloe dinteri)
Kylecawaza Positive CommentHurricane Palm, Princess Palm
(Dictyosperma album)
Kylecawaza Positive CommentCarpentaria Palm
(Carpentaria acuminata)
Kylecawaza Positive CommentPalm
(Dypsis lanceolata)
Kylecawaza Positive CommentJoannis Palm
(Veitchia joannis)
Kylecawaza Positive CommentWhite Elephant Palm, King Thai Palm
(Kerriodoxa elegans)
palmbob Positive CommentAloe
(Aloe meyeri)
Kylecawaza Positive CommentAndean Wax Palm
(Ceroxylon quindiuense)
Kylecawaza Positive CommentVogel's Wax Palm
(Ceroxylon vogelianum)
Kylecawaza Positive Comment
(Juania australis)
Kylecawaza Positive Comment
(Drymophleus subdistichus)
Kylecawaza Negative CommentPeach Palm
(BActris gasipaes)
Kylecawaza Positive Comment
(Astrocaryum alatum)
Kylecawaza Positive Comment
(Areca triandra)
palmbob Positive Comment
(Aloe pratensis)
Kylecawaza Positive Comment
(Dictyocaryum lamarkium)
Kylecawaza Positive Comment
(Marojejya darianii)
Kylecawaza Positive CommentCarpoxylon Palm
(Carpoxylon macrospermum)
Kylecawaza Positive Comment
(Wettinia quinaria)
Kylecawaza Positive CommentSeychelles Stilt Palm, Splendid Palm
(Verschaffeltia splendida)
Kylecawaza Positive CommentPalm
(Geonoma interrupta)
palmbob Neutral Comment
(Aloe wildii)
Kylecawaza Neutral Comment
(Heterospathe elata)
Kylecawaza Positive Comment
(Iriartea deltoides)
Kylecawaza Positive CommentFiji Fan Palm
(Pritchardia pacifica)
THornworm Positive CommentDevil's Trumpet, Jimsonweed, Common Thorn-apple 'Lilac Le Fleur (La Fleur Lilac)'
(Datura )
Kylecawaza Positive Comment
(Raphia australis)
Kylecawaza Positive Comment
(Socratea exorrhiza)
Kylecawaza Positive Commentmangrove 'Mangrove'
(Sonneratia Alba)
Kylecawaza Positive CommentBanyan Tree, Ban Yan
(Ficus benghalensis)
Kylecawaza Positive CommentJackfruit
(Artocarpus heterophyllus)
palmbob Neutral Comment
(Aloe hendrickxii)
tulip523 Positive CommentTwo-row Stonecrop 'Dragon's Blood'
(Sedum spurium)
MotherNature4 Neutral CommentAmerican Black Nightshade, Common Nightshade, Black Nightshade
(Solanum americanum)
MotherNature4 Negative CommentWhite-Veined Arrowhead Vine, Nephthytis
(Syngonium podophyllum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentEggplant 'Billionaire'
(Solanum melongena var. esculentum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentEggplant 'Black Bell'
(Solanum melongena var. esculentum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentEggplant 'Black Dragon'
(Solanum melongena var. esculentum)
Tree_Climber Positive CommentDaylily 'Rosy Returns (Apps, 1999)'
(Hemerocallis )
henryr10 Positive CommentVariegated Pink Tickseed ' 'Sweet Dreams''
(Coreopsis rosea)
Paulwhwest Neutral CommentFloribunda Rose 'Maud Cole (Harkness, 1968)'
(Rosa )
Paulwhwest Neutral CommentHybrid Tea Rose 'McGredy's Yellow (McGredy, 1933)'
(Rosa )
Paulwhwest Neutral CommentClimbing Hybrid Tea Rose 'Meg (Dr. A.C.V. Gosset, 1954)'
(Rosa )
Paulwhwest Neutral CommentFloribunda Rose 'Megiddo (Gandy, 1970)'
(Rosa )
carpiano Positive CommentWhite-Edged Swedish Ivy 'Marginatus'
(Plectranthus coleoides)
henryr10 Positive CommentCopper Velvet Shamrock ''Coppertones''
(Oxalis siliquosa)
Paulwhwest Neutral CommentHybrid Tea Rose 'Memoriam (Gordon Von Abrams, 1962)'
(Rosa )
domhnull Positive CommentTomato 'Thai Pink Egg'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Paulwhwest Neutral CommentFloribunda Rose 'Merlin (Harkness, 1967)'
(Rosa )
Paulwhwest Neutral CommentHybrid Tea Rose 'Message (Meilland, 1955) aka White Knight, MEIban, Message 35, Meban'
(Rosa )
ncgardenaddict Negative CommentSweet Autumn Clematis
(Clematis terniflora)
Paulwhwest Neutral CommentFloribunda Rose 'Meteor (Kordes, 1959)'
(Rosa )
Paulwhwest Neutral CommentHybrid Tea Rose 'Michèle Meilland (Meilland, 1945)'
(Rosa )
palmbob Neutral Comment
(Gymnocalycium monvillei)
palmbob Positive Comment
(Gymnocalycium ragonesei)
Frog0902 Positive CommentChinese Tallow Tree, Candleberry Tree, Chicken Tree, Popcorn Tree, Florida Aspen
(Triadica sebifera)
palmbob Neutral Comment
(Gymnocalycium pflanzii)
Aussie58 Neutral CommentArkwright's Campion 'Vesuvius'
(Lychnis x arkwrightii)
palmbob Positive Comment
(Gymnocalycium riojense)
palmbob Positive Comment
(Gymnocalycium ochotenerae ssp vatteri)
palmbob Neutral Comment
(Ibervillea sonorae)
rochha Neutral CommentTulip Poplar, Tulip Tree
(Liriodendron tulipifera)
rochha Neutral CommentBlack Willow
(Salix nigra)
palmbob Positive Comment
(Echinopsis ferox)
palmbob Positive Comment
(Mammillaria perezdelarosae)
palmbob Neutral Comment
(Mormodica rostrata)
Paulwhwest Neutral CommentHybrid Tea Rose 'Milord (McGredy, 1962)'
(Rosa )
Farmerdill Neutral CommentEggplant 'Black Enorma'
(Solanum melongena var. esculentum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentEggplant 'Antigua'
(Solanum melongena var. esculentum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentEggplant 'Lavender Touch'
(Solanum hybrid)
palmbob Positive Comment
(Pachypodium baronii var windsorii)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentEggplant 'Listada de Gandia'
(Solanum melongena var. esculentum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentEggplant 'Nadia'
(Solanum melongena var. esculentum)
palmbob Positive CommentClub Foot, Elephant's Trunk, Half-Man's, Halfmen
(Pachypodium namaquanum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentEggplant 'Prosperosa'
(Solanum melongena var. esculentum)
palmbob Positive Comment
(Pachypodium namaquanum X)
aking1a Positive CommentBromeliad
(xQuesmea 'Lymanii')
Farmerdill Neutral CommentEggplant 'Fond Long'
(Solanum melongena var. esculentum)
Kylecawaza Positive CommentMoney Tree, Malabar Chestnut, Guyana (Guiana) Chestnut, Provision Tree, French Peanut
(Pachira aquatica)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentEggplant 'Machiaw'
(Solanum melongena var. esculentum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentEggplanr 'Zebra'
(Solanum melongena var. esculentum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentEggplant 'Turkish Orange'
(Solanum gilo)
GardenQuiltLady Positive CommentWest Texas Mist Flower
(Eupatorium greggii)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentEggplant 'Black King'
(Solanum melongena var. esculentum)
rhondahunt_1 Positive CommentEcheveria
(Echeveria amoena)
GardenQuiltLady Positive CommentHummingbird Bush, Flame Acanthus, Wright Anisacanth, Muicle
(Anisacanthus quadrifidus var. wrightii)
PADRETIERRA Neutral CommentFour O'Clock, Marvel of Peru
(Mirabilis jalapa)
GardenQuiltLady Positive CommentPassion Flower
(Passiflora cyanea)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentEggplant 'Black Shine'
(Solanum melongena var. esculentum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentEggplant 'Blacknite'
(Solanum melongena var. esculentum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentEggplant 'Bride'
(Solanum melongena var. esculentum)
albleroy Positive Comment
(Canarina canariensis)
girltoy Positive CommentDarwin Hybrid Tulip
(Tulipa )
NatureWalker Positive CommentNasturtium 'Moonlight'
(Tropaeolum majus)
jaoakley Positive CommentPumpkin 'Lumina'
(Cucurbita pepo)
HortiStudent Positive CommentAluminum Plant, Watermelon Plant
(Pilea cadierei)
Phaltyme Positive CommentRed Mangrove
(Rhizophora mangle)
Songbird839 Neutral CommentDaylily 'All Consuming Passion'
(Hemerocallis )
JoanJ Positive CommentOpium Poppy, Breadseed Poppy, Lettuce Leaf Poppy 'Igor'
(Papaver somniferum)
vossner Positive CommentHeart Fern
(Hemionitis arifolia)
mugwort27 Positive CommentMast tree, Asoka Tree, Ashok Tree, Sorrowless Tree
(Polyalthia longifolia var. pendula)
Rosyramon Positive CommentWax Plant, Porcelain Flower 'Krinkle 8 (Krinkle-8)'
(Hoya carnosa)
shortcm Positive CommentPink Calla Lily
(Zantedeschia rehmanii)
ownedbycats Positive CommentHollyhock 'Creme De Cassis'
(Alcea rosea)
larrysmith Neutral CommentPygmaeocereus
(Pygmaeocereus bylesianus)
MN_Darren Positive CommentChina Meadow Rue
(Thalictrum coreanum)
CaptMicha Positive CommentHosta 'Honeybells'
(Hosta )
CaptMicha Neutral CommentBower Vine, Jasmine
(Pandorea jasminoides)
CaptMicha Neutral CommentChinese Rose Of Sharon 'Melmauve'
(Hibiscus sinosyriacus)

Images

Member Addition Description
salvia_loverImageMealy Cup Sage 'Silver White'
(Salvia farinacea)
XenomorfImageEuphorbia
(Euphorbia avasmontana)
ladyannneImageLily Turf, Big Blue Lily Turf, Monkey Grass
(Liriope muscari)
DaylilySLPImageWood Lily
(Lilium philadelphicum)
sweezelImageGolden Creeping Jenny, Gold Moneywort 'Aurea'
(Lysimachia nummularia)
JustaysamImageHosta 'Sparky'
(Hosta )
linthicumImageDaylily 'Blueberry Candy (Stamile, 1993)'
(Hemerocallis )
darylImageEcheveria 'Topsy Turvy'
(Echeveria runyonii)
CHAImageDaylily 'Chantilly Pink (Munson, 1986)'
(Hemerocallis )
henryr10ImageWishbone Flower 'Amethyst Wave'
(Torenia fournieri)
palmbobImageVictorian Blue Gum, Tuart Tree
(Eucalyptus gomphocephala)
OhioBreezyImageJapanese Morning Glory 'Roman Candy'
(Ipomoea nil)
WindyImageAngel's Wings Gourd
(Lagenaria siceraria)
Alohahoya2000ImageHoya
(Hoya fungii)
cinemikeImageClustered Bellflower
(Campanula glomerata)
kennedyhImageSelf-Heal, Selfheal, Heal All
(Prunella vulgaris)
nuljinImage
(Helicodiceros muscivorus)
ownedbycatsImageStock 'Tudor Tapestry'
(Matthiola incana)
htopImageCrepe Myrtle, Crape Myrtle 'Pocomoke'
(Lagerstroemia hybrid)
PaulwhwestImageHybrid Tea Rose 'Pristine (1978; JACpico)'
(Rosa )
Clare_CAImageSweet Bouvardia
(Bouvardia longiflora)
NativePlantFan9ImageSea Grape
(Coccoloba uvifera)
carolannImageDaylily 'Empire State (Childs, 1977)'
(Hemerocallis )
KimGaitherImageTinantia
(Tinantia erecta)
lauriefImageIntermediate Bearded Iris 'Tact (Keppel, 1994)'
(Iris )
ceedubImageHindu Rope Hoya
(Hoya Compacata)
koogerImageLily 'Marco Polo'
(Lilium )
jvilleImageCypress Vine, Star Glory, Hummingbird Vine
(Ipomoea quamoclit)
KylecawazaImageBaobab, Judas Fruit, Monkey Bread Tree
(Adansonia digitata)
FarmerdillImageEggplant 'Slim Purple'
(Solanum melongena var. esculentum)
NatureWalkerImageWild Balsam-apple, Wild Cucumber
(Echinocystis lobata)
randi_rivesImageHardy Hibiscus, Rose Mallow, Swamp Mallow
(Hibiscus moscheutos)
FloridianImageRock-rose, Pine Barren Frostweed
(Helianthemum corymbosum)
WeezingreensImageLadybells, Lady Bells
(Adenophora bulleyana)
melodyImageAmerican Black Nightshade, Common Nightshade, Black Nightshade
(Solanum americanum)
smiln32ImageEastern Redbud, Canadian Redbud, Judas Tree 'Forest Pansy'
(Cercis canadensis)
brootsImagePeony Poppy, Opium Poppy, Paeony Flowered Poppy 'Frosted Salmon'
(Papaver somniferum)
IslandJimImageWhite-Veined Arrowhead Vine, Nephthytis
(Syngonium podophyllum)
DeaImageJapanese Windflower, Japanese Anemone, Japanese Thimbleflower
(Anemone x hybrida)
montereyImagePassion Flower 'Nancy Garrison'
(Passiflora edulis)
jaoakleyImageGiant Sequoia, Big Tree
(Sequoiadendron giganteum)
boojumImageEnglish Rose, Austin Rose 'Ambridge Rose (1990; aka AUSwonder)'
(Rosa )
CharlottedaImageLotus 'Mrs. Perry D. Slocum'
(Nelumbo )

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Dave Whitinger

 

And that's the way it was... August 23, 2004