The PlantFiles Newsletter

Covering the events of January 13, 2005, on which 127 members joined.

Gardening Quote of the Day

"With regard to strawberries: 'Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did.' (quoted by Izaak Walton in The Compleat Angler, 1661) "

(Dr. William Butler, 17th century English physician, author)

The PlantFiles Photo of the Day

Japanese Pieris, Andromeda, Lily of the Valley Shrub 'Temple Bells'
Pieris japonica
By arcadon

Activity Report:

146 new plants were added to the database.
87 new descriptions were added.
46 new images were added.
4548 new options were checked off.

Comments

Member	Addition	Description
vic	Neutral Comment	Daylily 'Palatlakaha' (Hemerocallis )
xeen	Neutral Comment	(Heliconia ramonensis)
trugger	Positive Comment	Red River Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis)
trugger	Negative Comment	Gumtree, Torrell's Eucalyptus, Cadaga (Eucalyptus torelliana)
cottonpicker	Positive Comment	Tomato 'Sungold' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	English Pea 'Mr. Big' (Pisum sativum)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	English Pea 'Neptune' (Pisum sativum)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	English Pea 'New Era' (Pisum sativum)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	English Pea 'New Season' (Pisum sativum)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	English Pea 'Nomad' (Pisum sativum)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	English Pea 'New Century' (Pisum sativum)
randy10	Positive Comment	Rose Verbena, Purple Verbena, Homestead Verbena (Glandularia canadensis)
salvia_lover	Neutral Comment	Aloe (Aloe jucunda)
salvia_lover	Neutral Comment	Aloe (Aloe polyphylla)
salvia_lover	Neutral Comment	Aloinopsis (Aloinopsis rubrolineata)
salvia_lover	Neutral Comment	Living Stone (Aloinopsis schooneesii)
vic	Neutral Comment	Daylily 'Palantir' (Hemerocallis )
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	English Pea 'Nova' (Pisum sativum)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	English Pea 'Now' (Pisum sativum)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	English Pea 'NWR Hyalite' (Pisum sativum)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	English Pea 'Olympia' (Pisum sativum)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	English Pea 'Opal' (Pisum sativum)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	English Pea 'Oracle' (Pisum sativum)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	English Pea 'Oregon 523' (Pisum sativum)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	English Pea 'Oregon 605' (Pisum sativum)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	English Pea 'Oregon Pioneer' (Pisum sativum)
wildkiwi97	Positive Comment	Prairie Blazing Star, Tall Blazing Star, Kansas Gayfeather, Cattail Gayfeather (Liatris pycnostachya)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	Snow Pea 'Oregon Sugar Pod II' (Pisum sativum)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	English Pea 'Oregon Trail' (Pisum sativum)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	English Pea 'Parlay' (Pisum sativum)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	English Pea 'Patio' (Pisum sativum)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	English Pea 'Patio Wonder' (Pisum sativum)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	English Pea 'Payload' (Pisum sativum)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	English Pea 'Perfect 57' (Pisum sativum)
Katzen	Positive Comment	Pink Jasmine, Winter Jasmine (Jasminum polyanthum)
lmelling	Neutral Comment	Hosta (Hosta montana)
Todd_Boland	Neutral Comment	Richardson's Geranium (Geranium richardsonii)
Todd_Boland	Neutral Comment	Sticky Geranium, Sticky Purple Crane's-bill (Geranium viscosissimum)
Todd_Boland	Neutral Comment	Limber Honeysuckle (Lonicera dioica)
Todd_Boland	Positive Comment	Prickly Wild Rose (Rosa acicularis)
lmelling	Neutral Comment	Hosta (Hosta nigrescens)
Todd_Boland	Neutral Comment	Western Snowberry, Wolfberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis)
cottonpicker	Positive Comment	Tomato 'Lucky Cross' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Todd_Boland	Neutral Comment	Sticky False Asphodel (Tofieldia glutinosa)
Todd_Boland	Positive Comment	American globeflower (Trollius laxus)
lmelling	Neutral Comment	Hosta (Hosta longissima)
cottonpicker	Negative Comment	Tomato 'Omar's Lebanese' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
cottonpicker	Negative Comment	Tomato 'Peron Sprayless' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
CaptMicha	Positive Comment	Butterfly Bush, Summer Lilac, Orange-eye Butterfly Bush 'Black Knight' (Buddleja davidii)
cottonpicker	Neutral Comment	Tomato 'Taxi' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	English Pea 'Perfected Freezer' (Pisum sativum)
butterflybyrob	Positive Comment	Ruttyruspolia 'Phyllis Van Heeden' (X Ruttyruspolia )
lmelling	Neutral Comment	Hosta (Hosta longipes)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	Perfection 15 'Perfection 15' (Pisum sativum)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	English Pea 'Perk' (Pisum sativum)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	English Pea 'Petit-Freeze' (Pisum sativum)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	English Pea 'Piano' (Pisum sativum)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	English Pea 'Pixie' (Pisum sativum)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	English Pea 'Plus' (Pisum sativum)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	Snow Pea, Oriental Pea 'Podella' (Pisum sativum)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	English Pea 'Point' (Pisum sativum)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	English Pea 'Polaris' (Pisum sativum)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	English Pea 'Pomak' (Pisum sativum)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	English Pea 'Preston' (Pisum sativum)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	English Pea 'Princess' (Pisum sativum)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	English Pea 'Profit Maker' (Pisum sativum)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	English Pea 'Pronto' (Pisum sativum)
vic	Neutral Comment	Daylily 'Palace Station' (Hemerocallis )
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	English Pea 'Prospector' (Pisum sativum)
vic	Neutral Comment	Daylily 'Pale Blush' (Hemerocallis )
vic	Neutral Comment	Daylily 'Pale Moon Rising' (Hemerocallis )
vic	Neutral Comment	Daylily 'Pale Moon Windmill' (Hemerocallis )
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	Snow Pea, Oriental Pea 'Puncher' (Pisum sativum)
vic	Neutral Comment	Daylily 'Pale Rider' (Hemerocallis )
vic	Neutral Comment	Daylily 'Pale Wings' (Hemerocallis )
vic	Neutral Comment	Daylily 'Paleface Dwarf' (Hemerocallis )
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	English Pea 'Quad' (Pisum sativum)
vic	Neutral Comment	Daylily 'Palimpsest' (Hemerocallis )
vic	Neutral Comment	Daylily 'Palladian Pink' (Hemerocallis )
vic	Neutral Comment	Daylily 'Pallio' (Hemerocallis )
vic	Neutral Comment	Daylily 'Palmistry' (Hemerocallis )
vic	Neutral Comment	Daylily 'Palo Duro Canyon' (Hemerocallis )
vic	Neutral Comment	Daylily 'Palomino Moon' (Hemerocallis )
vic	Neutral Comment	Daylily 'Palomino Pony' (Hemerocallis )
mertyl	Positive Comment	Lemon-scented Myrtle, Sweet Verbena Tree, Lemon Ironwood (Backhousia citriodora)
Horseshoe	Positive Comment	Tomato 'Brandywine, Yellow' (Lycopersicon Lycopersicum)
dankearth	Positive Comment	Black Walnut (Juglans nigra)

Images

Member	Addition	Description
Xenomorf		Pitaya, Xoconostle (Stenocereus stellatus)
Xenomorf		Rubber Plant (Ficus elastica)
mrporl		Golden Marguerite, Ox-eye Chamomile, Dyer's Chamomile 'Sauce Hollandaise' (Anthemis tinctoria)
mrporl		Whipcord Hebe (Hebe cupressoides)
kennedyh		(Epidendrum schomburgkii)
kennedyh		Sweet Bay (Laurus nobilis)
butterflybyrob		Golden Dewdrop 'Sapphire Showers' (Duranta erecta)
Sugarbean1		Tall Bearded iris 'Autumn Sunset' (Iris )
Sugarbean1		Tall Bearded Iris 'Flora Zenor' (Iris )
bootandall		Parahebe 'Baby Blue' (Parahebe )
bootandall		Gentian Sage 'Alba' (Salvia patens)
kniphofia		Amaryllis 'Giraffe' (Hippeastrum )
butterflybyrob		Golden Wonder Senna (Senna splendida)
Todd_Boland		(Cattleya percivaliana)
Todd_Boland		(Cattleya guttata)
Margiempv		Tall Bearded Iris 'Sentimental Rose' (Iris )
Margiempv		Tall Bearded Iris 'Strange Brew' (Iris )
tinora_art		Daylily 'Glendevon' (Hemerocallis )
tinora_art		Daylily 'Graceful Eye' (Hemerocallis )
kniphofia		Nerve Plant (Fittonia verschaffeltii)
raven_locks		Hoya (Hoya calycina)
raven_locks		Hoya (Hoya cinnamomifolia)
mosquitoflats		Bleeding Heart 'Gold Heart' (Dicentra spectabilis)
NativePlantFan9		Green Buttonwood, Buttonwood (Conocarpus erectus)
Galanthophile		Cyclamineus Narcissus, Cyclamen Daffodil 'Mite' (Narcissus )
Galanthophile		Birds-eye Primrose, Farinosae Primula (Primula frondosa)
henryr10		Green Earth Star (Cryptanthus acaulis)
mgarr		Sweet-fern (Comptonia peregrina)
mgarr		Tatarian Aster, Tatarian Daisy, Tartarian* Aster (Aster tataricus)
henryr10		Philodendron 'Florida' (Philodendron aurea variegata)
Weezingreens		Ladybells, Lady Bells (Adenophora bulleyana)
daylily970		Hosta 'Sum & Substance' (Hosta )
daylily970		Hosta 'Sun Power' (Hosta )
xyris		Florida Goldenaster (Chrysopsis floridana)
ocimum_nate		Silk Tree, Mimosa Tree, Pink Siris (Albizia julibrissin)
ocimum_nate		Artemisia, Satiny Wormwood, Mugwort, Silvermound Artemisia 'Silver Mound' (Artemisia schmidtiana)
Tplant		Tomato 'Glory' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
palmbob		Aloe (Aloe angelica)
palmbob		Noble aloe, Zimbabwe Aloe (Aloe excelsa)
broots		Beardtongue, Beard Tongue (Penstemon hartwegii)
broots		Beardtongue, Beard Tongue (Penstemon hartwegii)
nancyanne		Cassabanana (Sicana odorifera)
memshin		Smoke Tree 'Golden Spirit™' (Cotinus coggygria)
mosquitoflats		Parrot Tulip 'Rococo' (Tulipa )
sandy130		Miniature Wax Plant, Beautiful Hoya 'Variegata' (Hoya bella)
ginbyers		Daylily 'Wild Horses' (Hemerocallis )

New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning

leucocephala loo-koh-SEF-uh-lus White head.
Helmholtzia helm-HOLTZ-ee-uh Named for Herman Helmholtz, 19th century German scientist
Porophyllum por-oh-FIL-um From the Greek poros (pore) and phyllum (leaf), referring to the translucent glands on the leaf
burbankii bur-BANK-ee-eye Named for early 20th century American plant breeder and garden writer Luther Burbank

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Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger

And that's the way it was... January 13, 2005