The PlantFiles Newsletter

Covering the events of February 2, 2005, on which 150 members joined.

Gardening Quote of the Day

"...'If you are a gardener and find me,' said the little bunny, 'I will be a bird and fly away from you.' 'If you become a bird and fly away from me,' said his mother, 'I will be a tree that you come home to.' (from The Runaway Bunny, 1942)"

(Margaret Wise Brown, American author (born 5/23/1910))

The PlantFiles Photo of the Day

Bird's Foot Trefoil, Baby's Slippers, Bacon and Eggs
Lotus corniculatus
By bobbix

Activity Report:

165 new plants were added to the database.
116 new descriptions were added.
42 new images were added.
5305 new options were checked off.

Comments

Member	Addition	Description
cetude	Positive Comment	Red Castor Bean 'Carmencita' (Ricinus communis)
htop	Neutral Comment	Forest Fever Tree, Cabbage Tree (Anthocleista grandiflora)
htop	Neutral Comment	Hairy angelica (Angelica venenosa)
nature_girl	Positive Comment	Madagascar Periwinkle, Vinca (Catharanthus roseus)
htop	Neutral Comment	Call's angelica (Angelica callii)
htop	Neutral Comment	Bai Zhi, Dahurian Angelica (Angelica dahurica)
NatureWalker	Neutral Comment	Dwarf Purple Fountain Grass 'Red Riding Hood' (Pennisetum setaceum)
GardenGuyKin	Positive Comment	Angel Trumpet, Angel's Trumpet 'Charles Grimaldi' (Brugmansia x cubensis)
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Lakeside Looking Glass' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Lakeside Maestro' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Lakeside Party Dress' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Lakeside Rhapsody' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Lakeside Symphony' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Larry Englerth' (Hosta )
75154	Positive Comment	Chinese Rose Of Sharon 'Melmauve' (Hibiscus sinosyriacus)
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Last Dance' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Lauren' (Hosta )
Dravencat	Positive Comment	Hairy Toad Lily 'Miyazaki' (Tricyrtis hirta)
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Ledi Lantis' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Lee Armiger' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Lemonade' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Liberty Bell' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Lily Pad' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Lime Krinkles' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Lime Piecrust' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Limon' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Little Ann' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Little Bo Peep' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Little Razor' (Hosta )
tinora_art	Neutral Comment	Daylily 'Seductress' (Hemerocallis )
smiln32	Neutral Comment	Watermelon 'Blue Belle' (Citrullus lanatus)
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Lochness' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Locomotion' (Hosta )
smiln32	Neutral Comment	Watermelon 'Bravo' (Citrullus lanatus)
smiln32	Neutral Comment	Watermelon 'Bush Charleston Gray' (Citrullus lanatus)
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Louise Ryan' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Love Pat' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Lucille Simpers' (Hosta )
smiln32	Neutral Comment	Watermelon 'Canada Supersweet' (Citrullus lanatus)
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Lucky Charm' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Lucy Vitols' (Hosta )
smiln32	Neutral Comment	Watermelon 'Carousel Tri-x' (Citrullus lanatus)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	Winter Squash 'Hubba Hubba' (Cucurbita maxima)
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Lunar Magic' (Hosta )
smiln32	Neutral Comment	Watermelon 'Celebration' (Citrullus lanatus)
smiln32	Neutral Comment	Watermelon 'Charleston Elite' (Citrullus lanatus)
smiln32	Neutral Comment	Watermelon 'Chiffon F1' (Citrullus lanatus)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	Summer Squash Zucchini 'Zucca Siciliano' (Cucurbita pepo)
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Majestic Glow' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Maple Leaf' (Hosta )
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	Winter Squash 'Grey Ghost' (Cucurbita maxima)
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Maraschino Cherry' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Margin of Error' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Marquis' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Mary Lou' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Maui Buttercups' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'May' (Hosta )
smiln32	Neutral Comment	Watermelon 'Camadre' (Citrullus lanatus)
smiln32	Neutral Comment	Watermelon 'Cordoba' (Citrullus lanatus)
smiln32	Neutral Comment	Watermelon 'Cotton Candy' (Citrullus lanatus)
smiln32	Neutral Comment	Watermelon 'CT Dollar 034' (Citrullus lanatus)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	Shin Dagger, Lechuguilla (Agave lechuguilla)
Xenomorf	Positive Comment	(Agave FO-076)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	Summer Squash Zucchini 'Park's Green Whopper II' (Cucurbita pepo)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	Summer Squash 'Park's Crookneck Improved' (Cucurbita pepo)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	Summer Squash Zucchini 'Park's Sable Beauty' (Cucurbita pepo)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	Summer Squash 'Park's Super Creamy' (Cucurbita pepo)
rochha	Negative Comment	Prickly Pear (Opuntia spp.)
smiln32	Neutral Comment	Watermelon 'Diamond' (Citrullus lanatus)
smiln32	Neutral Comment	Watermelon 'Diana 179' (Citrullus lanatus)
easter0794	Positive Comment	Spotted Dead Nettle 'Orchid Frost' (Lamium maculatum)
ocimum_nate	Positive Comment	Holy Basil 'Red and Green' (Ocimum sanctum)
Todd_Boland	Positive Comment	Garden Phlox 'Andre' (Phlox paniculata)
NativePlantFan9	Positive Comment	Sand Spikemoss (Selaginella arenicola)
Todd_Boland	Positive Comment	Garden Phlox 'Flamingo' (Phlox paniculata)
Todd_Boland	Positive Comment	Garden Phlox 'Julyfest' (Phlox paniculata)
Todd_Boland	Positive Comment	Garden Phlox 'Kirmeslandler' (Phlox paniculata)
smiln32	Neutral Comment	Watermelon 'Dumara' (Citrullus lanatus)
Todd_Boland	Positive Comment	Garden Phlox 'Miss Jill' (Phlox paniculata)
Todd_Boland	Positive Comment	Garden Phlox 'Miss Jo Ellen' (Phlox paniculata)
Todd_Boland	Positive Comment	Garden Phlox 'Miss Marge' (Phlox paniculata)
Todd_Boland	Positive Comment	Garden Phlox 'Powder Puff' (Phlox paniculata)
Todd_Boland	Positive Comment	Garden Phlox 'Sandra' (Phlox paniculata)
Todd_Boland	Positive Comment	Garden Phlox 'Tenor' (Phlox paniculata)
librarianlanell	Positive Comment	Baby Sage, Blackcurrant Sage, Cherry Sage, Delta Sage, Graham's Sage, Little Leaf Sage 'Hot Lips' (Salvia microphylla)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	Pumpkin/Winter Squash ' Rumbo' (Cucurbita moschata)
Terry	Neutral Comment	Trailing Mallow (Sphaeralcea philippiana)
smiln32	Neutral Comment	Watermelon 'Early Jubilee' (Citrullus lanatus)
smiln32	Neutral Comment	Watermelon 'Early Moonbeam' (Citrullus lanatus)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	Winter Squash - Butternut 'Duc de Berri' (Cucurbita moschata)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	Winter Squash 'Zeppelin Delicata' (Cucurbita pepo)
NativePlantFan9	Positive Comment	Wild Tamarind, False Tamarind (Lysiloma latisiliqua)
NativePlantFan9	Positive Comment	Avon Park Harebells, Avon Park Rattlebox, Tortise Bells, Avon Park Rabbit Bells (Crotalaria avonenis)
NativePlantFan9	Positive Comment	Yucatan Flymallow (Cienfuegosia yucatanensis)
NativePlantFan9	Positive Comment	Beach Clustervine, Beach Jacquemontia (Jacquemontia reclinata)
NativePlantFan9	Negative Comment	Lifeplant, Cathedral Bells (Kalanchoe pinnata)
bluespiral	Neutral Comment	Aloe (Aloe humilis var. echinata)
LilyLover_UT	Positive Comment	Hardy Gazania, Treasure Flower, African Daisy 'Colorado Gold' (Gazania linearis)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	Winter Squash 'Nutty Delica' (Cucurbita maxima)
bluespiral	Neutral Comment	Aloe (Aloe buettneri)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	Summer Squash Zucchini 'Anissa' (Cucurbita pepo)
smiln32	Neutral Comment	Watermelon 'Festival' (Citrullus lanatus)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	Summer Squash Zucchini 'Aurore' (Cucurbita pepo)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	Summer Squash Zucchini 'Belor' (Cucurbita pepo)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	Summer Squash 'Lena' (Cucurbita pepo)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	Summer Squash Zucchini 'Splendor' (Cucurbita pepo)
smiln32	Neutral Comment	Watermelon 'Flamingo 374' (Citrullus lanatus)
smiln32	Neutral Comment	Watermelon 'Freedom' (Citrullus lanatus)
LilyLover_UT	Positive Comment	Spotted Gayfeather, Snakeroot, Dotted Blazing Star (Liatris punctata)
bluespiral	Neutral Comment	Rain Lily, Fairy Lily, Zephyr Lily (Zephyranthes candida)
bluespiral	Neutral Comment	Giant Rain Lily, Prairie Lily, Hill Country Rain Lily (Zephyranthes drummondii)
Kylecawaza	Positive Comment	(Salaca magnifica)
melody	Positive Comment	Mojave yucca (Yucca schidigera)
melody	Positive Comment	Our Lord's Candle, Chaparral Yucca, Quixote Yucca (Yucca whipplei)
Kylecawaza	Positive Comment	(Geonoma undata)
melody	Positive Comment	Ice Plant (Carpobrotus chilensis)

Images

Member	Addition	Description
palmbob		(Dioon edule var angustifolium)
Todd_Boland		(Odontoglossum harryanum)
Xenomorf		(Schwantesia borcherdsii)
Galanthophile		Floribunda Rose 'Bonica' (Rosa )
tinora_art		Daylily 'Peach Fairy' (Hemerocallis )
Margiempv		Tall Bearded Iris 'Vizier' (Iris )
mrporl		Channel-leaf Faetherbush (Aulax cancellata)
garygardener		Fruit Sage, Fruit-Scented Sage, Peach Sage (Salvia dorisiana)
ocimum_nate		Ornamental Pepper 'Variegata' (Capsicum annuum)
Sugarbean1		Tall Bearded Iris 'Paris Lights' (Iris )
kniphofia		Iron Cross Begonia 'Iron Cross' (Begonia masoniana)
Toxicodendron		Pipsissewa, Prince's Pine, Ground Holly (Chimaphila umbellata)
giancarlo		Philodendron (Philodendron plowmanii)
kennedyh		Blue Caladenia (Caladenia caerulea)
bootandall		Tube Clematis (Clematis heracleifolia)
xyris		Pond Pine,Swamp Pine (Pinus serotina)
Farmerdill		Summer Squash Zucchini 'Largo' (Cucurbita pepo)
htop		Bolo Bolo (Clappertonia ficifolia)
Melissa_Ohio		Daylily 'Chevron Spider' (Hemerocallis )
tropicalbamboo		Columbian Thorny Bamboo 'Bicolor' (Guadua angustifolia)
Ursula		Tropaeolum (Tropaeolum sessilifolium)
Floridian		Sand Spikemoss (Selaginella arenicola)
kivariver		Japanese Water Iris, Japanese Flag, Russian Iris 'Awajushima' (Iris ensata)
NativePlantFan9		Mexican Flame Vine, Orange Glow Vine (Senecio confusus)
scutler		Hybrid Tea Rose 'Mr. Lincoln' (Rosa )
grovespirit		Creeping Wood Sorrel (Oxalis corniculata)
mgarr		Giant Salvia (Brillantaisia subulugarica)
Kachinagirl		Boxleaf Euonymus, Golden Euonymus 'Microphylla' (Euonymus japonica)
RWhiz		'Red Hooks' (Grevillea hookeriana)
Big_Red		Yucca (Yucca flaccida)
Secludedgardens		Common Mullein, Aaron's Rod, Adam's Flannel, Fairy Tale Plant (Verbascum thapsus)
hanna1		African Daisy, Cape Daisy, Spoon Daisy 'Nasinga Purple' (Osteospermum )
BROFOREST		Cabbage Palm, Sabal Palm (Sabal palmetto)
texasgarden		Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Mrs. Charles Cobb' (Camellia japonica)
Beanmomma		Yellow Giant Hyssop (Agastache nepetoides)
Happenstance		Blushing Philodendron 'Black Cardinal' (Philodendron erubescens)
QueenB		Japanese Morning Glory 'Chocolate' (Ipomoea nil)
CaptMicha		Tropical Lady's-Slipper '(Paph. SUPERSUK "EUREKA" AM/AOS X Paph. RAISAN PIE "HSINYING") X SIB' (Paphiopedilum )
dkalderis		Illawarra Flame Tree, Flame Kurrajong (Brachychiton acerifolius)
GardenGuyKin		Angel Trumpet, Angel's Trumpet 'Charles Grimaldi' (Brugmansia x cubensis)
smashedcricket		Red-margined Dracaena, Dragon Tree (Dracaena marginata)
cacti_lover		Desert Spoon, Blue Sotol (Dasylirion wheeleri)

New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning

Garberia gar-BER-ee-uh Named for Dr. Abram P. Garber, 19th century American
monadelpha mon-ah-DEL-fuh From the Greek word meaning brothers as one, referring to a single group of joined stamens
nummulariifolia num-yoo-lay-ree-ih-FOH-lee-uh Having foliage like nummularia (species name originating from nummus, money; referring to small, circular leaves)
Stenandrium sten-AN-dree-um From the Greek stenos (narrow) and andros (man); hence the common name
Leavenworthia lev-en-WER-thee-uh Named for Melines Conklin Leavenworth, 19th century Yale graduate, botanist, army surgeon and explorer

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Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger

And that's the way it was... February 2, 2005