The PlantFiles Newsletter Covering the events of February 8, 2005, on which 193 members joined.

Gardening Quote of the Day

(Muso Soseki, 14th century Japanese poet, priest, garden designer)

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Member Addition Description Sugarbean1 Intermediate Bearded Iris 'Oriental Baby' (Iris ) ocimum_nate Hardy Water Lily, Waterlily 'Albida' (Nymphaea x marliacea) kniphofia Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) Toxicodendron Queen Sago (Cycas circinalis) palmbob Pickle Cactus (Delosperma echinatum) Melissa_Ohio Daylily 'Boogie My Woogie' (Hemerocallis ) kivariver Japanese Water Iris, Japanese Flag, Russian Iris 'Nihonkai' (Iris ensata) kennedyh Clark's Caladenia (Caladenia clarkiae) bootandall Glory Bower (Clerodendron trichotomum var. fargesii) hanna1 Pencil Tree, Milkbush, Finger Tree 'Rosea' (Euphorbia tirucalli) Happenstance Giant Timber Bamboo, Oldham's Bamboo (Bambusa oldhamii) tinora_art Daylily 'Secondhand Rose' (Hemerocallis ) gretaduck Hosta 'Yellow Emperor' (Hosta ) Margiempv Tall Bearded Iris 'Ribbon Round' (Iris ) mgarr Wooly Morning Glory, Woodrose, Silver Elephant Creeper (Argyreia speciosa) arielsadmirer Paradise Tree, Bitterwood (Simarouba glauca) mrporl Drumsticks, Ornamental Onion, Round Headed Leek (Allium sphaerocephalon) RWhiz Aloe (Aloe nyeriensis) cacti_lover Fishhook Barrel (Ferocactus wislizeni) Uladech Daylily 'Autumn Red' (Hemerocallis ) Secludedgardens Jack in the Pulpit (Arisaema dilatatum) htop Day Jessamine (Cestrum diurnum) NativePlantFan9 Red-margined Dracaena, Dragon Tree (Dracaena marginata) MollyMc Blanket Flower, Indian Blanket 'Burgundy' (Gaillardia x grandiflora) DaylilySLP Daylily 'Monster' (Hemerocallis ) giancarlo Desert Rose (Adenium obesum) DiOhio Parrot Feather, Parrotfeather Water Milfoil (Myriophyllum aquaticum) GardenGuyKin Potato Vine (Solanum atropurpureum) Galanthophile Camellia 'Wildfire' (Camellia japonica) Love2Troll Hot Pepper 'Vinagrito' (Capsicum chinense) monterey 'Marfitch 'Unicorn Splendor'' (Beallara ) Farmerdill Watermelon 'Black Magic' (Citrullus lanatus) Xenomorf Creeping wattle (Acacia saligna) emilyrasmus Tropical Lady's-Slipper '(Paph. SUPERSUK "EUREKA" AM/AOS X Paph. RAISAN PIE "HSINYING") X SIB' (Paphiopedilum ) ballardtn Firecracker Plant, Coral Plant, Coralblow, Fountain Plant (Russelia equisetiformis) Todd_Boland Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare) trunnels Britton's Wild Petunia, Mexican Bluebell (Ruellia tweediana) dave Texas Star Cactus (Astrophytum asterias) dave Texan Sotol (Dasylirion texanum)

New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning franciscana   fran-sis-KAN-uh   Named for San Francisco, California (U.S.), which was in turn originally named after St. Franciss of Assisi by an 18th century priest accompanying a Spanish expedition to the area   franciscanum   fran-sis-KAN-um   Named for San Francisco, California (U.S.), which was in turn originally named after St. Franciss of Assisi by an 18th century priest accompanying a Spanish expedition to the area   franciscanus   fran-sis-KAN-us   Named for San Francisco, California (U.S.), which was in turn originally named after St. Franciss of Assisi by an 18th century priest accompanying a Spanish expedition to the area   heufleriana   hyoo-FLER-ee-an-na   Possibly named for Ludwig von Hohenbühel Heufler, 19th century Australian botanist   Orostachys   or-oh-STAK-iss   From the Greek oros (mountain) and stachys (spike)

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger

And that's the way it was... February 8, 2005