The PlantFiles Newsletter

Covering the events of April 10, 2005, on which 241 members joined.

Gardening Quote of the Day

"How fair is a garden amid the toils and passions of existence."

(Sir Benjamin Disraeli, British Prime Minister, novelist (born 12/21/1804))

The PlantFiles Photo of the Day

Staghorn Fern
Platycerium superbum
By katrinas

Activity Report:

170 new plants were added to the database.
81 new descriptions were added.
50 new images were added.
1892 new options were checked off.

Comments

Member	Addition	Description
tazzy	Positive Comment	Tall Bearded Iris 'Infernal Fire' (Iris )
vossner	Neutral Comment	Texas Mountain Laurel, Mescal Bean (Sophora secundiflora)
Melissa_Ohio	Neutral Comment	Daylily 'Fiesta Flippinbait' (Hemerocallis )
Melissa_Ohio	Neutral Comment	Daylily 'George's Spiderweb' (Hemerocallis )
egghead	Positive Comment	Calibrachoa, Million Bells, Petunia (Calibrachoa x hybridus)
Melissa_Ohio	Neutral Comment	Daylily 'Charlotte's Curls' (Hemerocallis )
Breezymeadow	Positive Comment	Tomato 'Yellow Pear' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
wermguy	Positive Comment	Rock Cress (Arabis caucasica)
Kameha	Positive Comment	Mango (Mangifera indica)
Kameha	Positive Comment	Star Fruit (Averrhoa carambola)
Kameha	Positive Comment	Jaboticaba, Brazilian Grape Tree (Myrciaria cauliflora)
Kameha	Positive Comment	Pineapple (Ananas comosus)
Kameha	Positive Comment	Weeping Fig, Chinese Banyan (Ficus benjamina)
Todd_Boland	Positive Comment	Paphiopedilum (Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum)
Todd_Boland	Positive Comment	Paphiopedilum (Paphiopedilum venustum)
lmelling	Positive Comment	Calibrachoa, Million Bells 'Superbells™ Purple' (Calibrachoa x hybridus)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	(Mammillaria prolifera subsp. texana)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	(Mammillaria prolifera)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	Texas Nipple Cactus (Mammillaria prolifera subsp. prolifera)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	(Mammillaria prolifera subsp. arachnoidea)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	(Mammillaria prolifera subsp. haitiensis)
angele	Positive Comment	Indigo Bush (Psorothamnus schottii)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	(Mammillaria rekoi)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	(Mammillaria rekoi ssp. leptacantha)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	(Mammillaria rekoi subsp. aureispina)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	(Mammillaria rekoi subsp. rekoi)
Melissa_Ohio	Neutral Comment	Daylily 'Black Mingo' (Hemerocallis )
angelap	Positive Comment	Tall Bearded Iris 'Dusky Challenger' (Iris )
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	(Mammillaria saboae)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	(Mammillaria saboae subsp. goldii)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	(Mammillaria saboae subsp. haudeana)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	(Mammillaria saboae subsp. saboae)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	(Mammillaria saetigera)
eranthis	Positive Comment	Winter Honeysuckle (Lonicera fragrantissima)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	(Mammillaria schiedeana)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	(Mammillaria schiedeana subsp giselae)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	(Mammillaria schiedeana subsp. dumetorum)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	(Mammillaria schiedeana subsp. schiedeana)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	(Mammillaria scrippsiana)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	(Mammillaria scrippsiana var. autlanensis)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	(Mammillaria scrippsiana var. pseudoscrippsiana)
rebkev	Positive Comment	English Rose, Austin Rose 'Abraham Darby' (Rosa )
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	Sheldon's Pincushion (Mammillaria sheldonii)
Shirley1md	Positive Comment	Star Magnolia 'Centennial' (Magnolia stellata)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	(Mammillaria sphacelata subsp. sphacelata)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	(Mammillaria sphacelata subsp. viperina)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	(Mammillaria sphaerica)
doss	Neutral Comment	Prairie Clematis 'Gazelle™' (Clematis )
doss	Neutral Comment	Prairie Clematis 'Chinook™' (Clematis )
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	(Mammillaria spinosissima)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	Red-headed Irishman (Mammillaria spinosissima subsp. spinosissima)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	(Mammillaria spinosissima subsp. tepoxtlana)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	Bristle Brush Cactus (Mammillaria pilcayensis)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	(Mammillaria stella-de-tacubaya)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	(Mammillaria supertexta)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	(Mammillaria tayloriorum)
doss	Neutral Comment	Prairie Clematis 'Medley ™' (Clematis )
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	Clustered Fish-Hook Pincushion, Slender Pincushion, (Mammillaria thornberi)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	Clustered Fish-Hook Pincushion, Slender Pincushion (Mammillaria thornberi subsp. thornberi)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	Clustered Fish-Hook Pincushion, Slender Pincushion (Mammillaria thornberi subsp. yaquensis)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	(Mammillaria tonalensis)
Shirley1md	Positive Comment	Hosta 'Drawn Butter' (Hosta )
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	(Mammillaria weingartiana)
Todd_Boland	Positive Comment	Odontocidium Wildcat 'White Lip' (Odontocidium )
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	(Mammillaria wiesingeri)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	(Mammillaria wiesingeri subsp. apamensis)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	(Mammillaria wiesingeri subsp. wiesingeri)
Melissa_Ohio	Positive Comment	Daylily 'Lake Norman Spider' (Hemerocallis )
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	(Mammillaria winterae)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	(Mammillaria winterae ssp aramberri)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	(Mammillaria winterae subsp. winterae)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	Brown Pincushion, Wright's Pincushion, Wright's Nipple Cactus (Mammillaria wrightii)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	Brown Pincushion, Wright's Pincushion, Wright's Nipple Cactus (Mammillaria wrightii subsp. wrightii)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	Wilcox's Nipple Cactus (Mammillaria wrightii subsp. wilcoxii)
jeepndesert	Neutral Comment	Sweet Olive, Fragrant Tea Olive (Osmanthus fragrans)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	(Mammillaria xaltianguensis)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	(Mammillaria xaltianguensis subsp. bambusiphila)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	(Mammillaria xaltianguensis subsp. xaltianguensis)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	(Mammillaria zephyranthoides)
Xenomorf	Neutral Comment	Snowball Cactus (Mammilloydia candida)
jeepndesert	Negative Comment	Tulip Poplar, Tulip Tree (Liriodendron tulipifera)

Images

Member	Addition	Description
StvNicksFan		Long-cupped Narcissus, Large-cupped Daffodil 'Professor Einstein' (Narcissus )
Todd_Boland		Paphiopedilum Orchid (Paphiopedilum fairrieanum)
Xenomorf		Sticky Baccharis, Seepwillow, Water Wally (Baccharis glutinosa)
bootandall		Manatu (Plagianthus regius)
htop		Texas Bluebonnet (Lupinus texensis)
kniphofia		Loebner Magnolia, Saucer Magnolia 'Leonard Messel' (Magnolia x loebneri)
palmbob		Firecracker Cactus, Scarlet Bugler (Cleistocactus baumannii)
smiln32		Creeping Phlox (Phlox subulata)
Galanthophile		Twin flower (Jeffersonia dubia)
Melissa_Ohio		Daylily 'Barnegat Light' (Hemerocallis )
kennedyh		Toetoe, Kakaho (Cortaderia fulvida)
tinora_art		Daylily 'Wisest Of Wizards' (Hemerocallis )
melody		Sassafras, Saxifras, Tea Tree, Mitten Tree, Cinnamonwood (Sassafras albidum)
giancarlo		Jade Climber, Jade Vine, Emerald Creeper, Flor-de-Jade (Strongylodon macrobotrys)
CaptMicha		Siberian Squill (Scilla siberica)
doss		Tall Bearded Iris 'Vibrations' (Iris )
Happenstance		Mountain Cabbage Tree, Kiepersol (Cussonia paniculata subsp. sinuata)
Weezingreens		Scarlet Sage (Salvia splendens)
Sue_WA		Single Late Tulip 'Menton' (Tulipa )
NativePlantFan9		Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)
jnana		White Bat Flower, Bat Head Lily, Devil's Whiskers (Tacca nivea)
kirklams		Tea Rose 'Duchesse de Brabant' (Rosa )
Farmerdill		Onion, Bunching 'White Lisbon' (Allium cepa)
Kelli		Queen Anne's Thimbles, Blue Thimble Flower, Globe Gilia (Gilia capitata)
Kelli		Queen Anne's Thimbles, Blue Thimble Flower, Globe Gilia (Gilia capitata)
manyhats		Brittle Bush, Brittlebush, Incienso (Encelia farinosa)
angele		Borrego Milk Vetch, Freckled Milkvetch (Astragalus lentiginosus var. borreganus)
Dravencat		Forest Peach, Buttercup tree (Cochlospermum vitifolium)
Elphaba		Tea Rose 'Blumenschmidt' (Rosa )
shimer		Long-cupped Narcissus, Large-cupped Daffodil 'Carlton' (Narcissus )
van_in_nyc		Crown Imperial Fritillaria 'Lutea Maxima' (Fritillaria imperialis)
OregonCoastSeth		King Palm, Bangalow Palm (Archontophoenix cunninghamiana)
scutler		Dutch Iris 'Carmen' (Iris x hollandica)
ocimum_nate		Basil 'Ramastakuri' (Ocimum basilicum)
saya		Wallflower, English Wallflower (Erysimum cheiri)
frostweed		Dogwood, Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)
Monocromatico		Wax Begonia (Begonia x semperflorens-cultorum)
Kiepersol		Rex Begonia, Painted Leaf Begonia 'Duchess' (Begonia rex)
pete2255		Waterer Laburnum, Goldenchain Tree 'Vossii' (Laburnum x watereri)
art_n_garden		Peperomia 'Red Ripple' (Peperomia caperata)
RUK		Potinara Green Emerald 'Queen' (Potinara )
cacti_lover		(Mammillaria spinosissima)
BUFFY690		Corsican Mint (Mentha requienii)
tazzy		Tall Bearded Iris 'Infernal Fire' (Iris )
KactusKathi		Rose 'Sterling Silver' (Rosa )
KactusKathi		Hybrid Tea Rose 'Blue Girl' (Rosa )
klaude		Broadleaf Paperbark 'Red flowering form' (Melaleuca viridiflora)
hgurule		Reeves Spirea, Double Bridal Wreath Spiraea (Spiraea cantoniensis)
gumlla		Red Hot Poker, Torch Lily, Tritoma (Kniphofia uvaria)
Toxicodendron		Downy Serviceberry, Shadblow, Juneberry, Sarvis Tree (Amelanchier arborea)

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Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger

And that's the way it was... April 10, 2005