The PlantFiles Newsletter

Covering the events of October 26, 2005, on which 143 members joined.
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Gardening Quote of the Day

"When the dogwood flowers appear, frost will not again be here."

(Proverb)

The PlantFiles Photo of the Day

Acerola, Barbados Cherry, Wild Crapemyrtle
Malpighia glabra
By htop

PF Photo of the Day

Activity Report:

27 new plants were added to the database.
30 new descriptions were added.
46 new images were added.
849 new options were checked off.

Comments

Member Addition Description
Rose_of_Life Positive CommentCorkscrew Vine
(Vigna caracalla)
piiterpan Neutral CommentMadeiran Bellflower
(Azorina vidalii)
Breezymeadow Negative CommentPoison Ivy, Eastern Poison Ivy
(Toxicodendron radicans)
Beach_Barbie Positive CommentScotch Briar, Burnet Rose, Wild Irish Rose
(Rosa spinosissima)
Beach_Barbie Positive CommentAsparagus Fern, Sprenger Asparagus 'Sprengeri'
(Asparagus densiflorus)
whiten Positive CommentHorse Nettle, Silverleaf Nightshade
(Solanum elaeagnifolium)
JoanJ Neutral CommentTall Bearded Iris 'Exclusive Design'
(Iris )
whiten Positive CommentMaypop, Purple Passion Flower, Passionflower, Apricot Vine
(Passiflora incarnata)
JoanJ Neutral CommentTall Bearded Iris 'It's All Good'
(Iris )
JoanJ Neutral CommentTall Bearded Iris 'Palm Reader'
(Iris )
JoanJ Neutral CommentTall Bearded Iris 'Revere'
(Iris )
Sarahskeeper Positive CommentFruitless Sweetgum, Seedless Sweet Gum 'Rotundiloba'
(Liquidambar styraciflua)
escambiaguy Positive CommentBlue Rug Juniper, Creeping Juniper 'Wiltonii'
(Juniperus horizontalis)
JoanJ Neutral CommentTall Bearded Iris 'Touch of Mahogany'
(Iris )
JoanJ Neutral CommentTall Bearded Iris 'Parks Black Jack'
(Iris )
JoanJ Neutral CommentTall Bearded Iris 'Morning Mail'
(Iris )
Sarahskeeper Positive CommentMountain Laurel
(Kalmia latifolia)
JoanJ Neutral CommentTall Bearded Iris 'Shopper's Special'
(Iris )
Sarahskeeper Neutral CommentSouthern Catalpa, Catawba, Indian Bean Tree, Fish-Bait Tree
(Catalpa bignonioides)
JoanJ Neutral CommentTall Bearded Iris 'Ivory Way'
(Iris )
JoanJ Neutral CommentTall Bearded Iris 'Next Step'
(Iris )
JoanJ Neutral CommentTall Bearded Iris 'Sky King Returns'
(Iris )
JamesCO Neutral CommentRosary Pea, Crab's Eye, Precatory Bean, Jequeriti, olho-de-cabra,
(Abrus precatorius)
JoanJ Neutral CommentTall Bearded Iris 'Juke Box Hero'
(Iris )
JoanJ Neutral CommentTall Bearded Iris 'Cerf-Volant'
(Iris )
c_etude Positive CommentStinging Nettle, Common Nettle
(Urtica dioica)
JoanJ Neutral CommentTall Bearded Iris 'Lydia Safan-Swiastyn'
(Iris )
JoanJ Neutral CommentTall Bearded Iris 'Dark Heart'
(Iris )
JoanJ Neutral CommentTall Bearded Iris 'Granddaughter's Grin'
(Iris )
JoanJ Neutral CommentTall Bearded Iris 'Indulgence'
(Iris )

Images

Member Addition Description
dpmichaelImageSignet Marigold 'Lulu'
(Tagetes tenuifolia)
laurawegeImageCreeping Speedwell 'Crater Lake Blue'
(Veronica austriaca subsp. teucrium)
giancarloImageVariegated Philodendron
(Philodendron ilsemanii)
lauriefImageTall Bearded Iris 'Greene County'
(Iris )
palmbobImageAssai Palm
(Euterpe edulis)
jnanaImagePink Rain Lily, Fairy Lily, Zephyr Lily
(Zephyranthes grandiflora)
kellImageBoston Fern 'Tiger Fern™'
(Nephrolepis exaltata)
yunkercmImageDaylily 'Summer Wine'
(Hemerocallis )
htopImagePolyantha Rose 'The Fairy'
(Rosa )
frostweedImageDesert Petunia, Florida Bluebells, Mexican Petunia, Mexican Blue Bells 'Colobe Pink'
(Ruellia brittoniana)
bootandallImageClimbing Tea Rose 'Souvenir de Madame Leonie Viennot'
(Rosa )
cactus_loverImageCrown of Thorns, Christ Plant, Siamese Lucky Plant
(Euphorbia milii)
XenomorfImageJapanese Pittosporum, Japanese Mock Orange, Japanese Cheesewood, Australian Laurel 'Wheeler's Dwarf'
(Pittosporum tobira)
gaited1ImageTall Bearded Iris 'City Lights'
(Iris )
PeggyssImageIntermediate Bearded Iris 'Night Halo'
(Iris )
ecrane3ImageSpiraea, Spirea 'Crispa'
(Spiraea x bumalda)
Todd_BolandImageJapanese Maple 'Red Pygmy'
(Acer palmatum)
mghImageIris 'Blue Persuasion'
(Iris )
KiepersolImageVariegated False Jerusalem Cherry 'Variegatum'
(Solanum capsicastrum)
ScorpioangelImageCalifornia Hazelnut
(Corylus cornuta var. californica)
MikenMyrtleImageHybrid Tea Rose 'Medallion'
(Rosa )
FarmerdillImageMuscadine, Scuppernong 'Summit'
(Vitis rotundifolia)
troisImageYellow Elder, Trumpet Bush, Yellow Bells, Ginger-Thomas
(Tecoma stans)
zemersonImageMan of the Earth, Big-root Morning Glory, Wild Potato Vine
(Ipomoea pandurata)
KelliImageQuaking Aspen
(Populus tremuloides)
cwpappasImageMaypop, Purple Passion Flower, Passionflower, Apricot Vine
(Passiflora incarnata)
knotimpairedImageSweet Corn 'Silver Queen'
(Zea mays)
cceamoreImageAsiatic Lily 'Lollypop'
(Lilium )
JefeQuicktechImageTomato 'Bush Goliath'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
lisamrImageSalvia
(Salvia nubicola)
HappenstanceImageCrassula 'Blue Bird'
(Crassula arborescens subsp. undulatifolia)
manyhatsImageSpear Sansevieria
(Sansevieria cylindrica)
kennedyhImageRush Pussytoes
(Antennaria luzuloides)
TuttiFruttiImageRhododendron 'White Peter'
(Rhododendron )
JamesCOImageFour O'Clock, Marvel of Peru 'Broken Colors'
(Mirabilis jalapa)
ladyrowanImageFlowering Dogwood 'Eddie's White Wonder'
(Cornus )
wolf9strikerImageAustralian Pitcher Plant 'Hummer's Giant'
(Cephalotus follicularis)
DinuImageSmall-flowered Marica
(Eleutherine plicata)
FloridianImageCherokee Bean, Coral Bean
(Erythrina herbacea)
kirraniImageTall Bearded Iris 'Bama Berry'
(Iris )
drdonImageLaelia
(Laelia anceps)
Beach_BarbieImageBryophyllum
(Bryophyllum crenatodaigremontianum)
KactusKathiImageFloribunda Rose 'Scentimental'
(Rosa )
WeezingreensImageDahlia 'Unwin's Dwarf Group'
(Dahlia )
SarahskeeperImageSouthern Catalpa, Catawba, Indian Bean Tree, Fish-Bait Tree
(Catalpa bignonioides)
Sugarbean1ImageTall Bearded Iris 'Buenos Aires'
(Iris )

New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning
cyanopetala  sy-an-oh-PET-uh-la  Blue-petaled  
cyanopetalum  sy-an-oh-PET-uh-lum  Blue-petaled  
cyanopetalus  sy-an-oh-PET-uh-lus  Blue-petaled  
willdenovii  wil-den-OV-ee-eye  Carl Ludwig von Willdenow, 19th century German botanist and director of the Berlin Botanical Garden  
Tecomanthe  tek-oh-MANTH-ee  From Tecoma, (genus name Latinized from the vernacular name tecomaxochitl) and anthos (flowers)  
Hunzikeria  hunz-ih-KER-ee-uh  Named for Armando T. Hunziker, 20th century Argentinian plant collector and specialist in Solanaceae  

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Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger

 

And that's the way it was... October 26, 2005