The PlantFiles Newsletter Covering the events of October 26, 2005, on which 143 members joined.

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Member Addition Description dpmichael Signet Marigold 'Lulu' (Tagetes tenuifolia) laurawege Creeping Speedwell 'Crater Lake Blue' (Veronica austriaca subsp. teucrium) giancarlo Variegated Philodendron (Philodendron ilsemanii) laurief Tall Bearded Iris 'Greene County' (Iris ) palmbob Assai Palm (Euterpe edulis) jnana Pink Rain Lily, Fairy Lily, Zephyr Lily (Zephyranthes grandiflora) kell Boston Fern 'Tiger Fern™' (Nephrolepis exaltata) yunkercm Daylily 'Summer Wine' (Hemerocallis ) htop Polyantha Rose 'The Fairy' (Rosa ) frostweed Desert Petunia, Florida Bluebells, Mexican Petunia, Mexican Blue Bells 'Colobe Pink' (Ruellia brittoniana) bootandall Climbing Tea Rose 'Souvenir de Madame Leonie Viennot' (Rosa ) cactus_lover Crown of Thorns, Christ Plant, Siamese Lucky Plant (Euphorbia milii) Xenomorf Japanese Pittosporum, Japanese Mock Orange, Japanese Cheesewood, Australian Laurel 'Wheeler's Dwarf' (Pittosporum tobira) gaited1 Tall Bearded Iris 'City Lights' (Iris ) Peggyss Intermediate Bearded Iris 'Night Halo' (Iris ) ecrane3 Spiraea, Spirea 'Crispa' (Spiraea x bumalda) Todd_Boland Japanese Maple 'Red Pygmy' (Acer palmatum) mgh Iris 'Blue Persuasion' (Iris ) Kiepersol Variegated False Jerusalem Cherry 'Variegatum' (Solanum capsicastrum) Scorpioangel California Hazelnut (Corylus cornuta var. californica) MikenMyrtle Hybrid Tea Rose 'Medallion' (Rosa ) Farmerdill Muscadine, Scuppernong 'Summit' (Vitis rotundifolia) trois Yellow Elder, Trumpet Bush, Yellow Bells, Ginger-Thomas (Tecoma stans) zemerson Man of the Earth, Big-root Morning Glory, Wild Potato Vine (Ipomoea pandurata) Kelli Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides) cwpappas Maypop, Purple Passion Flower, Passionflower, Apricot Vine (Passiflora incarnata) knotimpaired Sweet Corn 'Silver Queen' (Zea mays) cceamore Asiatic Lily 'Lollypop' (Lilium ) JefeQuicktech Tomato 'Bush Goliath' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum) lisamr Salvia (Salvia nubicola) Happenstance Crassula 'Blue Bird' (Crassula arborescens subsp. undulatifolia) manyhats Spear Sansevieria (Sansevieria cylindrica) kennedyh Rush Pussytoes (Antennaria luzuloides) TuttiFrutti Rhododendron 'White Peter' (Rhododendron ) JamesCO Four O'Clock, Marvel of Peru 'Broken Colors' (Mirabilis jalapa) ladyrowan Flowering Dogwood 'Eddie's White Wonder' (Cornus ) wolf9striker Australian Pitcher Plant 'Hummer's Giant' (Cephalotus follicularis) Dinu Small-flowered Marica (Eleutherine plicata) Floridian Cherokee Bean, Coral Bean (Erythrina herbacea) kirrani Tall Bearded Iris 'Bama Berry' (Iris ) drdon Laelia (Laelia anceps) Beach_Barbie Bryophyllum (Bryophyllum crenatodaigremontianum) KactusKathi Floribunda Rose 'Scentimental' (Rosa ) Weezingreens Dahlia 'Unwin's Dwarf Group' (Dahlia ) Sarahskeeper Southern Catalpa, Catawba, Indian Bean Tree, Fish-Bait Tree (Catalpa bignonioides) Sugarbean1 Tall 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

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger

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