The PlantFiles Newsletter

Covering the events of November 10, 2005, on which 122 members joined. 		PF Logo

Gardening Quote of the Day

"Ground beef: A cow sitting down"

(Unknown)

The PlantFiles Photo of the Day

Bottlebrush Tree
Callistemon rigidus
By Chamma

PF Photo of the Day

Activity Report:

186 new plants were added to the database.
56 new descriptions were added.
61 new images were added.
2903 new options were checked off.

Comments

Member Addition Description
Farmerdill Neutral CommentSouthern Pea, Cowpea 'Mississippi Cream'
(Vigna unguiculata)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentSouthern Pea, Cowpea 'Charleston Green'
(Vigna unguiculata)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentSouthern Pea, Cowpea 'Top Pick Pinkeye'
(Vigna unguiculata)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentSouthern Pea, Cowpea 'Top Pick Brown'
(Vigna unguiculata)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentSouthern Pea, Cowpea 'Top Pick Cream'
(Vigna unguiculata)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentSouthern Pea, Cowpea 'Texas Cream 8'
(Vigna unguiculata)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentSouthern Pea, Cowpea 'Quickpick'
(Vigna unguiculata)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentCow Pea, Cowpea, Southern Pea 'Elite'
(Vigna unguiculata)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentSouthern Pea, Cowpea 'Dixie Lee'
(Vigna unguiculata)
AnaM149 Positive CommentPurple Beautyberry
(Callicarpa dichotoma)
sunriselmi Positive CommentEmpress Tree
(Paulownia tomentosa)
sunriselmi Positive CommentSweetshade, Native Frangipani
(Hymenosporum flavum)
sunriselmi Positive CommentBengal Clock Vine, Blue Sky Vine
(Thunbergia grandiflora)
Photographer Positive CommentMountain Cornflower, Mountain Bluet, Perennial Cornflower 'Gold Bullion'
(Centaurea montana)
broots Positive CommentSalvia
(Salvia viscosa)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentTomato 'Peto 86 Original'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentTomato 'Rio Fuego Original'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentTomato 'Dual Early'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentTomato 'Jina'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentTomato 'Sadiq'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Breezymeadow Positive CommentEastern White Pine
(Pinus strobus)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentTomato 'Tanya'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentTomato 'Yuko'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentTomato 'Pantera'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentTomato, Greenhouse 'Aurelius'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentTomato 'Cathy'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
cheath Positive CommentAzalea
(Rhododendron )
Farmerdill Neutral CommentTomato 'Chaman'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentTomato 'Fanny'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentTomato 'Firefly'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentTomato 'Franco'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentTomato 'Fuensanta'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentTomato 'Gardel'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentTomato 'Hilario'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentTomato 'Jaguar'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentTomato 'Marfa'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Fleurs Positive CommentGay Feather, Dense Blazing Star 'Floristan White'
(Liatris spicata)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentTomato 'Marissa'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentTomato 'Megana'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentTomato 'President ll'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentTomato 'Secolo'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentTomato 'Pink 4-tress'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentSnap bean, Bush bean 'Cloudburst'
(Phaseolus vulgaris)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentSnap bean, Bush bean 'Caprise'
(Phaseolus vulgaris)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentSnap bean, Bush bean 'Taman'
(Phaseolus vulgaris)
someday101 Positive CommentCrape Jasmine, Crepe Jasmine
(Tabernaemontana divaricata)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentLima Bean 'Fordhook 90-1'
(Phaseolus lanatus)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentLima Bean 'Bridgeton'
(Phaseolus lunatus)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentLima Bean 'Baby Lima 184-85'
(Phaseolus lunatus)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentDry Shelling Bean 'Supremo'
(Phaseolus vulgaris)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentSouthern Pea, Cowpea 'Sadandy'
(Vigna unguiculata)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentSouthern Pea, Cowpea 'Texas Cream 12'
(Vigna unguiculata)
kennedyh Positive Comment
(Callistachys lanceolata)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentSouthern Pea, Cowpea 'Mississippi Purple'
(Vigna unguiculata)
Elphaba Positive CommentShrub Rose 'Belinda's Dream'
(Rosa )
htop Positive CommentShrubby Water Primrose, Mexican Primrose Willow
(Ludwigia octovalvis)

Images

Member Addition Description
cactus_loverImageArizona Barrel, Candy Barrel, Southwestern Barrel, Fishhook Barrel, Biznaga de Agua
(Ferocactus wislizeni)
zemersonImagePitted Morning Glory, Small-flowered White Morning Glory, Whitestar
(Ipomoea lacunosa)
TuttiFruttiImageRhododendron 'White Peter'
(Rhododendron )
troisImageHummingbird Plant, Rabbit Ears 'Orange'
(Ruttya fruticosa)
sadiemaewebbImageDaylily 'Chinese Dragon'
(Hemerocallis )
bootandallImageHybrid Musk Rose 'Erfurt'
(Rosa )
cactus_loverImageMexican Fire Barrel, Mexican Lime Cactus, Viznaga de Lima
(Ferocactus pilosus var. pringlei)
ecrane3ImageYanchep Rose 'Orange Urchin'
(Diplolaena angustifolia)
ecrane3ImagePepper Tree, Mountain Pepper
(Drimys lanceolata)
bootandallImageHybrid Tea Rose 'Africa Star'
(Rosa )
lauriefImageSiberian Iris 'Jiggles'
(Iris sibirica)
lauriefImageTall Bearded Iris 'Summer Wine'
(Iris )
TuttiFruttiImageWeeping Japanese Larch 'Pendula'
(Larix kaempferi)
MaryEvImageHuernia
(Huernia confusa)
MaryEvImageHuerniopsis
(Huerniopsis decipiens)
onaleeImageKenaf, Brown Indian Hemp 'Everglades 41'
(Hibiscus cannabinus)
onaleeImageKenaf, Brown Indian Hemp 'Everglades 41'
(Hibiscus cannabinus)
BUFFY690ImageGiant Lilyturf, Mondo Grass, Aztec Grass, Snakebeard
(Ophiopogon jaburan)
BUFFY690ImageSnowrose, Tree of a Thousand Stars
(Serissa foetida)
zemersonImageHyacinth Bean 'Alba'
(Lablab purpureus)
palmbobImageAloe
(Aloe fosteri)
palmbobImageAgave
(Agave cantala)
KelliImageShrubby Senna
(Senna wislizenii)
KelliImageJapanese Emperor Oak
(Quercus dentata)
LilyLover_UTImageGold Alyssum, Basket of Gold, Gold Dust
(Aurinia saxatilis)
LilyLover_UTImageRoundleaf Thorough-wax, Hare's Ear 'Green Gold'
(Bupleurum rotundifolium)
duester45ImageAloinopsis
(Aloinopsis luckhoffii)
kellImageGreenstem Forsythia, Korean Forsythia 'Kumson'
(Forsythia viridissima var. koreana)
SarahskeeperImageSweetgum, Red Gum
(Liquidambar styraciflua)
SarahskeeperImageSweetgum, Red Gum
(Liquidambar styraciflua)
mkjonesImageVariegated Piggyback Plant 'Taff's Gold'
(Tolmiea menziesii)
duester45ImageHedgehog Agave
(Agave stricta)
escambiaguyImageTulip Poplar, Tulip Tree
(Liriodendron tulipifera)
kellImageHoney Bush
(Melianthus major)
escambiaguyImageChinese Privet
(Ligustrum sinense)
kennedyhImageBower Actinidia, Hardy Kiwi, Tara Vine, Yang Tao
(Actinidia arguta)
vossnerImagePleiospilos
(Pleiospilos nellii)
troisImageYellow Flag
(Iris pseudacorus)
rshadlowImageStandard Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Sugar Maple'
(Iris )
rshadlowImageTall Bearded Iris 'Sun Beige'
(Iris )
JeanneTXImageEnglish Rose, Austin Rose 'Teasing Georgia'
(Rosa )
jnanaImageJoseph's Coat, Parrot Leaf, Calico Plant 'Party Time'
(Alternanthera ficoidea)
jnanaImageAsparagus Fern, Plumosa Fern
(Asparagus setaceus)
cacti_loverImage ''Salmon''
(Echinopsis )
cacti_loverImageSan Pedro Cactus
(Echinopsis pachanoi)
chicochi3ImageFloribunda Rose 'Sunsprite'
(Rosa )
chicochi3ImageLarge-Flowered, Hybrid Tea Rose 'Cesar E. Chavez'
(Rosa )
JamesCOImageDahlia 'Voodoo'
(Dahlia )
JamesCOImageDahlia 'Heatwave'
(Dahlia )
kennedyhImageFalse Freesia
(Anomatheca laxa)
FarmerdillImageCauliflower 'White Cloud'
(Brassica oleracea var. botrytis)
jaoakleyImageSilver Maple, Soft Maple, River Maple, Silverleaf Maple, White Maple
(Acer saccharinum)
brootsImageAsiatic Lily 'Butter Pixie' 'Butter Pixie'
(Lilium )
jhayes5032ImageFull Moon Maple, Japanese Maple 'Green Cascade'
(Acer japonicum)
jhayes5032ImageFull Moon Maple, Japanese Maple 'Vitifolium'
(Acer japonicum)
brootsImageL.A. Hybrid Lily 'Aladdin's Sun'
(Lilium )
XenomorfImageAloe
(Aloe dorotheae)
mvespaImageAsiatic Lily 'Black Jack'
(Lilium )
XenomorfImageGreene's Live-forever
(Dudleya greenei)
mvespaImageAsiatic Lily 'Red Artiste'
(Lilium )
vossnerImageNussbaumer's Sedum
(Sedum nussbaumerianum)

New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning
microsiphon  my-kro-SY-fon  Small tube  
albopicta  al-boh-PIK-ta  From the Greek albo (white) and picta (painted); white-painted  
albopictum  al-boh-PIK-tum  From the Greek albo (white) and picta (painted); white-painted  
Mitriostigma  my-tree-oh-STIG-ma  From the Greek mitra (mitre, cap, turban) and stigma  
Wilsonia  wil-SON-ee-a  Named for John Wilson, 18th century amateur botanist and author of A Synopsis of British Plants, published in 1744  

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Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger

 

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