The PlantFiles Newsletter

Covering the events of November 29, 2005, on which 90 members joined. 		PF Logo

Gardening Quote of the Day

"If you would have a mind at peace, a heart that cannot harden, go find a door that opens wide upon a lovely garden."

(Unknown)

The PlantFiles Photo of the Day

Moss Fern
Selaginella pallescens
By patp

PF Photo of the Day

Activity Report:

89 new plants were added to the database.
50 new descriptions were added.
62 new images were added.
2221 new options were checked off.

Comments

Member Addition Description
Scarlete Neutral CommentAmethyst Passion Flower, Passionflower 'Lavender Lady'
(Passiflora )
Dennie Positive CommentPurple Velvet Plant, Purple Passion Vine, Purple Nettle
(Gynura aurantiaca)
mvespa Positive CommentSpiraea, Spirea 'Gold Flame'
(Spiraea x bumalda)
lolly_braine Negative CommentRibbon Plant, Lucky Bamboo
(Dracaena sanderiana)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentSweet Potato 'Millard Cooper'
(Ipomoea batatas)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentSweet Potato 'Oakleaf'
(Ipomoea batatas)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentSweet Potato 'Old Henry'
(Ipomoea batatas)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentSweet Potato 'Old Kentucky'
(Ipomoea batatas)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentSweet Potato 'Old Orange'
(Ipomoea batatas)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentSweet Potato 'Orange Oakleaf'
(Ipomoea batatas)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentSweet Potato 'Purple'
(Ipomoea batatas)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentSweet Potato 'Qualls'
(Ipomoea batatas)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentSweet Potato 'Red Ivy Leaf'
(Ipomoea batatas)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentSweet Potato 'Red Yam'
(Ipomoea batatas)
escambiaguy Negative CommentHeavenly Bamboo, Nandina
(Nandina domestica)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentSweet Potato 'Regal'
(Ipomoea batatas)
Farmerdill Positive CommentSweet Potato 'Ringley's Porto Rico'
(Ipomoea batatas)
Gaylams Positive CommentAngel Trumpet, Angel's Trumpet 'Day Dreams'
(Brugmansia )
Farmerdill Neutral CommentSweet Potato 'Southern Queen'
(Ipomoea batatas)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentSweet Potato 'Spanish Red'
(Ipomoea batatas)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentSweet Potato 'Stoker Red'
(Ipomoea batatas)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentSweet Potato 'Sumor'
(Ipomoea batatas)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentSweet Potato 'Tennessee Top Mark'
(Ipomoea batatas)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentSweet Potato 'Wakenda'
(Ipomoea batatas)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentSweet Potato 'White Hayman'
(Ipomoea batatas)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentSweet Potato 'White Queen'
(Ipomoea batatas)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentSweet Potato 'White Star'
(Ipomoea batatas)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentSweet Potato 'Yellow Yam'
(Ipomoea batatas)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentOrnamental Pepper 'Black Pearl'
(Capsicum annuum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentBell Pepper 'Carmen'
(Capsicum annuum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentSweet Pepper 'Banana Bill'
(Capsicum annuum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentHot Pepper 'Habanero (Mustard)'
(Capsicum chinense)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentBell Pepper 'Sweet Goliath'
(Capsicum annuum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentBell Pepper 'Goliath Gold Rush'
(Capsicum annuum)
DianeinFL Positive CommentTurnip 'Hakurei'
(Brassica rapa)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentTomato 'Red Star'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentTomato 'Hard Rock'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Weezingreens Positive CommentFlowering Cabbage, Ornamental Kale, Collard, Cole 'Osaka White'
(Brassica oleracea var. acephala)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentTomato 'A Grappoli Corbarino'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Weezingreens Neutral CommentFlowering Cabbage, Ornamental Kale, Collard, Cole 'Osaka Red'
(Brassica oleracea var. acephala)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentTomato 'Creamy Sausage'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Weezingreens Positive CommentNasturtium 'Alaska Salmon'
(Tropaeolum majus)
wallaby1 Positive CommentMagnolia 'Susan'
(Magnolia )
Farmerdill Neutral CommentSnap bean, Bush bean 'Oregon 54'
(Phaseolus vulgaris)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentSnap bean, Bush bean 'Shamrock'
(Phaseolus vulgaris)
Weezingreens Negative CommentWestern Touch-Me-Not
(Impatiens noli-tangere)
Xenomorf Neutral CommentCleistocactus
(Cleistocactus igosagonus)
bigcityal Positive CommentDahlia 'Arabian Night'
(Dahlia )
bigcityal Positive CommentDahlia 'Yvonne'
(Dahlia Dahlia)
scooterbug Positive CommentAngel Trumpet, Angel's Trumpet 'Taylor's Dawn'
(Brugmansia )

Images

Member Addition Description
lauriefImageSiberian Iris 'Silberkante'
(Iris sibirica)
lauriefImageSiberian Iris 'Silberkante'
(Iris sibirica)
mghImageTall Bearded Iris 'Balderdash'
(Iris )
EricInSFImageLycaste
(Lycaste schilleriana)
EricInSFImageLycaste
(Lycaste cruenta)
PoochellaImageInformal Decorative Dahlia 'Seattle'
(Dahlia )
PoochellaImageDahlia 'Allie'
(Dahlia )
12344ImageDaylily 'Elizabeth Salter'
(Hemerocallis )
12344ImageDaylily 'Golden Chimes'
(Hemerocallis )
DaylilySLPImageDaylily 'Blue Connection'
(Hemerocallis )
bonniewongImageVariegated Masterwort 'Sunningdale Gold'
(Astrantia major)
bonniewongImageMasterwort 'Moulin Rouge'
(Astrantia major)
Todd_BolandImageTree Tobacco
(Nicotiana glauca)
Todd_BolandImageConoídeo, Copana, Leoncito, Quepo, Quisco
(Maihueniopsis glomerata)
bootandallImageMountain Hydrangea 'Blue Bird'
(Hydrangea serrata)
bootandallImageMountain Hydrangea 'Kiyosumi'
(Hydrangea serrata)
mghImageTall Bearded Iris 'Dignity Dancer'
(Iris )
ecrane3ImageCantua
(Cantua pyrifolia)
ecrane3ImageSlipper Flower
(Calceolaria tomentosa)
mgarrImageLily-of-the-Valley 'Aureo-variegata'
(Convallaria majalis)
ADKSpiritImageTall Bearded Iris 'Cajun Rhythm'
(Iris )
ADKSpiritImageTall Bearded Iris 'Play With Fire'
(Iris )
patpImageFortune's Osmanthus 'Fruitlandii'
(Osmanthus x fortunei)
patpImageFortune's Osmanthus 'Fruitlandii'
(Osmanthus x fortunei)
MonocromaticoImageGround Orchid, Sumaré
(Cyrtopodium paranaense)
MonocromaticoImageGround Orchid, Sumaré
(Cyrtopodium paranaense)
wallaby1ImageHart's Tongue Fern 'Angustatum'
(Asplenium scolopendrium)
jnanaImageCommon Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Candidissima'
(Camellia japonica)
kennedyhImageBlackwood
(Acacia melanoxylon)
kennedyhImageVarnish Wattle
(Acacia verniciflua)
XenomorfImageCrested Golden Rat Tail 'Crest'
(Cleistocactus winteri f. cristate)
jnanaImageSasanqua Camellia, Autumn Camellia 'Yuletide'
(Camellia sasanqua)
OhioBreezyImageJapanese Morning Glory 'Akathukinoumi'
(Ipomoea nil)
willmetgeImageGold Foxtail Grass, Yellow Foxtail Grass 'Aureus'
(Alopecurus pratensis)
OhioBreezyImageJapanese Morning Glory 'Plum Frost'
(Ipomoea nil)
willmetgeImageMt. Atlas Daisy
(Anacyclus pyrethrum)
JamesCOImage
(Glottiphyllum regium)
JamesCOImageBanana-leaf Ficus, Fig 'Alii'
(Ficus maclellandii)
mgarrImageBeautyberry 'Profusion'
(Callicarpa bodinieri var. giraldii)
XenomorfImageEscobaria
(Escobaria vivipara var. arizonica)
htopImageTexas Wild Olive, White Geiger, Anacahuita
(Cordia boissieri)
htopImageBush Morning Glory, Morning Glory Tree, Badoh Negro, Borrachero, Matacabra
(Ipomoea carnea)
begoniacraziiImagePalm-leaf Begonia
(Begonia luxurians)
wallaby1ImageJapanese Maple 'Dragon's Fire'
(Acer palmatum var. dissectum)
jdiazImageCanna Lily 'Cancer'
(Canna x generalis)
Melissa_OhioImageDaylily 'Flamingo Parade'
(Hemerocallis )
Melissa_OhioImageDaylily 'Jade Glow'
(Hemerocallis )
oladyhooImageWild Poinsettia, Japanese Poinsettia, Summer Poinsettia, Hypocrite Poinsettia
(Euphorbia heterophylla)
mvespaImageSpiraea, Spirea 'Gold Flame'
(Spiraea x bumalda)
oladyhooImageSpanish Needle, Hairy Beggar-ticks, Picão Preto
(Bidens pilosa)
mvespaImageMontbretia, Crocosmia 'Emily McKenzie'
(Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora)
lolly_braineImageRibbon Plant, Lucky Bamboo
(Dracaena sanderiana)
DaylilySLPImageDaylily 'Canton Harbor'
(Hemerocallis )
palmbobImageAloe
(Aloe decaryi)
palmbobImage
(Aloe penduliflora)
GaylamsImageAngel Trumpet, Angel's Trumpet 'Day Dreams'
(Brugmansia )
FarmerdillImageSweet Potato 'Ringley's Porto Rico'
(Ipomoea batatas)
lisamrImageAutumn Sage 'Sierra San Antonio'
(Salvia x jamensis)
kniphofiaImageAloe
(Aloe harlana)
kniphofiaImageAloe
(Aloe harlana)
WeezingreensImageFlowering Cabbage, Ornamental Kale, Collard, Cole 'Osaka White'
(Brassica oleracea var. acephala)
WeezingreensImageFlowering Cabbage, Ornamental Kale, Collard, Cole 'Osaka Red'
(Brassica oleracea var. acephala)

New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning
arvatica  ar-VAT-ih-ka  Of or from Arvas, in northern Spain  
arvaticum  ar-VAT-ih-kum  Of or from Arvas, in northern Spain  
keniense  ken-ee-EN-see  Of or from Mount Kenya, Africa's second-highest mountain  
keniensis  ken-ee-EN-sis  Of or from Mount Kenya, Africa's second-highest mountain  
pitcairniifolia  pit-karyn-ee-eye-FOH-lee-a  Having leaves like Pitcairnia (genus named for William Pitcairn, 18th century London physician); also spelled pitcairnifolia  
pitcairnifolia  pit-karyn-ee-FOH-lee-a  Having leaves like Pitcairnia (genus named for William Pitcairn, 18th century London physician); also spelled pitcairniifolia  

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Dave Whitinger

 

And that's the way it was... November 29, 2005