The PlantFiles Newsletter

Covering the events of February 7, 2006, on which 185 members joined. 		PF Logo

Gardening Quote of the Day

"The only calendar I need is just outside my window. With eyes to see and ears to hear, nature keeps me posted."

(Alfred A. Montapert)

The PlantFiles Photo of the Day

Manambe Palm
Dypsis decipiens
By palmbob

PF Photo of the Day

Activity Report:

126 new plants were added to the database.
64 new descriptions were added.
52 new images were added.
1301 new options were checked off.

Comments

Member Addition Description
JoanJ Neutral CommentHosta 'Magic Fire'
(Hosta )
JoanJ Neutral CommentDelphinium 'Delft Blue'
(Delphinium )
mamajack Positive CommentBrazos Penstemon, Gulf Coast Penstemon
(Penstemon tenuis)
JoanJ Neutral CommentLarkspur, Delphinium 'Starmaker'
(Delphinium )
JoanJ Neutral CommentConeflower 'Jade'
(Echinacea purpurea)
JoanJ Neutral CommentConeflower 'Razzmatazz'
(Echinacea )
JoanJ Neutral CommentConeflower 'Vintage Wine'
(Echinacea )
plantarella Positive CommentPurple Crest Aeonium 'Schwarzkopf'
(Aeonium arboreum var. atropurpureum f. nigrum)
Hanoian Positive CommentPulai tree
(Alstonia angustiloba)
TBGDN Positive CommentOriental Lily 'Journey's End'
(Lilium Oriental Hybrid)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentTomato, Greenhouse 'Aromata'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentTomato 'Carotina'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentTomato 'Delicate'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentTomato 'Budai Torpe'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentTomato 'Buissonante'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentTomato 'Olirose'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentTomato 'Queen of Saint Marthe'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentTomato 'Royale des Guineaux'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentTomato 'Tornado'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentTomato 'Clementine'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentTomato 'Lily of the Valley'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentTomato 'Lylia Cerisette'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentTomato 'Mexican Honey'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentTomato 'Orange Bourgoin'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentTomato 'Zuckertraube'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
digging_dirt Neutral CommentHollyhock 'Nigra'
(Alcea rosea)
flowerfrenzy Positive CommentSargent's Crabapple 'Tina'
(Malus sargentii)
MotherNature4 Positive Comment 'Marie Valentina'
(Hohenbergia stellata)
DanaDW Negative CommentFivestamen Tamarisk, Salt Cedar
(Tamarix chinensis)
jungleboy_fl Positive CommentPeach Palm
(Bactris gasipaes)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentPotato 'Colleen'
(Solanum tuberosum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentPotato 'Duke of York'
(Solanum tuberosum)
wallaby1 Neutral Comment
(Camellia pitardii)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentPotato 'Epicure'
(Solanum tuberosum)
soilsandup Neutral CommentMexican Fuchsia Sage
(Salvia iodantha)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentPotato 'Maris Bard'
(Solanum tuberosum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentPotato 'Orla'
(Solanum tuberosum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentPotato 'Premiere'
(Solanum tuberosum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentPotato 'Red Duke of York'
(Solanum tuberosum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentPotato 'Catriona'
(Solanum tuberosum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentPotato 'Edzell Blue'
(Solanum tuberosum)
Gabrielle Neutral CommentClimbing Rose 'Crimson Pillar'
(Rosa )
Farmerdill Neutral CommentPotato 'British Queen'
(Solanum tuberosum)
Gabrielle Neutral CommentHybrid Tea Rose 'Amalia'
(Rosa )
Farmerdill Neutral CommentPotato 'Cosmos'
(Solanum tuberosum)
Allie88 Neutral CommentHybrid Tea Rose 'Barbara Bush'
(Rosa )
Farmerdill Neutral CommentPotato 'Ambo'
(Solanum tuberosum)
Gabrielle Neutral CommentHybrid Tea Rose 'Gina Lollobrigida'
(Rosa )
Farmerdill Neutral CommentPotato 'Desiree'
(Solanum tuberosum)
Gabrielle Neutral CommentGrandiflora Rose 'Love's Promise'
(Rosa )
Gabrielle Neutral CommentFloribunda Rose 'Modern Magic'
(Rosa )
Farmerdill Neutral CommentPotato 'Lady Balfour'
(Solanum tuberosum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentPotato 'Milva'
(Solanum tuberosum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentPotato 'Remarka'
(Solanum tuberosum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentPotato 'Robinta'
(Solanum tuberosum)
raisedbedbob Neutral CommentBroadleaf Arrowhead, Duck Potato, Wapato
(Sagittaria latifolia)
raisedbedbob Positive CommentVirginia Pepperweed, Pepper Grass, Poor Man's Pepper
(Lepidium virginicum)
raisedbedbob Neutral CommentShepherd's-purse
(Capsella bursa-pastoris)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentPotato 'Sante'
(Solanum tuberosum)
raisedbedbob Neutral Comment
(Dentaria glandulosa)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentPotato 'Valor'
(Solanum tuberosum)
raisedbedbob Neutral CommentEastern Redbud, Canadian Redbud, Judas Tree
(Cercis canadensis)
raisedbedbob Negative CommentAsiatic Dayflower, Blue Dayflower
(Commelina communis)
TBGDN Positive CommentTrumpet Lily 'Gebera'
(Lilium Dutch longiflorum Hybrid)

Images

Member Addition Description
XenomorfImageAngora Bunny-Ears, Angels Wings 'Albata'
(Opuntia microdasys)
DaylilySLPImageDaylily 'Rhine Maiden'
(Hemerocallis )
WandasflowersImageDaylily 'Enduring Love'
(Hemerocallis )
WandasflowersImageDaylily 'English Toffee'
(Hemerocallis )
DaylilySLPImageDaylily 'Fun in the Sunshine'
(Hemerocallis )
mysticImageDaylily 'Blinded By The Light'
(Hemerocallis )
mysticImageDaylily 'Seventy Times Seven'
(Hemerocallis )
cactus_loverImageBuddha Belly Plant, Bottleplant Shrub
(Jatropha podagrica)
ShadyfolksImageTricyrtis 'Tricolor' ''Tricolor''
(Tricyrtis macropoda)
monikaImageAngel's Trumpet 'Barcarole'
(Brugmansia B. x candida flore plena)
monikaImageAngel's Trumpet 'Rosenwalzer'
(Brugmansia B. x candida flore plena)
kennedyhImageAustralian Grass Tree
(Xanthorrhoea preissii)
GabrielleImageDevil's Trumpet, Horn of Plenty, Downy Thorn Apple
(Datura metel)
GabrielleImageGaillardia, Blanket Flower, Indian Blanket 'Portola Giants'
(Gaillardia grandiflora)
ViburnumValleyImageOneida Viburnum 'Oneida'
(Viburnum dilatatum x lobophyllum)
Tree_ClimberImageDaylily 'Famous Occasion'
(Hemerocallis )
Tree_ClimberImageDaylily 'Frisky Cissy'
(Hemerocallis )
doveyImageFloribunda Rose 'Betty Boop'
(Rosa )
doveyImageEnglish Rose, Austin Rose 'The Squire'
(Rosa )
GourdImage
(Phymosia umbellata)
GourdImage
(Phymosia umbellata)
patnjbobImageTall Bearded 'Sweet and Spacey'
(Iris )
palmbobImageCycad
(Encephalartos turneri)
kellImageHeath Banksia 'ericifolia compact form'
(Banksia ericifolia)
kellImageHeath Banksia 'ericifolia compact form'
(Banksia ericifolia)
ampyImageViolet Sage, Ornamental Meadow Sage, Balkan Clary, Perennial Woodland Sage 'Ostfriesland'
(Salvia nemorosa)
htopImageQueen's Tears, Friendship Plant
(Billbergia nutans var. schimperiana)
wallaby1ImageDouble Fuchsia 'Snowfire'
(Fuchsia )
palmbobImage
(Encephalartos senticosus x trispinosus)
ViburnumValleyImagePekin Lilac 'China Snow™'
(Syringa pekinensis)
TBGDNImageSpeciosum 'Rubrum'
(Lilium )
LazyDebbyImage
(Teucrium divaricatum)
LazyDebbyImageShrubby Germander, Tree Germander 'Azurea'
(Teucrium fruticans)
htopImageQueen's Tears, Friendship Plant
(Billbergia nutans var. schimperiana)
kniphofiaImageGymnocalycium
(Gymnocalycium pflanzii var. albipulpa)
FarmerdillImageKohlrabi 'Azure Star'
(Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes)
FarmerdillImageTomato 'Andes'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
echoesImageClustered Bellflower 'Crown of Snow'
(Campanula glomerata)
cactus_loverImageGraptoveria
(Echeveria Amethorum)
flowerfrenzyImageSargent's Crabapple 'Tina'
(Malus sargentii)
flowerfrenzyImageWintercreeper Euonymus 'Blondy'
(Euonymus fortunei)
kennedyhImageHigh-bush Cranberry, Squashberry, Lowbush Cranberry, Mooseberry, Few-Flowered Highbush Cranberry
(Viburnum edule)
wallaby1Image
(Camellia pitardii)
DanaDWImageAustrian Copper 'bicolor'
(Rosa foetida)
puttytatImageTall Bearded Iris 'Renewal'
(Iris )
puttytatImageTall Bearded Iris 'Renewal'
(Iris )
echoesImageOriental Lily 'Expression'
(Lilium )
GustichockImageRoyal Poinciana, Flamboyant Tree, Flame Tree, Peacock Flower, Gulmohar
(Delonix regia)
GustichockImageChanar, Chilean Palo Verde, Kumbaru
(Geoffroea decorticans)
XenomorfImageLiving Stones 'salicola reticulata'
(Lithops hallii var. hallii)
TBGDNImageTrumpet Lily 'Gebera'
(Lilium Dutch longiflorum Hybrid)
kniphofiaImageAmaryllis 'Bianca'
(Hippeastrum )

New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning
aethusifolia  e-thu-si-FOH-lee-a  Having foliage like Aethusa (genus name meaning burning, in reference to its pungency)  
aethusifolium  e-thu-si-FOH-lee-um  Having foliage like Aethusa (genus name meaning burning, in reference to its pungency)  
aethusifolius  e-thu-si-FOH-lee-us  Having foliage like Aethusa (genus name meaning burning, in reference to its pungency)  
Leucosceptrum  loo-ko-SEP-trum  From the Greek, meaning white staff or scepter  
pekinense  pee-keen-EN-see  Of or from Beijing (Pekin or Peking), China  
pekinensis  pee-keen-EN-sis  Of or from Beijing (Pekin or Peking), China  

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Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger

 

And that's the way it was... February 7, 2006