The PlantFiles Newsletter

Covering the events of March 14, 2006, on which 223 members joined.
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Gardening Quote of the Day

"Why did Humpty Dumpty have a great fall? He wanted to make up for a bad summer."

(Unknown)

The PlantFiles Photo of the Day

Opium Poppy, Breadseed Poppy, Lettuce Leaf Poppy (Laciniatum Group) 'Drama Queen'
Papaver somniferum
By angelap789

PF Photo of the Day

Activity Report:

37 new plants were added to the database.
54 new descriptions were added.
71 new images were added.
688 new options were checked off.

Comments

Member Addition Description
Margiempv Positive CommentTall Bearded Iris 'It's Magic'
(Iris )
Margiempv Neutral CommentTall Bearded Iris 'Kathleen Kay Nelson'
(Iris )
fredgamble Positive CommentTomato 'Early Girl'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
htop Positive CommentAnacacho Orchid Tree
(Bauhinia lunarioides)
sterhill Positive CommentPerennial Wallflower 'Bowles' Mauve'
(Erysimum )
mickgene Positive CommentCoral Bells, Alumroot, Coralbells, Alum Root 'Starry Night'
(Heuchera )
SalemSunshine Neutral CommentTrumpet Vine, Trumpet Creeper, Cow-Itch Vine
(Campsis radicans)
Malus2006 Neutral CommentYellow Trillium
(Trillium luteum)
Malus2006 Positive CommentTrillium, Wake Robin
(Trillium grandiflorum)
Malus2006 Positive CommentPrairie Trillium, Red Trillium, Bloody Butcher, Brown Bess, Wake-Robin
(Trillium recurvatum)
Malus2006 Positive CommentSiberian Squill
(Scilla siberica)
Malus2006 Positive CommentSiberian Squill 'Alba'
(Scilla siberica)
Malus2006 Positive CommentTarda Tulip
(Tulipa tarda)
Malus2006 Negative CommentRed Lungwort 'David Ward'
(Pulmonaria rubra)
Malus2006 Negative CommentLong-leafed Lungwort
(Pulmonaria longifolia)
DawninTx Positive CommentMallow, French Hollyhock 'Zebrina'
(Malva sylvestris)
Malus2006 Positive CommentRed Lungwort
(Pulmonaria rubra)
SW_gardener Positive CommentLemon Lily, Custard Lily, Yellow Daylily
(Hemerocallis flava)
oscaralberto Neutral CommentTangerine 'Dancy'
(Citrus reticulata)
hopewell55 Negative CommentMoney Tree, Malabar Chestnut, Guyana (Guiana) Chestnut, Provision Tree, French Peanut
(Pachira aquatica)
Margiempv Positive CommentTall Bearded Iris 'Immortality'
(Iris )
Margiempv Positive CommentTall Bearded Iris 'Superstition'
(Iris )
Farmerdill Neutral CommentCarpathian Walnut, Persian Walnut, English Walnut. 'Somers'
(Juglans regia)
Margiempv Positive CommentBorder Bearded Iris 'Batik'
(Iris )
Margiempv Neutral CommentTall Bearded Iris 'Full Tide'
(Iris )
Margiempv Positive CommentTall Bearded Iris 'Victoria Falls'
(Iris )
Margiempv Positive CommentReblooming Tall Bearded Iris 'Champagne Elegance'
(Iris )
Margiempv Neutral CommentTall Bearded Iris 'Beverly Sills'
(Iris )
Margiempv Positive CommentTall Bearded Iris 'Apollo One'
(Iris )
aries44 Neutral CommentTomato 'Mini Capri Pink'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentCarpathian Walnut, Persian Walnut, English Walnut. 'Shiawassee'
(Juglans regia)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentCarpathian Walnut, Persian Walnut, English Walnut. 'Perry'
(Juglans regia)
Margiempv Positive CommentBorder Bearded Iris 'Drady'
(Iris )
Farmerdill Neutral CommentCarpathian Walnut, Persian Walnut, English Walnut. 'S-1'
(Juglans regia)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentCarpathian Walnut, Persian Walnut, English Walnut. 'Looking Glass'
(Juglans regia)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentCarpathian Walnut, Persian Walnut, English Walnut. 'China-B'
(Juglans regia)
Margiempv Positive CommentTall Bearded Iris 'Dream Affair'
(Iris )
Margiempv Positive CommentTall Bearded Iris 'Egyptian'
(Iris )
Gustichock Neutral CommentAgarrapalo, Ibapoi, Higuerón bravo
(Ficus luschnathiana)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentHeartnut, Japanese Walnut 'Frank'
(Juglans cordiformis)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentHeartnut, Japanese Walnut 'Marvel'
(Juglans cordiformis)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentHeartnut, Japanese Walnut 'Rhodes'
(Juglans cordiformis)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentHeartnut, Japanese Walnut 'Wright'
(Juglans cordiformis)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentHeartnut, Japanese Walnut 'Mitchell Hybrid'
(Juglans cordiformis)
Margiempv Positive CommentTall Bearded Iris 'Gala Greetings'
(Iris )
Margiempv Positive CommentTall Bearded Iris 'Gnus Flash'
(Iris )
Margiempv Positive CommentTall Bearded Iris 'Imaginarium'
(Iris )
Margiempv Positive CommentTall Bearded Iris 'Instructor'
(Iris )
Margiempv Positive CommentTall Bearded Iris 'Michigan Pride'
(Iris )
Margiempv Positive CommentTall Bearded Iris 'Romantic Evening'
(Iris )
palmbob Positive Comment
(Aloe itremensis)
MadHungarian Negative CommentVirginia Creeper
(Parthenocissus quinquefolia)
palmbob Neutral CommentFaucaria
(Faucaria bosscheana var. bosscheana)
JoanJ Neutral CommentLily Flowering Tulip 'Ballade'
(Tulipa )

Images

Member Addition Description
MargiempvImageTall Bearded Iris 'Michigan Pride'
(Iris )
TBGDNImageTall Bearded Iris 'Fragrant Lilac'
(Iris )
Big_RedImagePeach 'White Princess'
(Prunus persica)
Big_RedImagePeach 'Elberta'
(Prunus persica)
conifersImageWeeping Serbian Spruce
(Picea omorika f. pendula)
WandasflowersImageDaylily 'Open Hearth'
(Hemerocallis )
WandasflowersImageDaylily 'Orchid Corsage'
(Hemerocallis )
conifersImageBlue Spruce or Colorado Spruce 'Hillside'
(Picea pungens)
TBGDNImageMiniature Tall Bearded Iris 'Honorabile'
(Iris )
JoanJImageBorder Bearded Iris 'Oasis Root Beer'
(Iris )
JoanJImageBorder Bearded Iris 'Oasis War Bonnet'
(Iris )
Todd_BolandImageScarlet Kleinia, Coral Senecio
(Kleinia fulgens)
Todd_BolandImageRed-Leaf Hibiscus, False Roselle, African Rose Mallow
(Hibiscus acetosella)
GustichockImageJapanese Cedar
(Cryptomeria japonica)
TBGDNImageTall Bearded Iris 'Hello Darkness'
(Iris )
JoanJImageTall Bearded Iris 'Elmer's Thunder'
(Iris )
UrsulaImageLirio del Monte (Mountain Lily)
(Alstroemeria exserens)
conifersImageBlue Spruce or Colorado Spruce 'The Blues'
(Picea pungens)
UrsulaImageLirio de Cordillera
(Alstroemeria pallida)
UrsulaImage
(Alstroemeria umbellata)
WandasflowersImageDaylily 'Pixie Beauty'
(Hemerocallis )
htopImagePasture Heliotrope
(Heliotropium tenellum)
kennedyhImageEdible thistle
(Cirsium edule)
kennedyhImageWeak Thistle, Few-leaf Thistle
(Cirsium remotifolium)
htopImageJerusalem Sage
(Phlomis fruticosa)
htopImageJerusalem Sage
(Phlomis fruticosa)
MshadowImageTall Bearded Iris 'Color Fusion'
(Iris )
LilyChickImageAsiatic Lily 'Commander in Chief'
(Lilium )
LilyChickImageSunrose, Rock Rose 'Burgundy Dazzler'
(Helianthemum nummularium)
LilyChickImageShowy Four O'Clock, High Desert Four O'Clock
(Mirabilis multiflora)
wallaby1ImageAzalea 'Ima-shojo'
(Rhododendron )
jnanaImageFirecracker Shrub, Mexican Firebush, Scarlet Bush, Hummingbird Bush
(Hamelia patens)
jnanaImageSpanish Stopper, Boxleaf Stopper
(Eugenia foetida)
jnanaImageDahoon Holly
(Ilex cassine)
thistlesifterImageAloe
(Aloe divaricata)
perrynguyenImageVietnamese Crab Claw
(Peperomia pellucida)
frostweedImageYellow Jessamine, Carolina Yellow Jasmine
(Gelsemium sempervirens)
thistlesifterImageWhite Fox Tail Agave 'Albo-marginata'
(Agave attenuata)
thistlesifterImageAgave 'Nova'
(Agave attenuata)
kellImageKing Begonia, Painted Begonia, Painted Leaf Begonia, Rex Begonia 'Escargot'
(Begonia rex)
FloridianImageCarolina Frostweed
(Helianthemum carolinianum)
sayaImageWhite Willow
(Salix alba)
sayaImageWhite Willow
(Salix alba)
sayaImageWhite Willow
(Salix alba)
FarmerdillImageRadish., Oriental, Daikon 'Longo'
(Raphanus sativus)
MshadowImageTall Bearded Iris 'Coffee Royal'
(Iris )
MshadowImageTall Bearded Iris 'Heavenly Body'
(Iris )
mickgeneImageHybrid Camellia 'Pink Icicle'
(Camellia )
BROforestImageHorse Crippler, Devil's Head, Candy Cactus, Devil's Pincushion, Manacaballo, Monco Caballo, Viznaga
(Echinocactus texensis)
Rusty56ImageFoxtail Agave, Dragon-Tree Agave, Spineless Agave
(Agave attenuata)
frostweedImageMexican Plum, Fall Plum, Bigree Plum
(Prunus mexicana)
frostweedImageKenaf, Brown Indian Hemp
(Hibiscus cannabinus)
giancarloImageBlushing Bride, Sky Plant
(Tillandsia ionantha)
kennedyhImage
(Cirsium nipponicum)
Todd_BolandImageTweedy's Lewisia
(Lewisia tweedyi)
franjImageLiving Stone Cactus
(Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus)
franjImageAztekium
(Aztekium ritteri)
XenomorfImageHollyhock
(Alcea rosea)
franjImageGymnocalycium
(Gymnocalycium pflanzii var. albipulpa)
XenomorfImageGasteria
(Gasteria minima)
XenomorfImageGasteria
(Gasteria minima)
MargiempvImageTall Bearded Iris 'Apollo One'
(Iris )
aries44ImageTomato 'Mini Capri Pink'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
NatureWalkerImageBaby Blue Eyes, Five Spot
(Nemophila maculata)
GustichockImageAgarrapalo, Ibapoi, Higuerón bravo
(Ficus luschnathiana)
GustichockImageAgarrapalo, Ibapoi, Higuerón bravo
(Ficus luschnathiana)
wallaby1ImageLoulou Lelo Palm
(Pritchardia hillebrandii)
MargiempvImageTall Bearded Iris 'Romantic Evening'
(Iris )
palmbobImagePaurotis Palm, Everglades Palm, Silver Saw Palmetto, Saw Cabbage Palm
(Acoelorrhaphe wrightii)
palmbobImageAloe
(Aloe polyphylla)
palmbobImage
(Aloe itremensis)

New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning
octacantha  ok-ta-KANTH-a  From the Greek okto (eight) and ákantha (thorn, spine, or spike)  
octacanthus  ok-ta-KANTH-us  From the Greek okto (eight) and ákantha (thorn, spine, or spike)  
glassii  GLASS-ee-eye  Named for Charles E. Glass, 21st century cactus collector and author  
coquimbana  koh-keem-BAH-na  Referring to Coquimbo, Chile  
coquimbanum  koh-keem-BAH-num  Referring to Coquimbo, Chile  
coquimbanus  koh-keem-BAH-nus  Referring to Coquimbo, Chile  
poselgeriana  pos-el-ger-ee-AH-na  Named for Dr. Heinrich Poselger, 19th century German  
trabutii  tra-BEW-tee-eye  Named for Louis Charles Trabut, early 20th century French physician and botanist  
trabutiana  tra-bew-tee-AH-na  Named for Louis Charles Trabut, early 20th century French physician and botanist  
trabutianum  tra-bew-tee-AH-num  Named for Louis Charles Trabut, early 20th century French physician and botanist  
trabutianus  tra-bew-tee-AH-nus  Named for Louis Charles Trabut, early 20th century French physician and botanist  
Maripa  mar-REE-pa  From the aborignal name for the palm  
x apiculata  uh-pik-yoo-LAY-tuh  Hybrid meaning abrupt, short point  
Lilaea  li-LEE-a  Named for Alire Raffeneau-Delile, 19th century French botanist  
Lilaeopsis  li-lee-OP-sis  Resembles Lilaea (genus named for Alire Raffeneau-Delile, 19th century French botanist)  

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Dave Whitinger

 

And that's the way it was... March 14, 2006