The PlantFiles Newsletter Covering the events of April 1, 2006, on which 280 members joined.

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(Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet, philosopher)

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Member Addition Description Margiempv Tall Bearded Iris 'Lanai' (Iris ) Todd_Boland (Parodia erubescens) kdjoergensen Dutch Hyacinth 'Splendid Cornelia' (Hyacinthus orientalis) kell Homalomena 'Emerald Gem' (Homalomena ) kell Homalomena 'Emerald Gem' (Homalomena ) lilwren Large Flower False Rosemary (Conradina grandiflora) lilwren Large Flower False Rosemary (Conradina grandiflora) Todd_Boland Shrubby Milkwort (Polygala chamaebuxus) Margiempv Tall Bearded Iris 'Innirishow' (Iris ) Gustichock Japanese Pagoda tree, Chinese Scholar tree (Sophora japonica) Gustichock Canary Date Palm (Phoenix canariensis) kennedyh Grey Billy-buttons (Craspedia canens) kennedyh Slender Hawksbeard (Crepis atribarba) JamesCO White Form Striped Squill 'Alba' (Puschkinia libanotica) DaylilySLP Daylily 'Trudy Harris' (Hemerocallis ) giancarlo Neoregelia 'Aztec' (Neoregelia ) JamesCO Wintercreeper Euonymus (Euonymus fortunei) ladyrowan Long-Cupped Narcissus, Large-cupped Daffodil 'Curly' (Narcissus ) ladyrowan Long-cupped Narcissus, Large-cupped Daffodil 'Scarlet Chord' (Narcissus ) EricInSF Star Magnolia ''Rubra'' (Magnolia stellata) EricInSF Pink Tulip Tree (Magnolia campbellii) htop Bryophyllum (Bryophyllum crenatodaigremontianum) butterflybyrob Flowering Maple 'Magic Lantern' (Abutilon ) pammiet1 Hybrid Tea Rose 'John F. Kennedy' (Rosa ) RonniePitman Flowering Maple 'Voodoo' (Abutilon ) htop Bryophyllum (Bryophyllum crenatodaigremontianum) Meig Clematis 'Betty Corning' (Clematis ) Meig Clematis 'Dr. Ruppel' (Clematis ) DaylilySLP Dutch Crocus, Spring Crocus 'Pickwick' (Crocus vernus) wallaby1 Double Narcissus, Double Daffodil 'Rip van Winkle' (Narcissus ) palmbob Crassula (Crassula volkensii) Adolfi Giant Rhubarb, Giant Gunnera, Dinosaur Food (Gunnera manicata) palmbob 'Tahoma Glacier 'Sugar Sweet'' (Beallara ) TomH3787 Long-cupped Narcissus, Large-cupped Daffodil 'Ambergate' (Narcissus ) Suze_ Tomato 'Russian Red' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum) TomH3787 Lady Tulip, Candlestick Tulip (Tulipa clusiana var. chrysantha) Suze_ Canna Lily 'Tropicanna®' (Canna x generalis) Ursula (Alstroemeria revoluta) Ursula Lirio de Campo (Country Lily) (Alstroemeria violacea) bootandall Hybrid Camellia 'Gay Border' (Camellia ) bootandall Sasanqua Camellia, Autumn Camellia 'Beatrice Emily' (Camellia sasanqua) Farmerdill Potato 'Epona' (Solanum tuberosum) Farmerdill Potato 'Irish Cobbler' (Solanum tuberosum) zemerson Forsythia (Forsythia ) zemerson Long-cupped Narcissus, Large-cupped Daffodil 'Ice Follies' (Narcissus ) cactus_lover Rebutia (Rebutia flavistyla) RonniePitman Flowering Maple, Abutilon 'Gold Dust' (Abutilon pictum) doss Leopard Plant 'Argentea' (Farfugium japonicum) vossner Nussbaumer's Sedum (Sedum nussbaumerianum) mgh Daylily 'Last Flight Out' (Hemerocallis ) Xenomorf Dyckia (Dyckia marnier-lapostollei) Xenomorf Silver Dollar Plant (Dudleya brittonii) aries44 Tomato 'Belgian Giant' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum) jooolster Lotus Vine, Parrot's Beak 'Gold Flash' (Lotus ) jooolster Lavender Scallops, Kalanchoe Stonecrop (Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi) kdjoergensen Dutch Hyacinth 'Splendid Cornelia' (Hyacinthus orientalis) doss Fernleaf Full Moon Maple, Japanese Maple 'Aconitifolium' (Acer japonicum) gonedutch Pawpaw, Paw Paw, Papaw, Poor Man's Banana, Michigan Banana 'Mason/WLW' (Asimina triloba)

New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning condensata   kon-den-SAY-ta   Crowded together   condensatum   kon-den-SAY-tum   Crowded together   condensatus   kon-den-SAY-tus   Crowded together   physalifolia   fy-sal-ih-FOH-lee-a   Having leaves like Physalis (genus name referring to a bladder)   physalifolium   fy-sal-ih-FOH-lee-um   Having leaves like Physalis (genus name referring to a bladder)   Bijlia   BEE-lee-a   Named for Deborah Susanna van der Bijl, wife of South African plant pathologist P.A. van der Bijl; 20th century plant collector in South Africa   Astrolepis   ass-troh-LEP-iss   From the Greek astron (star) and lepis (scale), referring to the scales on the blade surface (ref. genus Astrolepis)   funerea   few-NER-ee-a   Pertaining to death or a funeral, or of the Funeral Mountains, in the Mojave Desert (U.S.)   funereus   few-NER-ee-us   Pertaining to death or a funeral, or of the Funeral Mountains, in the Mojave Desert (U.S.)   Peucephyllum   pew-kee-FIL-um   From the Greek peuke (fir) and phyllon (leaf), due to its superficial resemblance to a fir tree   Stephanomeria   stef-an-oh-MER-ee-a   From the Greek stephane (wreath or crown) and meros (division)

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger

And that's the way it was... April 1, 2006