The PlantFiles Newsletter

Covering the events of October 28, 2006, on which 114 members joined.
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Gardening Quote of the Day

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. "

(Anais Nin, French-born American writer, (born 2/21/1903))

The PlantFiles Photo of the Day

Bottlebrush Tree
Callistemon rigidus
By Chamma

PF Photo of the Day

Activity Report:

98 new plants were added to the database.
55 new descriptions were added.
78 new images were added.
1332 new options were checked off.

Comments

Member Addition Description
JoanJ Neutral CommentTall Bearded Iris 'Miss St. Louis'
(Iris )
jamie68 Positive Comment 'Rokujo Variegata'
(Euonymus japonicus)
Labdoc Positive CommentEuphorbia
(Euphorbia guillauminiana)
JeanneTX Positive CommentLate, Large-Flowered Clematis 'John Huxtable'
(Clematis )
Jax4ever Positive CommentHosta 'Elegans'
(Hosta sieboldiana)
jamie68 Positive CommentGroundcover Rose 'Roseberry Blanket'
(Rosa )
JeanneTX Positive Comment 'Rosemoor'
(Clematis )
JamesCO Neutral CommentCardamom
(Elettaria cardamomum)
Margiempv Positive CommentArilbred Iris 'Walker Ross'
(Iris )
Margiempv Positive CommentArilbred Iris 'Volunteer Fireman'
(Iris )
carrielamont Positive CommentHardy Chrysanthemum 'Sheffield'
(Chrysanthemum )
diehrdsouthrnr Neutral CommentCabbage Palm Fern, Gold Foot Fern, Rabbit's Foot Fern
(Polypodium aureum)
jamie68 Positive CommentHybrid Tea Rose 'Dainty Bess'
(Rosa )
onegoodmelon Positive CommentMilk Thistle, Mary's Thistle
(Silybum marianum)
Tammy Positive CommentAlpine Aster
(Aster alpinus)
jamie68 Positive CommentRose 'Distant Thunder'
(Rosa )
JoanJ Neutral CommentArilbred Iris 'Nineveh'
(Iris )
Decumbent Positive CommentAmerican Snowbell, Storax, Snowdrop Bush
(Styrax americanus)
JoanJ Neutral CommentArilbred Iris 'Babylonian Fires'
(Iris )
Decumbent Positive CommentFormosa Styrax 'none'
(styrax formosanum ssp formosanum)
lillyo Neutral CommentLeptodermis
(Leptodermis oblonga)
jacobhugh Positive CommentSelf-Heal, Selfheal, Heal All
(Prunella vulgaris)
Decumbent Positive CommentAmerican Smoketree, Chittamwood, Wild Smoke Tree, Yellow Wood
(Cotinus obovatus)
Decumbent Positive CommentKorean Hornbeam
(Carpinus coreana)
bigcityal Positive CommentDinner Plate Dahlia, Dinnerplate Dahlia 'Babylon Purple'
(Dahlia )
bigcityal Positive CommentDinner Plate Dahlia, Dinnerplate Dahlia 'Barbarossa'
(Dahlia )
bigcityal Positive CommentDahlia 'Barbarry Ball'
(Dahlia )
Decumbent Negative CommentSnakebark Maple 'Phoenix'
(Acer conspicuum)
bigcityal Positive CommentDahlia 'Berger's Record'
(Dahlia )
bigcityal Positive CommentBorder Dahlia 'Berliner Kleene'
(Dahlia )
bigcityal Positive CommentDahlia 'Extase'
(Dahlia )
bigcityal Positive CommentDahlia 'Fleurel'
(Dahlia )
bigcityal Positive CommentDahlia 'Island View Twister'
(Dahlia )
bigcityal Positive CommentCactus Dahlia 'Jeanne d'Arc'
(Dahlia )
bigcityal Positive CommentDahlia 'Karras 150'
(Dahlia )
bigcityal Positive CommentDahlia 'Keith H'
(Dahlia )
bigcityal Positive CommentDahlia 'Koral Reef'
(Dahlia )
bigcityal Positive CommentDinner Plate Dahlia, Dinnerplate Dahlia 'Lilac Time'
(Dahlia )
bigcityal Positive CommentDahlia 'Mazama'
(Dahlia )
bigcityal Positive CommentDahlia 'Minnesota'
(Dahlia )
bigcityal Positive CommentDahlia 'Northwest Cosmos'
(Dahlia )
bigcityal Positive CommentDahlia 'Pink Attraction'
(Dahlia )
bigcityal Positive CommentDahlia 'Pink Gingham'
(Dahlia )
bigcityal Positive CommentDahlia 'Shooting Star'
(Dahlia )
bigcityal Positive CommentDahlia 'Tarahiti Sunrise'
(Dahlia )
bigcityal Positive CommentCactus Dahlia 'Tsuki-yorine-shisha'
(Dahlia )
jamie68 Positive CommentGroundcover Rose 'Baby Blanket'
(Rosa )
bigcityal Positive CommentDecorative Dahlia 'Vancouver'
(Dahlia )
bigcityal Positive CommentDahlia 'WIne & Roses'
(Dahlia )
bigcityal Positive CommentOzark Coneflower, Yellow Coneflower
(Echinacea paradoxa)
bigcityal Positive CommentConeflower 'Razzmatazz'
(Echinacea )
bigcityal Neutral CommentConeflower 'Evan Saul'
(Echinacea )
bigcityal Positive CommentConeflower 'Fragrant Angel'
(Echinacea )
bigcityal Positive CommentBlack-eyed Susan, Gloriosa Daisy, Yellow Ox-eye Daisy 'Chim Chiminee'
(Rudbeckia hirta)
bigcityal Positive CommentSweet Black-Eyed Susan 'Henry Eilers'
(Rudbeckia subtomentosa)

Images

Member Addition Description
MargiempvImageArilbred Iris 'Nineveh'
(Iris )
KellImagePassion Flower, Passionflower 'Blue Bouquet'
(Passiflora )
RON_CONVOLVULACEAEImageHeartleaf morning-glory
(Ipomoea cardiophylla)
KevinMc79ImageJapanese Windflower, Japanese Anemone, Japanese Thimbleflower 'September Charm'
(Anemone hupehensis)
begoniacraziiImageDiastema
(Diastema vexans)
KellImageCrested Leopard Plant, Parsley Ligularia 'Crispata'
(Farfugium japonicum)
begoniacraziiImageDiastema
(Diastema vexans)
UrsulaImageTwining Snapdragon, Chickabiddy, Climbing Snapdragon
(Asarina scandens)
UrsulaImageTwining Snapdragon, Chickabiddy, Climbing Snapdragon
(Asarina scandens)
KevinMc79ImageFountain Grass 'Red Head'
(Pennisetum alopecuroides)
KevinMc79ImageMonkshood, Wolfbane 'Arendsii'
(Aconitum carmichaelii)
JeanneTXImageFloribunda Rose 'Heaven on Earth'
(Rosa )
JeanneTXImageHybrid Tea Rose 'Heirloom'
(Rosa )
JeanneTXImageEnglish Rose, Austin Rose 'Sophy's Rose'
(Rosa )
ecrane3ImageVariegated Oleander 'Variegata'
(Nerium oleander)
ecrane3ImageBlue Bush Sage
(Salvia urica)
Dave67ImageFlorida Butterfly Orchid
(Encyclia tampensis)
rootsnrhizomesImageTall Bearded Iris 'Rancho Grande'
(Iris )
ecrane3ImageBougainvillea 'San Diego Red'
(Bougainvillea )
htopImageRed Bird of Paradise, Dwarf Poinciana, Pride of Barbados, Peacock Flower, flamboyan-de-jardin
(Caesalpinia pulcherrima)
GrasmussenImageScottish Harebell, Bluebells of Scotland, Harebell
(Campanula rotundifolia)
GrasmussenImageScottish Harebell, Bluebells of Scotland, Harebell
(Campanula rotundifolia)
GrasmussenImageScottish Harebell, Bluebells of Scotland, Harebell
(Campanula rotundifolia)
bootandallImageLarge-Flowered, Hybrid Tea Rose 'Charles de Gaulle'
(Rosa )
bootandallImageLarge-flowered Climber 'Swan Lake'
(Rosa )
bootandallImageFloribunda Rose 'Intrigue'
(Rosa )
GardenGuyKinImageBird of Paradise, Crane Flower
(Strelitzia reginae)
GardenGuyKinImageBird of Paradise, Crane Flower
(Strelitzia reginae)
bootandallImageLady Banks White Rose, Evergreen Multiflora, White Lady Banks' Rose, Rosier de Lady Banks 'Alba Plena'
(Rosa banksiae)
bootandallImageEuphorbia, Griffith's Spurge 'Fireglow'
(Euphorbia griffithii)
bootandallImageMexican Orange Blossom, Mexican Mock Orange 'Aztec Pearl'
(Choisya )
bootandallImageMexican Orange 'Sundance'
(Choisya ternata)
jamie68ImageEulalia, Japanese Silver Grass, Maiden Grass, Zebra Grass 'Variegatus'
(Miscanthus sinensis)
bootandallImageCanberra Grass, Two Flowered Knamel, Mossy Scabweed
(Scleranthus biflorus)
bootandallImage 'Tutukaka'
(Scleranthus biflorus)
bootandallImageBurkwood Daphne 'Somerset'
(Daphne x burkwoodii)
jamie68ImageEulalia, Japanese Silver Grass, Maiden Grass, Zebra Grass 'Gracillimus'
(Miscanthus sinensis)
bootandallImage
(Olearia cheesemanii)
jamie68Image 'Rokujo Variegata'
(Euonymus japonicus)
bootandallImageHebe 'Wiri Mist'
(Hebe )
mgarrImage 'Palmatiloba'
(Ligularia x yoshizoeana)
htopImageRed Bird of Paradise, Dwarf Poinciana, Pride of Barbados, Peacock Flower, flamboyan-de-jardin
(Caesalpinia pulcherrima)
RON_CONVOLVULACEAEImageCrestrib Morning Glory
(Ipomoea costellata)
kniphofiaImageRed Edge Echeveria, Lipstick Echeveria
(Echeveria agavoides)
RON_CONVOLVULACEAEImageCrestrib Morning Glory
(Ipomoea costellata)
giancarloImage 'borneo giant'
(Alocasia macrorrhizos)
giancarloImage
(Philodendron subhastatum engler)
MargiempvImageArilbred Iris 'Cool Kisses'
(Iris )
MargiempvImageArilbred Iris 'Babylonian Fires'
(Iris )
MargiempvImageArilbred Iris 'Close Contact'
(Iris )
MargiempvImageArilbred Iris 'Drop Of Gold'
(Iris )
MargiempvImageArilbred 'Fancy Work'
(Iris )
bigcityalImageDinner Plate Dahlia, Dinnerplate Dahlia 'Barbarossa'
(Dahlia )
MargiempvImageArilbred Iris 'Sheba's Jewel'
(Iris )
MargiempvImageArilbred Iris 'Sheba's Jewel'
(Iris )
MargiempvImageArilbred Iris 'Walker Ross'
(Iris )
begoniacraziiImageFlame Violet 'Brown Beauty'
(Episcia )
MargiempvImageArilbred Iris 'Turkish Tangent'
(Iris )
MargiempvImageArilbred Iris 'Volunteer Fireman'
(Iris )
XenomorfImageDelicata Squash, Winter Squash 'Delicata'
(Cucurbita pepo)
XenomorfImageDelicata Squash, Winter Squash 'Delicata'
(Cucurbita pepo)
XenomorfImageCarob, St. John's Bread
(Ceratonia siliqua)
XenomorfImageCarob, St. John's Bread
(Ceratonia siliqua)
XenomorfImageMammillaria
(Mammillaria crinita subsp. duweii)
XenomorfImageMammillaria
(Mammillaria crinita subsp. duweii)
kevanrijnImageFalse Spirea, False Goat's Beard 'Peach Blossom'
(Astilbe x rosea)
kennedyhImageCreeping Fan-flower
(Scaevola hookeri)
kennedyhImageCreeping Fan-flower
(Scaevola hookeri)
kennedyhImageCreeping Fan-flower
(Scaevola hookeri)
kennedyhImageShiny Swamp-mat, Swamp-weed, Remuremu
(Selliera radicans)
kennedyhImageSweet Appleberry
(Billardiera cymosa)
KellImageDevil's Trumpet, Horn of Plenty, Downy Thorn Apple 'Double Purple'
(Datura metel)
todgorImageInformal Decorative Dahlia 'Hakuyoh'
(Dahlia )
jacobhughImageSelf-Heal, Selfheal, Heal All
(Prunella vulgaris)
DecumbentImageAmerican Hornbeam
(Carpinus caroliniana)
DecumbentImageThree-floweredMaple, Rough-barked Maple
(Acer triflorum)
DecumbentImageThree-floweredMaple, Rough-barked Maple
(Acer triflorum)
GardenGuyKinImageJapanese Maple
(Acer palmatum)

New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning
sizemoreae  size-MOR-ee-ay  Named for Mary Sizemore, 21st century American plant explorer in Vietnam  
lavandulacea  la-van-dew-LAY-see-a  Like Lavandula (Lavender genus)  
chloroneura  klor-oh-NOOR-a  From the Greek chloros, (green) and neuron (vein)  
cobbianum  kob-ee-AY-num  Possibly named for Walter Cobb, who discovered this species of Orchid  
sicyoides  sis-ee-OY-deez  Resembles Sicyos (genus name for the bur cucumber)  
butterwickiae  but-ter-WIK-ee-ay  Named for Mary Butterwick, 21st century botanist with the Texas Natural Area Survey  
Lamiodendron  lam-mee-oh-DEN-dron  From Lamium (the Latin name for dead nettle, a member of the mint family) and dendron (wood)  
Stenaria  sten-AR-ee-a  From the Greek stenos (narrow, narrowing)  
cremnus  KREM-nus  Cremna was an ancient city in Pisidia, in Asia Minor  
ranunculacea  ran-un-kew-LAY-see-a  Like Ranunculus (genus name meaning little frog)  
keckii  KEK-ee-eye  Named for David Daniels Keck, 21st century American botanist  
tulipiflora  tew-li-ih-FLOR-a  Having flowers like Tulipa (Tulip genus)  
woodsonii  wood-SON-ee-eye  Named for Robert E. Woodson, Jr., 21st century American botanist and authority on the milkweed (Asclepediaceae) family  
woodsoniana  wood-son-ee-AY-na  Named for Robert E. Woodson, Jr., 21st century American botanist and authority on the milkweed (Asclepediaceae) family  
woodsonianum  wood-son-ee-AY-num  Named for Robert E. Woodson, Jr., 21st century American botanist and authority on the milkweed (Asclepediaceae) family  
woodsonianus  wood-son-ee-AY-nus  Named for Robert E. Woodson, Jr., 21st century American botanist and authority on the milkweed (Asclepediaceae) family  
pseudoferox  soo-do-FER-oks  False ferox (species epithet meaning ferocious)  

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Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

 

And that's the way it was... October 28, 2006