The PlantFiles Newsletter Covering the events of March 7, 2008, on which 218 members joined.

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Member Addition Description mgarr Silk Cotton Tree, Kapok Tree, Red Silk Cotton Tree (Bombax ceiba) mgarr Star Fruit (Averrhoa carambola) Happy_1 Croton (Codiaeum variegatum) adbjwb Daylily 'Isaac' (Hemerocallis ) adbjwb Daylily 'American Revolution' (Hemerocallis ) adbjwb Daylily 'American Revolution' (Hemerocallis ) adbjwb Daylily 'Golden Trumpeter' (Hemerocallis ) cocoajuno Mountain Cornflower, Mountain Bluet, Perennial Cornflower (Centaurea montana) cocoajuno Cheddar Pink 'Raspberry Swirl' (Dianthus ) kennedyh Coastal Beard-heath (Leucopogon parviflorus) SW_gardener Red Bird of Paradise, Dwarf Poinciana, Pride of Barbados, Peacock Flower, flamboyan-de-jardin, pink 'Compton' (Caesalpinia pulcherrima) kennedyh Climbing Heath (Prionotes cerinthoides) adbjwb Daylily 'Precious One' (Hemerocallis ) kennedyh Coastal Beard-heath (Leucopogon parviflorus) kennedyh Coastal Beard-heath (Leucopogon parviflorus) Daveaun Sword Bean (Canavalia gladiata) adbjwb Daylily 'Fountain Tune' (Hemerocallis ) kennedyh Coastal Beard-heath (Leucopogon parviflorus) adbjwb Daylily 'Ben Arthur Davis' (Hemerocallis ) DaylilySLP Odontonia Memoria Martin Orenstein 'Lulu' (Odontonia ) DaylilySLP Lycaste Concentration 'Sand Bar' (Lycaste ) DaylilySLP Lycaste Sunray 'Adeyaka' (Lycaste ) DaylilySLP Phalaenopsis Dou-dii Perfume (Phalaenopsis ) DaylilySLP Odontioda Flaming Ross 'Strawberry Flambeau' (Odontioda ) DaylilySLP Oncidium Sharry Baby 'Sweet Fragrance' (Oncidium ) mgh Zabel Sea Holly (Eryngium x zabelii) DaylilySLP Sophrocattleya Calypso (Sophrocattleya ) DaylilySLP Paphiopedilum Alice Doherty 'Friendships' (Paphiopedilum ) Heavinscent Day Jessamine (Cestrum diurnum) Syrumani Wright's Morning Glory (Ipomoea wrightii) Jsorens (Campanulastrum americanum) chrisw99 Dutch Hyacinth 'Mirtilios' (Hyacinthus orientalis) Mr_Crocosmia Crocosmia 'Sultan' (Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora) altagardener Sierra Lewisia, Nevada Lewisia, Sierra Bitter-root 'Rosea' (Lewisia nevadensis) altagardener Masterwort (Peucedanum ostruthium) Kell Aloe 'Blue Elf' (Aloe ) Kell Aloe 'Blue Elf' (Aloe ) QCHammy Sierra Leone Lily 'Fireflash' (Chlorophytum ) Kell Echeveria 'Blue Sky' (Echeveria ) QCHammy Vertical Leaf Senecio (Senecio crassissimus) QCHammy Sierra Leone Lily 'Fireflash' (Chlorophytum ) thistlesifter Haworthia (Haworthia pygmaea) Mr_Crocosmia Crocosmia 'Hill House' (Crocosmia ) Mr_Crocosmia Crocosmia 'Walberton Yellow' (Crocosmia ) MikosGirl Stokes' Aster, Stokes Aster, Cornflower Aster 'Blue Danube' (Stokesia laevis) MikosGirl Baby Sage, Blackcurrant Sage, Cherry Sage, Delta Sage, Graham's Sage, Little Leaf Sage 'Hot Lips' (Salvia microphylla) MikosGirl Sundrops, Texas Primrose, Berlandier's Sundrops (Calylophus berlandieri) MikosGirl Shrub Rose 'Knock Out' (Rosa ) MikosGirl Yellow Flag (Iris pseudacorus) MikosGirl Bloody Mary, Bloody William, Dusty Miller, Lychnis, Mullein Pinks, Rose Campion (Lychnis coronaria) MikosGirl Coral Honeysuckle, Trumpet Honeysuckle 'Alabama Crimson' (Lonicera sempervirens) MikosGirl Weeping Redbud, Eastern Redbud, Canadian Redbud, Judas Tree 'Lavender Twist' (Cercis canadensis) Xenomorf California Sage (Salvia californica) Christabelle Hairy Alumroot 'Encore' (Heuchera villosa) Christabelle Hairy Alumroot 'Tiramisu' (Heuchera villosa) Mr_Crocosmia Crocosmia 'Wasdale Strain' (Crocosmia ) Mr_Crocosmia Crocosmia 'Shocking' (Crocosmia ) pixie62560 Daylily 'Over The Top' (Hemerocallis ) Xenomorf California Sage (Salvia californica) Xenomorf California Sage (Salvia californica) Xenomorf California Sage (Salvia californica) Xenomorf Staghorn Cholla, Morada Cholla (Cylindropuntia versicolor) Xenomorf Staghorn Cholla, Morada Cholla (Cylindropuntia versicolor) Christabelle Rose Mallow 'Summer Storm' (Hibiscus ) Christabelle Rose Mallow 'Summer Storm' (Hibiscus )

New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning rorudiana   ro-rud-e-AH-na   Named for Miss Borghild Rorud, a Norwegian student who accompanied collectors to the Galapagos Islands   alternans   al-ter-NANZ   Alternating   euryphyllidia   yoor-ee-fil-LID-ee-a   The diminutive form of euryphylla; from the Greek eurys (broad) and phyllon (leaf)   setulosa   set-yoo-LO-sa   Having little bristles   setulosum   set-yoo-LO-sum   Having little bristles   setulosus   set-yoo-LO-sus   Having little bristles   MIchauxia   miss-SHOW-ee-a   Named for Andre Michaux, 18th century French botanist   caloneura   kal-oh-NOOR-a   From the Greek kalos (beautiful) and neuron (vein, nerve)   Vandopsis   van-DOP-sis   Resembling Vanda, the sanskrit name for a genus of orchids   Astripomoea   as-trip-oh-MEE-a   From the Greek astron (star) and Ipomoea (worm-like)   thunbergiana   thun-berg-ee-AY-na   Named for Carl Peter Thunberg, 19th century Swedish botanist   thunbergianus   thun-berg-ee-AY-nus   Named for Carl Peter Thunberg, 19th century Swedish botanist   thunbergianum   thun-berg-ee-AY-num   Named for Carl Peter Thunberg, 19th century Swedish botanist   pedroensis   ped-ro-EN-sis   Of or from San Pedro, Argentina   Xanthocyparis   zan-tho-SIP-a-riss   From the Greek xanthos (yellow) and kuparissos (cypress), referring to its relation to Cupressus (Cypress)

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Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... March 7, 2008