The PlantFiles Newsletter Covering the events of March 9, 2008, on which 222 members joined.

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(Henry Ward (Harry) Beecher, American clergyman)

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Member Addition Description chicochi3 Buschel Rose, Wreath Rose (Rosa multiflora) kennedyh Giant Grass Tree, Pandani (Richea pandanifolia) kniphofia English Wallflower, Common Wallflower (Erysimum cheiri) Ladysaltfire Hybrid Tea Rose 'Oregold' (Rosa ) tucsonjill English Pea 'Wando' (Pisum sativum) Morph Ball Luffa, Luffah, Sponge Cucumber (Luffa operculata) Morph Ball Luffa, Luffah, Sponge Cucumber (Luffa operculata) Morph Ball Luffa, Luffah, Sponge Cucumber (Luffa operculata) ViburnumValley Witch Hazel 'Moonlight' (Hamamelis x intermedia) ViburnumValley Witch Hazel 'Moonlight' (Hamamelis x intermedia) TheLoveofFlowers Eastern Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) TheLoveofFlowers Eastern Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) ownedbycats Daylily 'Oriental Mystery' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Ocean Rain' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Optical Art' (Hemerocallis ) ViburnumValley Japanese Witch Hazel 'Rubra' (Hamamelis japonica) ViburnumValley Japanese Witch Hazel 'Rubra' (Hamamelis japonica) DaylilySLP Phalaenopsis Kumason Bear 'Sun Flair' (Phalaenopsis ) DaylilySLP Phalaenopsis Brecko Dawnet 'Summerfield Porcelain Doll' (Phalaenopsis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Mandatory Evacuation' (Hemerocallis ) DaylilySLP Phalaenopsis Salu Matchmaker (Phalaenopsis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Cranberry Zinger' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Girls Rule' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Dream Catcher' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Orchid Moonrise' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Four Diamonds' (Hemerocallis ) DaylilySLP Doritaenopsis Fureshing Pretty 'Lover' (Doritaenopsis ) DaylilySLP Doritaenopsis Fureshing Pretty (Doritaenopsis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'On The Web' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Dario Bergemann' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Storm Damage' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Top Cat' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Cyber Zone' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Moon Ladder' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Feeding Frenzy' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Dragon Flight' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Passion Fury' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Hooked On A Feeling' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Eye of the Hurricane' (Hemerocallis ) DaylilySLP Paphiopedilum Orchilla 'Chilton' (Paphiopedilum ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Micro Dots' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Micro Mini' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Micro Wave' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Curious George' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Cosmic Sensation' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Eight Miles High' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Lies and Lipstick' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Spacecoast Sharp Tooth' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Spacecoast Shiner' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Madeline Nettles Eyes' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Jamaican Me Crazy' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Jamaican Love' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Blackberry Jack' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Blackberries and Cream' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Captain Blue' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Lucky Dragon' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Lavender Romance' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Volusian Spider' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Hold Your Horses' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'So Many Stars' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Peanut Gallery' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Not Of This World' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Skeezix' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Cast A Spell' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Skeezix' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Magician's Apprentice' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Which Way' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Fantasy Eyes' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Out of the Blue' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Blue Oasis' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Child Within' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Broadway Mystique' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Little By Little' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Pixie Plaything' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Got the Blues' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Blink Of An Eye' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Intergalactic Interlude' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Flying Saucer Blues' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Triassic Teeth' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Winged Migration' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Raptor Rap' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Tri-Colored Bite' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Ledgewood's Stolen Dreams' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Happy Apache' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Alien Invader' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Tesseract' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Eyed Twister' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Whirlpool Galaxy' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Carpathian Cavalier' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Footloose Fancy' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Tapestry in Time' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Oceans Eleven' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Sorcerer's Hat' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Stars In The Mist' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Pumpkin Mime' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Minstrel's Fire' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Isle Of Zanzibar' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Wizard's Whimsy' (Hemerocallis ) joegee Bougainvillea 'Raspberry Ice' (Bougainvillea brasiliensis) ownedbycats Daylily 'Small Tempest' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Enchanter's Legacy' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Spirit Weaver' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'California Blues' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Pixie Paintbrush' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Korean Kite' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Fire Down Below' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Infinity & Beyond' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Entering Warp Speed' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Craig Green' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Bertie' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Cedar Key' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Knaves Gambit' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'San Luis Halloween' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Root Beer Truffle' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Big Dipper' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Circle Upon Cirlce' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Cryptic Cypher' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Spirited Butterfly' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Wyoming Wildfire' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Little Butterfly Kisses' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Holy Mackerel' (Hemerocallis ) ownedbycats Daylily 'Quest For Excalibur' (Hemerocallis ) ViburnumValley Japanese Witch Hazel 'Rubra' (Hamamelis japonica) barcocady Magnolia 'Jane' (Magnolia ) GardenGuyKin Indian Plum, Oso Berry, Bird Cherry (Oemleria cerasiformis) htop Turk's Cap (Malvaviscus arboreus) htop Turk's Cap (Malvaviscus arboreus) htop Turk's Cap (Malvaviscus arboreus) Eglantyne Moss Rose 'William Lobb' (Rosa ) Eglantyne Moss Rose 'William Lobb' (Rosa ) MikosGirl Lantana 'Miss Huff' (Lantana camara) Eglantyne Moss Rose 'William Lobb' (Rosa ) Eglantyne English Rose, Austin Rose 'James Galway' (Rosa ) Eglantyne Shrub Rose 'Freisinger Morgenröte' (Rosa ) Xenomorf Tansyaster (Machaeranthera asteroides var. glandulosa) ViburnumValley Vernal Witchhazel 'Red Imp' (Hamamelis vernalis) Xenomorf Yellow Columbine 'Yellow Star' (Aquilegia chrysantha) Xenomorf Yellow Columbine 'Yellow Star' (Aquilegia chrysantha) Xenomorf Yellow Columbine 'Yellow Star' (Aquilegia chrysantha) Xenomorf Yellow Columbine 'Yellow Star' (Aquilegia chrysantha) Xenomorf Yellow Columbine 'Yellow Star' (Aquilegia chrysantha) CMoxon Rhipsalis (Rhipsalis campos-portoana) CMoxon Rhipsalis (Rhipsalis campos-portoana) CMoxon Sweet Orange 'Trovita' (Citrus sinensis) CMoxon Sweet Orange 'Trovita' (Citrus sinensis) CMoxon Sweet Orange 'Trovita' (Citrus sinensis) ViburnumValley Vernal Witchhazel 'Red Imp' (Hamamelis vernalis) ViburnumValley Vernal Witchhazel 'Red Imp' (Hamamelis vernalis) bonitin Hellebore 'Wilgenbroek Yellow' (Helleborus orientalis) bonitin Hellebore 'Wilgenbroek Yellow' (Helleborus orientalis) bonitin Hellebore 'Wilgenbroek Dark' (Helleborus orientalis) bonitin Hellebore 'Wilgenbroek Dark' (Helleborus orientalis) bonitin Hellebore 'Picotee' (Helleborus orientalis) bonitin Hellebore 'Picotee' (Helleborus orientalis) kmenzel Nun's Orchid, Nun's Cap Orchid, Chinese Ground Orchid, Red Crane Orchid, Swamp lily, Veiled Nun Orch (Phaius tankervilliae) Eglantyne English Rose, Austin Rose 'Constance Spry' (Rosa ) Eglantyne English Rose, Austin Rose 'Constance Spry' (Rosa ) Eglantyne Shrub Rose 'Captain Samuel Holland' (Rosa ) ViburnumValley Chinese Witch Hazel 'Wisley Supreme' (Hamamelis mollis) Eglantyne Shrub Rose 'Captain Samuel Holland' (Rosa ) ViburnumValley Chinese Witch Hazel 'Wisley Supreme' (Hamamelis mollis) Eglantyne Daylily 'Spacecoast Bold Scheme' (Hemerocallis ) ViburnumValley Chinese Witch Hazel 'Wisley Supreme' (Hamamelis mollis) Eglantyne Daylily 'Always Afternoon' (Hemerocallis ) ViburnumValley Witch Hazel 'Amethyst' (Hamamelis ) kennedyh Holly Lomatia (Lomatia ilicifolia) kennedyh Giant Grass Tree, Pandani (Richea pandanifolia) kennedyh Giant Grass Tree, Pandani (Richea pandanifolia) kennedyh Giant Grass Tree, Pandani (Richea pandanifolia) ViburnumValley Witch Hazel 'Amethyst' (Hamamelis ) ViburnumValley Witch Hazel 'Amethyst' (Hamamelis ) MikosGirl Hellebore 'Ivory Prince' (Helleborus x nigersmithii) ViburnumValley Witch Hazel 'Allgold' (Hamamelis x intermedia) ViburnumValley Witch Hazel 'Allgold' (Hamamelis x intermedia) giancarlo Philodendron (Philodendron longistylum) giancarlo Philodendron (Philodendron longistylum) ViburnumValley Witch Hazel 'Allgold' (Hamamelis x intermedia) MikosGirl Eastern Redbud, Canadian Redbud, Judas Tree (Cercis canadensis) MikosGirl Eastern Redbud, Canadian Redbud, Judas Tree (Cercis canadensis) MikosGirl Coral Bark Japanese Maple 'Sango-kaku' (Acer palmatum) MikosGirl Hellebore 'Ivory Prince' (Helleborus x nigersmithii) Eglantyne Grandiflora Rose 'Wild Blue Yonder' (Rosa ) Eglantyne Grandiflora Rose 'Wild Blue Yonder' (Rosa ) Eglantyne Grandiflora Rose 'Wild Blue Yonder' (Rosa ) Eglantyne Shrub Rose 'Rhapsody in Blue' (Rosa ) Eglantyne Shrub Rose 'Rhapsody in Blue' (Rosa ) ViburnumValley Witch Hazel 'Arnold Promise' (Hamamelis x intermedia) Eglantyne Shrub Rose 'Rhapsody in Blue' (Rosa ) Eglantyne Rose 'Tahitian Moon' (Rosa ) ViburnumValley Witch Hazel 'Arnold Promise' (Hamamelis x intermedia)

New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning Mohavea   mo-HAH-vee-a   Refers to the Mojave River area in California, where this plant was first collected   luzonicum   loo-ZAWN-ih-cum   derived from Luzon, the largest of the Philippine islands   juliae   joo-lee-ay   Named for Julia Mlokossjewicz, early 20th century naturalist who discovered it in the Caucasus mountains of southwest Russia   equatorialis   eek-wi-tor-ee-AL-lis   Of or from the equatorial regions; also spelled aequatorialis   schmitzii   SHMITZ-ee-eye   Named for Andre Schmitz, 21st century plant collector in Africa   picrophylla   pik-ro-FIL-a   From the Greek picro (bitter) and phyllon (leaf)   fimbriosepala   fim-bree-oh-SEP-a-la   Having fringed sepals; also spelled fimbrisepalus   liemianum   ly-em-ee-AH-num   Named for Liem Khe Wie, 21st century Indonesian nurseryman   breekpoortensis   breek-poort-EN-sis   Of or from Breekpoort, South Africa   multipinnata   mul-tee-pin-NAY-ta   Many-feathered   songpanense   song-pan-EN-see   Of or from Songpan, China   Jungermannia   yung-er-MAHN-ee-a   Named for Ludwig Jungermann, 17th century German botanist   jungermannioides   yung-er-mahn-ee-OY-deez   Resembles Jungermannia, a genus named for 17th century German botanist Ludwig Jungermann   Ceratostema   ser-at-oh-STEM-a   From the Greek keras (horn) and stema (stamen, wreath)   cayensis   kay-EN-sis   Of or from the cays or keys little islands or coral reefs, primarily found near the southern coast of Florida, U.S.   Schisandra   skiz-AN-dra   From the Greek schizein (to split, divide, or cleave) and andos (male, stamen), referring to the separate anther cells

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Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... March 9, 2008