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Covering the events of October 19, 2008
... in which ...
3,171 posts were made.
28 plants were added to PlantFiles.
20 comments were added to PlantFiles.
489 checkboxes were added to PlantFiles.
122 snapshots were added to PlantFiles.
59 entries were added to Botanary.
0 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog.
15 ratings were added to the Garden Watchdog.
0 books were added to the Garden Bookworm.
0 ratings were added to the Garden Bookworm.
"For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth
forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God..."
Gardening Quote of the Day
"There is one thing that you will find practically impossible to carry into your own greenhouse and that is tension.
"( -- Charles Potter, American gardener) Forum Activity
A grand total of 3,171 posts were made yesterday.
| Name | Pronunciation | Meaning |
| Rotheca | roth-EE-kuh | Origin unknown | | Nechamandra | nek-uh-MAN-druh | Origin unknown | | Dymondia | dy-MON-dee-uh | Origin unknown | | Oziroe | oh-ZEE-roh | Origin unknown | | Metopium | me-TOH-pee-um | From the Greek metopon (forehead) | | Piloblephis | pil-oh-BLEF-is | Origin unknown | | X Schimlinia | skim-LIN-ee-uh | Intergeneric hybrid between Franklinia and Schima | | Sclerocarya | skler-oh-KAIR-yuh | Hard Nut | | birrea | BIR-ree-uh | Derived from the word birr, the common name used in Senegal | | foveatus | foh-vee-AY-tus | Pitted | | foveatum | foh-vee-AY-tum | Pitted | | foveata | foh-vee-AY-tuh | Pitted | | foveolatus | foh-vee-oh-LAY-tus | Somewhat pitted | | foveolatum | foh-vee-oh-LAY-tum | Somewhat pitted | | foveolata | foh-vee-oh-LAY-tuh | Somewhat pitted | | fuliginosus | few-lih-gin-OH-sus | Sooty black | | fuliginosum | few-lih-gin-OH-sum | Sooty black | | fuliginosa | few-lih-gin-OH-suh | Sooty black | | fulgineus | ful-GIN-ee-us | Sooty black | | fulgineum | ful-GIN-ee-um | Sooty black | | fulginea | ful-GIN-ee-uh | Sooty black | | castellorum | kas-tel-LOR-um | Castle, fortress; Named for the appearance of Aloe castellorum on historic mountains | | harlana | har-LAY-nuh | For the occurance near Harla, Harar Prov., Ethiopia | | fleurentiniorum | flew-ren-tin-ee-OR-um | Named for French medical technician J. Fleurentin | | calodontus | kal-oh-DON-tus | From the Greek kalos (beautiful) and odous (tooth); Toothed leaf margins | | calodonta | kal-oh-DON-tuh | From the Greek kalos (beautiful) and odous (tooth); Toothed leaf margins | | cantala | kan-TAL-uh | Perhaps from a local Asian verancular name | | cerulata | ker-yoo-LAY-tuh | From the Latin cera (waxy); Waxy leaf surface | | colimana | koh-lim-AY-nuh | For the occurance in Colima, Mexico | | datylio | duh-TY-lee-oh | From the local Mexican vernacular name | | ellemeetiana | el-lem-ee-tee-AY-nuh | For W.C.M. de Jonge van Ellemeet, 19th century Dutch plant fancier and friend of German botanist G. Jacobi | | evadens | EV-uh-denz | Latin word meaning escape, to escape | | fortiflora | for-tih-FLOR-uh | From the Latin fortis (strong, powerful) and florus (flowered) | | fourcroydes | for-KROY-deez | Resembles the genus Fourcroya, which is now Furcraea | | gentryi | JEN-tree-eye | For 20th century American botanist, explorer and Agave specialist Dr. Howard S. Gentry | | hiemiflora | hy-em-ih-FLOR-uh | From the Latin hiems (winter) and florus (flowering) | | hurteri | HURT-er-eye | For Don G. Hurter, who photographed Guatemalan Agaves for W. Trelease | | x leopoldii | lee-oh-POHL-dee-eye | Orgin of the name unknown. Hybrid of A. schidigera and A. filifera | | margaritae | 1: For Margarethe Friedrich, 20th century German teacher and collector of succulent plants who often accompanied German botanist Kurt Dinter
2: mar-gar-EE-tay | For 20th century English botanical cytologist at Kew, Margaret Johnson | | mckelveyana | mak-kel-vee-AY-nuh | For 20th century American botanist, horticulturist and botanical historian Susan A. McKelvey | | moranii | mor-AN-ee-eye | For 20th century American botanist Dr. Reid V. Moran | | multifilifera | mul-tee-fil-LIF-er-uh | From the Latin multi (many), filim (thread) and fera (carrying); referring to the leaf margins | | nayaritensis | nay-ah-ree-tee-EN-sis | Of or from Nayarit, Mexico | | nizandensis | ny-zan-DEN-sis | Of or from Nizanda, Oaxaca, Mexico | | ocahui | oh-KAH-hee | From the local Mexican vernacular name fiber or cordage, Ocahui or Ojahui | | ornithobroma | or-nith-oh-BROH-muh | Bird food | | pachycentra | pak-ee-SEN-truh | From the Greek pachys (thick) and kentron (spur) | | pachycentrus | pak-ee-SEN-trus | From the Greek pachys (thick) and kentron (spur) | | pachycentrum | pak-ee-SEN-trum | From the Greek pachys (thick) and kentron (spur) | | pedunculifera | ped-unk-yoo-LIF-er-uh | Bearing flower stalks | | pedunculiferum | ped-unk-yoo-LIF-er-um | Bearing flower stalks | | pelona | pel-OH-nuh | From the Spanish pelón (bald); refers to the absensce of leaf marginal teeth | | potrerana | poh-trer-AH-nuh | Of or from Cerro Potrero, Chihuahua, Mexico | | promontorii | prom-on-TOR-ee-eye | From the Latin promontorium (high point of land, bluff, cape) | | schidigera | ski-DEE-ger-ruh | Fiber bearing | | seemanniana | see-mahn-ee-AY-nuh | For 19th century German botanist Dr. Berthold Seemann | | seemannianum | see-mahn-ee-AY-num | For 19th century German botanist Dr. Berthold Seemann | | seemannianus | see-mahn-ee-AY-nus | For 19th century German botanist Dr. Berthold Seemann | | shrevei | SHREEV-ee-eye | For 20th century American botanist and ecologist Dr. Forrest Shreve |
| 28 new plants.
20 new descriptions were added.
122 new images were added.
489 new content were checked off.
| Member | Addition | Description |
| MotherNature4 | Comment | 'Aurora'
Guzmania | | eliasastro | Comment | Easter Lily
Lilium longiflorum | | eliasastro | Comment | Maypop, Purple Passion Flower, Passionflower, Apricot Vine
Passiflora incarnata | | Katye | Comment | Cathedral Bells, Cup and Saucer Vine
Cobaea scandens | | dreamwoodck | Comment | Corkscrew Willow, Curly Willow, Pekin Willow, Hankow Willow, Dragon's Claw Willow 'Tortuosa'
Salix matsudana | | straea | Comment | Andean Silver-Leaf Sage
Salvia discolor | | straea | Comment | Angel Trumpet, Angel's Trumpet 'Charles Grimaldi'
Brugmansia | | straea | Comment | Pineapple Sage
Salvia elegans | | rickbayless | Comment | Hot Pepper 'De Arbol'
Capsicum annuum | | timrann | Comment | Palm
Orania ravaka | | BlueBarnLdy | Comment | Clammy Cuphea, Blue Waxweed, Tarweed
Cuphea viscosissima | | eliasastro | Comment | Pineapple Flower, Pineapple Lily
Eucomis autumnalis | | katsu | Comment | Marguerite Daisy, Summer Daisy, Cobbity Daisy, Paris Daisy 'Butterfly'
Argyranthemum | | jackidee | Comment | Weeping Buddleja
Rostrinucula dependens | | onalee | Comment | Allamanda 'Cherries Jubilee'
Allamanda | | curzio | Comment | Fingerling Potato 'Austrian Crescent'
Solanum tuberosum | | curzio | Comment | Potato 'Bake King'
Solanum tuberosum | | Malus2006 | Comment | Cornelian Cherry Dogwood
Cornus mas | | Malus2006 | Comment | Eastern Cottonwood
Populus deltoides | | Mellynuss | Comment | Moonflower, Moon Vine, Giant White Moonflower
Ipomoea alba | | Terri1948 | Image
 | Pansy 'Velour Blue Bronze'
(Viola ) | | rickbayless | Image
 | Hot Pepper 'De Arbol'
(Capsicum annuum) | | Terri1948 | Image
 | Weigela 'Rubidor'
(Weigela ) | | sazzyrose | Image
 | Shrub Rose 'Honeysweet'
(Rosa ) | | DaylilySLP | Image
 | Daylily 'John R. Pike'
(Hemerocallis ) | | victorgardener | Image
 | Dwarf Virginia Sweetspire, Gooseberry 'Little Henry'
(Itea virginica) | | mfpinlh | Image
 | Evergreen Sumac, Tobacco Sumac, Lentisco
(Rhus virens) | | JohnTS71 | Image
 | Red-headed Irishman
(Mammillaria spinosissima) | | rntx22 | Image
 | Malabar Spinach, Red Vine Spinach, Creeping Spinach, Climbing Spinach
(Basella rubra) | | rntx22 | Image
 | Coleus, Flame Nettle, Painted Nettle 'Alabama Sunset'
(Solenostemon scutellarioides) | | Seedsower | Image
 | Daylily 'Pug Yarborough'
(Hemerocallis ) | | victorgardener | Image
 | Staghorn Sumac, Velvet Sumac 'Tiger Eyes'
(Rhus typhina) | | victorgardener | Image
 | Arrowwood, Southern Arrowwood, Roughish Arrowwood 'Blue Muffin'
(Viburnum dentatum) | | victorgardener | Image
 | Hubricht's Blue Star, Narrow Leaf Blue Star, Arkansas Amsonia
(Amsonia hubrichtii) | | rntx22 | Image
 | Coralbush, Coral Plant, Physic Nute, Guatemala Rhubarb
(Jatropha multifida) | | rntx22 | Image
 | Coralbush, Coral Plant, Physic Nute, Guatemala Rhubarb
(Jatropha multifida) | | kennedyh | Image
 | Rusty-pods
(Hovea montana) | | rntx22 | Image
 | Coralbush, Coral Plant, Physic Nute, Guatemala Rhubarb
(Jatropha multifida) | | kennedyh | Image
 | Rusty-pods
(Hovea montana) | | rntx22 | Image
 | Coralbush, Coral Plant, Physic Nute, Guatemala Rhubarb
(Jatropha multifida) | | rntx22 | Image
 | Coralbush, Coral Plant, Physic Nute, Guatemala Rhubarb
(Jatropha multifida) | | Mainecoon | Image
 | Tall Bearded Iris 'Elsa Sass'
(Iris ) | | Mainecoon | Image
 | Tall Bearded Iris 'Touch of Mahogany'
(Iris ) | | sazzyrose | Image
 | Daylily 'Ivory Edges'
(Hemerocallis ) | | Mainecoon | Image
 | Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Party Animal'
(Iris ) | | Mainecoon | Image
 | Tall Bearded Iris 'Victorine'
(Iris ) | | sazzyrose | Image
 | Daylily 'Cherry Cheeks'
(Hemerocallis ) | | renedrag | Image
 | Tall Bearded Iris 'Plum Gleam'
(Iris ) | | BlissfulGarden | Image
 | Plectranthus 'Emerald Lace'
(Plectranthus oertendahlii) | | renedrag | Image
 | Tall Bearded Iris 'Plum Gleam'
(Iris ) | | sazzyrose | Image
 | Daylily 'Paint By Numbers'
(Hemerocallis ) | | styessica | Image
 | Shepherd's Needles, Butterfly Needles, Romerillo
(Bidens alba var. radiata) | | sazzyrose | Image
 | Shrub Rose 'Prairie Joy'
(Rosa ) | | sazzyrose | Image
 | Daylily 'Magic Fingers'
(Hemerocallis ) | | styessica | Image
 | Shepherd's Needles, Butterfly Needles, Romerillo
(Bidens alba var. radiata) | | sazzyrose | Image
 | Shrub Rose 'Golden Unicorn'
(Rosa ) | | sazzyrose | Image
 | Daylily 'Stolen Treasure'
(Hemerocallis ) | | sazzyrose | Image
 | Late, Large-Flowered Clematis, Jackman Clematis 'Jackmanii'
(Clematis ) | | sazzyrose | Image
 | Clematis 'Blue Light'
(Clematis ) | | sazzyrose | Image
 | Late, Large-Flowered Clematis, Jackman Clematis 'Jackmanii'
(Clematis ) | | sazzyrose | Image
 | Shrub Rose 'Hawkeye Belle'
(Rosa ) | | DaylilySLP | Image
 | Daylily 'Grapeade'
(Hemerocallis ) | | DaylilySLP | Image
 | Daylily 'Grapeade'
(Hemerocallis ) | | DaylilySLP | Image
 | Daylily 'Her Best Bloomers'
(Hemerocallis ) | | DaylilySLP | Image
 | Daylily 'Her Best Bloomers'
(Hemerocallis ) | | DaylilySLP | Image
 | Daylily 'Jerry's Whirligig'
(Hemerocallis ) | | DaylilySLP | Image
 | Daylily 'John R. Pike'
(Hemerocallis ) | | DaylilySLP | Image
 | Daylily 'Kansas Kitten'
(Hemerocallis ) | | DaylilySLP | Image
 | Daylily 'Lady Khan'
(Hemerocallis ) | | DaylilySLP | Image
 | Daylily 'Lady Khan'
(Hemerocallis ) | | DaylilySLP | Image
 | Daylily 'Lillian's Crazy Arms'
(Hemerocallis ) | | DaylilySLP | Image
 | Daylily 'Lindy Twirl'
(Hemerocallis ) | | DaylilySLP | Image
 | Daylily 'Lindy Twirl'
(Hemerocallis ) | | DaylilySLP | Image
 | Daylily 'Lines Of Splendor'
(Hemerocallis ) | | DaylilySLP | Image
 | Daylily 'Lines Of Splendor'
(Hemerocallis ) | | Mainecoon | Image
 | Intermediate Bearded Iris 'Delirium'
(Iris ) | | Mainecoon | Image
 | Intermediate Bearded Iris 'Bama Baby'
(Iris ) | | Mainecoon | Image
 | Tall Bearded Iris 'Buenos Aires Revisited'
(Iris ) | | Mainecoon | Image
 | Miniature Tall Bearded 'Aachen Elf'
(Iris ) | | GoldLeaf91011 | Image
 | Episcia, Flame Violet 'Cleopatra'
(Episcia ) | | BlissfulGarden | Image
 | Hairy Toad Lily 'Miyazaki'
(Tricyrtis hirta) | | johnpeten | Image
 | Prairie Acacia, Whiteball Acacia, Fern Acacia, Timbre
(Acacia angustissima) | | johnpeten | Image
 | Prairie Acacia, Whiteball Acacia, Fern Acacia, Timbre
(Acacia angustissima) | | GardenGuyKin | Image
 | Phlox 'McDaniels Cushion'
(Phlox douglasii) | | GardenGuyKin | Image
 | Phlox 'McDaniels Cushion'
(Phlox douglasii) | | ginger749 | Image
 | Mountain Blue Gum, Deane's Gum
(Eucalyptus deanei) | | sazzyrose | Image
 | Hybrid Kordesii Rose 'William Baffin'
(Rosa ) | | Terri1948 | Image
 | Coral Bells 'Georgia Peach'
(Heuchera ) | | Terri1948 | Image
 | Coral Bells, Alumroot, Coralbells, Alum Root 'Jade Gloss'
(Heuchera ) | | sazzyrose | Image
 | Modern Rose, Parkland Rose, Shrub Rose 'Winnipeg Parks'
(Rosa ) | | sazzyrose | Image
 | Hybrid Rugosa Rose 'Rugelda'
(Rosa ) | | sazzyrose | Image
 | Shrub Rose 'Morden Cardinette'
(Rosa ) | | slcdms | Image
 | Mexican Sunflower 'Aztec Sun'
(Tithonia rotundifolia) | | sazzyrose | Image
 | Shrub Rose 'Morden Ruby'
(Rosa ) | | sazzyrose | Image
 | Shrub Rose 'Lambert Closse'
(Rosa ) | | sazzyrose | Image
 | Floribunda Rose 'Morden Fireglow'
(Rosa ) | | sazzyrose | Image
 | Shrub Rose 'Prairie Star'
(Rosa ) | | sazzyrose | Image
 | Shrub Rose 'Morden Belle'
(Rosa ) | | sazzyrose | Image
 | Shrub Rose 'Country Dancer'
(Rosa ) | | sazzyrose | Image
 | Rugosa Rose 'Wasagaming'
(Rosa ) | | sazzyrose | Image
 | Hybrid Kordesii Rose, Shrub Rose 'Quadra'
(Rosa ) | | sazzyrose | Image
 | Shrub Rose 'Emily Carr'
(Rosa ) | | sazzyrose | Image
 | Shrub Rose 'Morden Sunrise'
(Rosa ) | | sazzyrose | Image
 | Shrub Rose 'Distant Drums'
(Rosa ) | | sazzyrose | Image
 | Hybrid Rugosa Rose 'Topaz Jewel'
(Rosa ) | | timrann | Image
 | Palm
(Orania ravaka) | | timrann | Image
 | Palm
(Orania trispatha) | | amberlwh | Image
 | Bacopa
(Sutera cordata) | | Seedsower | Image
 | Daylily 'Enticing Elegance'
(Hemerocallis ) | | Seedsower | Image
 | Daylily 'Scandalous'
(Hemerocallis ) | | BlissfulGarden | Image
 | Sasanqua Camellia, Autumn Camellia 'Sparkling Burgundy'
(Camellia sasanqua) | | Seedsower | Image
 | Daylily 'Black Ambrosia'
(Hemerocallis ) | | BlissfulGarden | Image
 | Sasanqua Camellia, Autumn Camellia 'Sparkling Burgundy'
(Camellia sasanqua) | | Seedsower | Image
 | Daylily 'Jambalaya'
(Hemerocallis ) | | Seedsower | Image
 | Daylily 'Spacecoast Sharp Tooth'
(Hemerocallis ) | | Seedsower | Image
 | Daylily 'Spacecoast Technical Knock Out'
(Hemerocallis ) | | BlissfulGarden | Image
 | Encore Azalea 'Autumn Embers'
(Rhododendron ) | | Seedsower | Image
 | Daylily 'Real Purple Star'
(Hemerocallis ) | | Seedsower | Image
 | Daylily 'Mort Morss'
(Hemerocallis ) | | Seedsower | Image
 | Daylily 'Artistic Web'
(Hemerocallis ) | | Seedsower | Image
 | Daylily 'Chocolate Ripples'
(Hemerocallis ) | | BlissfulGarden | Image
 | Plumbago, Cape Leadwort
(Plumbago auriculata) | | Seedsower | Image
 | Daylily 'Atlanta Rufflette'
(Hemerocallis ) | | Seedsower | Image
 | Daylily 'Baracuda Bay'
(Hemerocallis ) | | Seedsower | Image
 | Daylily 'Sabine Baur'
(Hemerocallis ) | | BlissfulGarden | Image
 | Climbing Polyantha Rose 'Everblooming Cl. Cecile Brunner'
(Rosa ) | | lzyjo | Image
 | Roselle, Jamaican Tea, Maple-Leaf Hibiscus, Florida Cranberry, October Hibiscus, Red Sorrell
(Hibiscus sabdariffa) | | ginger749 | Image
 | Drooping Mistletoe
(Amyema pendulum) | | Seedsower | Image
 | Daylily 'Comic Strip'
(Hemerocallis ) | | ginger749 | Image
 | Drooping Mistletoe
(Amyema pendulum) | | ginger749 | Image
 | Drooping Mistletoe
(Amyema pendulum) | | ginger749 | Image
 | Drooping Mistletoe
(Amyema pendulum) | | ginger749 | Image
 | Drooping Mistletoe
(Amyema pendulum) | | ginger749 | Image
 | Dusky Coral Pea
(Kennedia rubicunda) | | ginger749 | Image
 | Tree Trigger-plant, Larch-leaf Trigger-plant
(Stylidium laricifolium) | | johnpeten | Image
 | Dwarf Papyrus 'Nanus'
(Cyperus papyrus) | | ginger749 | Image
 | Dusky Coral Pea
(Kennedia rubicunda) | | victorgardener | Image
 | Virginia Sweetspire, Virginia Willow, Gooseberry, Tassel-white 'Saturnalia'
(Itea virginica) | | victorgardener | Image
 | Tulip Poplar, Tulip Tree
(Liriodendron tulipifera) | | kennedyh | Image
 | Apple, Rough-barked Apple
(Angophora floribunda) | | kennedyh | Image
 | Apple, Rough-barked Apple
(Angophora floribunda) | | kennedyh | Image
 | Rusty-pods
(Hovea montana) |
| No new companies were added to the database.
15 new ratings/comments were added to the database.
No new books were added to the database.
No new ratings/comments were added to the database.
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And that's the way it was... October 19, 2008 |
