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Covering the events of November 3, 2008, on which 140 members joined.
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Gardening Quote of the Day

"Murphy's Laws of Gardening (with apologies to Mr. Murphy) Other people's tools work only in other people's gardens. Whenever you set out to do anything worthwhile in the garden, something else needs doing first. Fancy gadgets don't work. If nobody uses it, there's a reason. You get the most of what you need the least."

(Edward A. Murphy, Jr., USAF engineer)

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Activity Report:

30 new plants were added to the database.
36 new descriptions were added.
76 new images were added.
387 new options were checked off.

Comments

Member Addition Description
ginger749 Positive CommentHomoranthus Mousebush
(Homoranthus papillatus)
MotherNature4 Positive CommentAechmea
(Aechmea gamosepala var. nivea)
Cretaceous Neutral CommentCleveland's lipfern
(Cheilanthes clevelandii)
gothqueen Positive CommentOrchid
(Bulbophyllum blumei)
MotherNature4 Positive CommentAechmea, Bromeliad 'Rubra'
(Aechmea mulfordii)
Cretaceous Neutral CommentCochise Scaly Cloakfern
(Astrolepis cochisensis)
Cretaceous Neutral CommentJones' False Cloak Fern, False Cloak Fern
(Argyrochosma jonesii)
Cretaceous Neutral CommentSouthwestern False Cloak Fern
(Argyrochosma limitanea)
Cretaceous Neutral CommentCalifornia Cloak Fern
(Notholaena californica)
Cretaceous Neutral CommentMaxon's Goldback Fern
(Pentagramma triangularis subsp. maxonii)
Cretaceous Neutral CommentBrewer's Cliffbrake
(Pellaea breweri)
Cretaceous Neutral CommentSpiny Cliffbrake
(Pellaea truncata)
Pughbear7 Positive CommentYaupon Holly
(Ilex vomitoria)
Kendalia Positive CommentMexican Buckeye
(Ungnadia speciosa)
Kendalia Neutral CommentTexas Persimmon
(Diospyros texana)
ginger749 Positive CommentYellow Tails
(Ptilotus nobilis)
ginger749 Positive CommentZig Zag Wattle
(Acacia macradenia)
Cretaceous Neutral CommentCheilanthes
(Cheilanthes longipila)
Cretaceous Neutral CommentScaled Cloak Fern
(Notholaena aschenborniana)
Cretaceous Neutral CommentGraceful Lipfern
(Cheilanthes yavapensis)
Cretaceous Neutral CommentWright's Lipfern
(Cheilanthes wrightii)
Cretaceous Neutral CommentPellaea
(Pellaea nitidula)
tashmoore Neutral CommentPygmy Sword Plant
(Echinodorus tenellus)
Beebe54 Positive CommentBuchanan's Sage, Purple Autumn Sage
(Salvia buchananii)
mpl_35 Positive CommentFloribunda Rose 'Iceberg'
(Rosa )
Dave_T Negative CommentJapanese Knotweed, False Bamboo, Mexican Bamboo
(Fallopia japonica)
mocjack Positive CommentGlory Pea, Sturt's Desert Pea
(Swainsona formosa)
Cretaceous Neutral CommentPellaea
(Pellaea fallax)
CurtisJones Positive CommentSunflower 'Mammoth'
(Helianthus annuus)
CurtisJones Positive CommentSweet Pea 'High Scent'
(Lathyrus odoratus)
CurtisJones Positive CommentSweet Marjoram, Knotted Marjoram
(Origanum majorana)
DASIYS Positive CommentFrench Marigold 'Petite Mix'
(Tagetes patula)
CurtisJones Positive CommentWatercress
(Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum)
CurtisJones Positive CommentGarden Cress, Pepper Cress 'Wrinkled Crinkled Crumpled'
(Lepidium sativum)
tcs1366 Positive CommentFrench Marigold 'Disco Red'
(Tagetes patula)
Lily_love Neutral CommentRed-leaf Giant Crinum, Poison Bulb, Giant Crinum Lily, Grand Crinum Lily, Spider Lily
(Crinum asiaticum var. procerum)

Images

Member Addition Description
mgarrImageWinter Squash 'Super Delite'
(Cucurbita maxima)
gothqueenImageLady Palm 'Zuiko Nishiki'
(Rhapis excelsa)
mgarrImageWinter Cassia 'California Gold'
(Senna bicapsularis)
palmbobImageCrassula 'Moonglow'
(Crassula )
Jeff_BeckImagePoison Ivy, Eastern Poison Ivy
(Toxicodendron radicans)
Jeff_BeckImageTexas Red Oak, Spanish Oak, Spotted Oak, Red Oak, Rock Oak
(Quercus buckleyi)
altagardenerImageSpecies Rose, Incense Rose
(Rosa primula)
WaterCan2ImageShowy Goldenrod
(Solidago speciosa)
KellImageStar of Lundi, Lundi Star
(Pachypodium saundersii)
KellImageStar of Lundi, Lundi Star
(Pachypodium saundersii)
KellImageStar of Lundi, Lundi Star
(Pachypodium saundersii)
mgarrImageIrregular Incurve Mum 'Kokka Senkin'
(Chrysanthemum morifolium)
mgarrImageIrregular Incurve Mum 'Crimson Tide'
(Chrysanthemum morifolium)
mgarrImageBowie Woodsorrel
(Oxalis bowiei)
mgarrImageWinter Cassia 'California Gold'
(Senna bicapsularis)
mgarrImageGourd 'Mayo Warty Bule'
(Lagenaria siceraria)
mgarrImageAlocasia 'Stingray'
(Alocasia )
gothqueenImagePhilodendron
(Philodendron squamiferum)
gothqueenImagePhilodendron
(Philodendron squamiferum)
gothqueenImageLady Palm 'Nanzan Nishiki'
(Rhapis excelsa)
victorgardenerImageDwarf Fothergilla, Dwarf Witch Alder 'Blue Shadow'
(Fothergilla gardenii)
KellImageRed Edge Echeveria, Lipstick Echeveria
(Echeveria agavoides)
gothqueenImageSunset Palm
(Calyptrocalyx polyphyllus)
gothqueenImageLady Palm 'Heisei Nishiki'
(Rhapis excelsa)
victorgardenerImageRedvein Enkianthus 'Showy Lantern'
(Enkianthus campanulatus)
victorgardenerImageDwarf Fothergilla, Dwarf Witch Alder 'Blue Shadow'
(Fothergilla gardenii)
victorgardenerImageDwarf Fothergilla, Dwarf Witch Alder 'Blue Shadow'
(Fothergilla gardenii)
KellImageRed Edge Echeveria, Lipstick Echeveria
(Echeveria agavoides)
KellImageRed Edge Echeveria, Lipstick Echeveria
(Echeveria agavoides)
KellImageRed Edge Echeveria, Lipstick Echeveria
(Echeveria agavoides)
gothqueenImageChuniophoenix
(Chuniophoenix nana)
victorgardenerImageJapanese Maple 'Beni ubi gohan'
(Acer palmatum)
victorgardenerImageJapanese Maple 'Kamagata'
(Acer palmatum)
victorgardenerImageCutleaf Japanese Maple, Threadleaf Japanese Maple 'Green Mist'
(Acer palmatum var. dissectum)
victorgardenerImageCutleaf Japanese Maple, Threadleaf Japanese Maple 'Octopus'
(Acer palmatum var. dissectum)
palmbobImageAgave, Century Plant, American Aloe, Maguey 'Mediopicta'
(Agave americana)
victorgardenerImageJapanese Maple 'Shidava Gold'
(Acer palmatum)
palmbobImageAloe
(Aloe delphinensis)
palmbobImageAloe
(Aloe deltoideodonta subsp. fallax)
tmcculloImagePineapple Guava, Feijoa
(Acca sellowiana)
victorgardenerImageWitch Alder, Large Fothergilla, Mount Airy Bottlebrush 'Mt. Airy'
(Fothergilla )
palmbobImageAloe
(Aloe deltoideodonta subsp. fallax)
victorgardenerImageWitch Alder, Large Fothergilla, Mount Airy Bottlebrush 'Mt. Airy'
(Fothergilla )
victorgardenerImagePanicle Hydrangea, Tree Hydrangea 'Limelight'
(Hydrangea paniculata)
palmbobImageAloe
(Aloe lineata)
palmbobImageFlat-flowered Aloe
(Aloe marlothii)
victorgardenerImageSmoke Tree 'Grace'
(Cotinus )
victorgardenerImageSmoke Tree 'Grace'
(Cotinus )
victorgardenerImageJapanese Maple 'Koto no ito'
(Acer palmatum)
victorgardenerImageJapanese Maple 'Koto no ito'
(Acer palmatum)
victorgardenerImageBurkwood Viburnum 'Mohawk'
(Viburnum x burkwoodii)
victorgardenerImageFragrant Sumac 'Grow-Low'
(Rhus aromatica)
tmcculloImageTriangle Palm
(Dypsis decaryi)
tmcculloImageSapodilla, Nispero
(Manilkara zapota)
tmcculloImageFoxtail Palm
(Wodyetia bifurcata)
tmcculloImageMajesty Palm
(Ravenea rivularis)
tmcculloImageGiant Scaly Tree Fern, Australian Tree Fern 'Brentwood'
(Cyathea cooperi)
tmcculloImageGiant Scaly Tree Fern, Australian Tree Fern 'Brentwood'
(Cyathea cooperi)
palmbobImageAloe 'Medusa'
(Aloe )
palmbobImageAloe
(Aloe vacillans)
palmbobImageAloe
(Aloe vacillans)
palmbobImageAloe
(Aloe vacillans)
palmbobImageWatch Chain Plant, Clubmoss Crassula, Princess Pine, Rattail Crassula
(Crassula muscosa)
palmbobImageCrassula
(Crassula nudicaulis var. platyphylla)
palmbobImageKashmir Cypress
(Cupressus cashmeriana)
palmbobImageCorn Cob Euphorbia, Corkscrew
(Euphorbia mammillaris)
palmbobImageEuphorbia
(Euphorbia virosa)
palmbobImageAfrican Milk Tree
(Euphorbia trigona f. rubra)
palmbobImageKalanchoe
(Kalanchoe rhombopilosa)
kennedyhImageTiny Caladenia
(Caladenia pusilla)
kennedyhImageTiny Caladenia
(Caladenia pusilla)
kennedyhImageTiny Caladenia
(Caladenia pusilla)
kennedyhImageDwarf Greenhood
(Pterostylis nana)
kennedyhImageDwarf Greenhood
(Pterostylis nana)
Jeff_BeckImageGreenbrier, Cowvine
(Smilax bona-nox)
Jeff_BeckImageAmerican Elm, White Elm
(Ulmus americana)

New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning
Labourdonnaisia  lah-bor-doh-NAY-see-uh  For French Count Bertrand François Mahé de La Bourdonnais, 18th century Governor of Mauritius  
longipedicellata  lon-jee-ped-ih-sel-LAY-tuh  Having long flower stalks  
longipedicellatum  lon-jee-ped-ih-sel-LAY-tum  Having long flower stalks  
longipedicellatus  lon-jee-ped-ih-sel-LAY-tus  Having long flower stalks  
schinzii  SHINZ-ee-eye  For 20th century Swiss botanist Dr. Hans Schinz  
scitula  SKIT-yoo-luh  Pretty, neat  
scitulus  SKIT-yoo-lus  Pretty, neat  
scitulum  SKIT-yoo-lum  Pretty, neat  
tsomoensis  soh-moh-EN-sis  Of or from Tsomo, South America  
dwequensis  dwe-KWEN-sis  Of or from Dwequa River, Ceres Karoo, South Africa  
orpenii  or-PEN-ee-eye  For Redmond Orpen of Kleinzee, Northern Cape, South Africa. No further infromation is available  
malherbei  mal-HERB-ee-eye  For M. Malherbe. No further information is available.  

Plants Added Yesterday:

Plant
Aechmea
Aechmea gamosepala var. nivea
Orchid
Bulbophyllum blumei
Aechmea, Bromeliad 'Rubra'
Aechmea mulfordii
Peony 'Crazy Daisy'
Paeonia lactiflora
Irregular Incurve Mum 'Kokka Senkin'
Chrysanthemum morifolium
Aechmea, Bromeliad, Christmas Jewels
Aechmea racinae
Irregular Incurve Mum 'Crimson Tide'
Chrysanthemum morifolium
Lady Palm 'Zuiko Nishiki'
Rhapis excelsa
Lady Palm 'Nanzan Nishiki'
Rhapis excelsa
Lady Palm 'Heisei Nishiki'
Rhapis excelsa
Maxon's Goldback Fern
Pentagramma triangularis subsp. maxonii
Aster
Aster sedifolius
Dombeya
Dombeya acutangula
Native Fuchsia
Eremophila youngii
Cheilanthes
Cheilanthes longipila
Pellaea
Pellaea nitidula
Daylily 'Rose Helena'
Hemerocallis
Tall Bearded Iris 'Chimbolam'
Iris
Tall Bearded Iris 'Colour Page'
Iris
Tall Bearded Iris 'Council Fire'
Iris
Border Bearded Iris 'Dark Thunder'
Iris
Tall Bearded Iris 'Disguise'
Iris
Tall Bearded Iris 'Donaghcloney'
Iris
Intermediate Bearded Iris 'Call Security'
Iris
Tall Bearded Iris 'Chateau D'Auvers Sur Oise'
Iris
Tall Bearded Iris 'Fantastreaks'
Iris
Tall Bearded Iris 'Follow Your Dream'
Iris
Pincushion Protea 'Pickford'
Leucospermum cordifolium
Pellaea
Pellaea fallax
Tall Bearded 'It's a Try'
Iris

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Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

 

And that's the way it was... November 3, 2008