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Covering the events of November 10, 2008
... in which ...
2,847 posts were made.
25 plants were added to PlantFiles.
28 comments were added to PlantFiles.
147 checkboxes were added to PlantFiles.
86 snapshots were added to PlantFiles.
8 entries were added to Botanary.
1 company was added to the Garden Watchdog.
9 ratings were added to the Garden Watchdog.
6 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
"Your first job is to prepare the soil. The best tool for this is your neighbor's motorized garden tiller. If your neighbor does not own a tiller, suggest that he buy one."( -- Dave Barry, American humorist) Forum Activity
A grand total of 2,847 posts were made yesterday.
| Forum | Posts |
| Games | 207 posts | | Northeast Gardening | 205 posts | | African Violets and Gesneriads | 165 posts | | Poultry and Livestock | 130 posts | | Pets | 128 posts | | PlantFiles Pictures | 121 posts | | Plant and Tree Identification | 92 posts | | Daylilies | 87 posts | | Mid-South Gardening | 78 posts | | Brugmansias | 74 posts | | Roses | 74 posts | | Southwest Gardening | 70 posts | | Bird Watching | 62 posts | | Cottage Gardening | 53 posts | | Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening | 50 posts | | Florida Gardening | 46 posts | | Hoyas | 39 posts | | Orchids | 38 posts | | Orchid Cactus | 37 posts | | Pacific Northwest Gardening | 37 posts | | Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins | 36 posts | | Cacti and Succulents | 35 posts | | Australian Gardening | 35 posts | | Photos | 32 posts | | Mid-Atlantic Gardening | 32 posts | | Scrapbooking and Paper Crafts | 30 posts | | Ohio River Valley Gardening | 29 posts | | Rocky Mountain Gardening | 28 posts | | Vegetable Gardening | 28 posts | | Wildlife | 28 posts | | Trash to Treasure | 25 posts | | Morning Glories | 24 posts | | Voting Booth | 23 posts | | Self-contained Box Gardens | 23 posts | | Carolina Gardening | 20 posts | | Texas Gardening | 18 posts | | Equine Forum | 18 posts | | Winter Sowing | 18 posts | | Artisans | 18 posts | | Coleus | 17 posts | | Upper Midwest Gardening | 17 posts | | Tropical Plants | 17 posts | | Recipes | 17 posts | | Tomatoes | 17 posts | | Indoor Gardening and Houseplants | 16 posts | | Irises | 15 posts | | Seed Trading | 15 posts | | Weather | 15 posts | | Hostas | 15 posts | | Bulbs | 14 posts | | Happy Birthday | 14 posts | | Beginner Gardening Questions | 14 posts | | Cannas | 13 posts | | Aroids | 13 posts | | Healthy Living | 13 posts | | Grass and Bamboo | 11 posts | | Georgia Gardening | 11 posts | | Canadian Gardening | 10 posts | | European Gardening | 10 posts | | Canning, Freezing and Drying | 10 posts | | Books, Movies, and TV | 9 posts | | Tropical Zone Gardening | 9 posts | | Amaryllis and Hippeastrums | 9 posts | | Plant Trading | 9 posts | | Insect and Spider Identification | 9 posts | | Passifloras | 9 posts | | Market Growers | 9 posts | | Bromeliads | 8 posts | | Frugal Living | 8 posts | | Dahlias | 8 posts | | Trees, Shrubs and Conifers | 8 posts | | Roundup Pictures | 7 posts | | Garden Pests and Diseases | 7 posts | | Michigan Gardening | 7 posts | | Woodworking | 7 posts | | Sewing and Quilting | 7 posts | | Tropical Fruits | 6 posts | | Herbs | 6 posts | | Mosaics and Stained Glass | 5 posts | | Geraniums, Pelargoniums and Erodiums | 5 posts | | Jokes & Humor | 4 posts | | Peppers | 4 posts | | Vines and Climbers | 4 posts | | Greenhouse | 4 posts | | Crafts and Decorating | 4 posts | | Organic Gardening | 4 posts | | Water Gardens | 4 posts | | Clematis | 3 posts | | Cooking | 3 posts | | Fruits and Nuts | 3 posts | | Beginner Vegetables | 3 posts | | Native Plants and Wild Plants | 3 posts | | Propagation | 3 posts | | Garden Talk | 3 posts | | Hypertufa and Concrete | 3 posts | | Shady Gardens | 3 posts | | Rocks, Minerals and Gems | 2 posts | | Beginner Landscaping | 2 posts | | California Gardening | 2 posts | | Seed Germination | 2 posts | | Hibiscus | 2 posts | | Welcome Mat | 2 posts | | Beginner Flowers | 2 posts | | Sustainable Alternatives | 2 posts | | Cars and Trucks | 2 posts | | Clean and Clutter-free | 2 posts | | Poppies | 2 posts | | Handyman | 2 posts | | Palms and Cycads | 2 posts | | Beekeeping | 1 post | | Swaps, Trades and Giveaways | 1 post | | Heirloom Vegetables | 1 post | | Hydrangeas | 1 post | | Appliances | 1 post | | Violas and Violettas | 1 post | | Bloom.com Photos | 1 post | | Plumbing | 1 post | | Tiny Gardens | 1 post | | Construction Zone: building, remodeling, additions | 1 post | | Bird Identification | 1 post | | Home Repairs and Maintenance | 1 post | | Electronics | 1 post | | Saving Seeds | 1 post | | Hunting and Fishing | 1 post | | Coneflowers | 1 post | | International Trading | 1 post | | Antiques and Collectibles | 1 post | | Garden Products | 1 post | | Japanese Maples | 1 post | | BugFiles Pictures | 1 post | | Holidays and Special Events | 1 post | | BugFiles How-to's | 1 post | | Needle Arts | 1 post | | Perennials | 1 post | | Caudiciforms | 1 post | | Vermicomposting | 1 post |
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| Name | Pronunciation | Meaning |
| gravis | GRAV-is | From the Latin, meaning heavy or weighty; a reference to its relatively greater size | | lindsayi | LIND-say-eye | For early 21st century American botanist Dr. George E. Lindsay | | peninsulae | pen-IN-soo-lay | Of or from a peninsula | | santa-maria | san-tuh mar-EE-uh | Of or from the Bahia Santa Maria in Baja California, Mexico | | tiburonensis | tib-ur-oh-NEN-sis | Of or from the Isla Tiburón, just off of the Gulf of California in Baja California | | angulicaulis | an-gew-lee-KAW-lis | Having an angular or hooked stem | | Balsamocarpon | bahl-sam-oh-KAR-pon | From the Greek balsamon (balsam) and karpos (fruit) | | kerberi | KER-ber-ee | For 19th century cacti collector Edmund Kerber |
| 25 new plants.
28 new descriptions were added.
86 new images were added.
147 new content were checked off.
| Member | Addition | Description |
| Kendalia | Comment | Beach Vitex, Round-leaf Chaste Tree
Vitex rotundifolia | | Conquered_MS | Comment | Tall Bearded Iris 'Ample Charm'
Iris | | ladychroe | Comment | Tazetta Narcissus, Paperwhite Daffodil 'Ziva'
Narcissus | | ginger749 | Comment | Stuart's Daisy
Brachyscome stuartii | | ginger749 | Comment | Thelionema
Thelionema grande | | ginger749 | Comment | Woolly Xanthosia
Xanthosia pilosa | | htop | Comment | Mexican Cypress, Montezuma Cypress, Montezuma Bald Cypress, Sabino 'Sentido'
Taxodium mucronatum | | drorakp | Comment | Waldstein's Spurge
Euphorbia waldsteinii | | aulani61 | Comment | Balsam, Busy Lizzy, Buzzy Lizzy, Impatiens
Impatiens walleriana | | LynnBia | Comment | Sasanqua Camellia, Autumn Camellia 'Yuletide'
Camellia sasanqua | | victorgardener | Comment | Japanese Spirea, Japanese Meadowsweet, Maybush 'Gold Flame'
Spiraea x bumalda | | aggiegrl | Comment | Daylily '42nd Street'
Hemerocallis | | vossner | Comment | Wintercreeper Euonymus 'Kewensis'
Euonymus fortunei | | aggiegrl | Comment | Daylily 'Catherine W. Jones'
Hemerocallis | | aggiegrl | Comment | Daylily 'Gilded Pink Fantasy'
Hemerocallis | | TABatPSU | Comment | Shrub Rose 'Carefree Beauty'
Rosa | | aggiegrl | Comment | Daylily 'Choctaw Chick'
Hemerocallis | | ginger749 | Comment | Finger Flower
Cheiranthera cyanea | | mycatdave | Comment | Mountain Cornflower, Mountain Bluet, Perennial Cornflower 'Amethyst in Snow'
Centaurea montana | | aggiegrl | Comment | Daylily 'Christie Dixon'
Hemerocallis | | aggiegrl | Comment | Daylily 'Chokecherry Mountain'
Hemerocallis | | aggiegrl | Comment | Daylily 'Holy Promise'
Hemerocallis | | aggiegrl | Comment | Daylily 'Lizard's Birthday Bow'
Hemerocallis | | aggiegrl | Comment | Daylily 'Louise K. Breedlove'
Hemerocallis | | aggiegrl | Comment | Daylily 'Love in Vain'
Hemerocallis | | aggiegrl | Comment | Daylily 'MALENY THINK BIG'
Hemerocallis | | aggiegrl | Comment | Daylily 'Mary's Peach Floozy'
Hemerocallis | | aggiegrl | Comment | Daylily 'Maurice River Queen'
Hemerocallis | | ginger749 | Image
 | Derwentia
(Derwentia arenaria) | | Conquered_MS | Image
 | Tall Bearded Iris 'She's A Lady'
(Iris ) | | Galina | Image
 | Climbing Zucchini,Tromboncino, Trombocino, Zucchetta Rampicante, Italian Trombone Squash 'Tromba d'Albenga'
(Cucurbita moschata) | | Galina | Image
 | Climbing Zucchini,Tromboncino, Trombocino, Zucchetta Rampicante, Italian Trombone Squash 'Tromba d'Albenga'
(Cucurbita moschata) | | mgarr | Image
 | Golden Club, Goldenclub, Neverwet
(Orontium aquaticum) | | mgarr | Image
 | Green Pitcher Plant
(Sarracenia oreophila) | | mgarr | Image
 | Sticky False Asphodel
(Tofieldia glutinosa) | | mgarr | Image
 | Sticky False Asphodel
(Tofieldia glutinosa) | | victorgardener | Image
 | Judd Viburnum
(Viburnum x juddii) | | Kell | Image
 | Tiny Buttons Sedum, Little Blue Spanish Stonecrop 'Purple Form'
(Sedum hispanicum var. minus) | | Kell | Image
 | Echeveria 'Afterglow'
(Echeveria ) | | Kell | Image
 | Oscularia
(Oscularia deltoides) | | Kell | Image
 | Oscularia
(Oscularia deltoides) | | Kell | Image
 | Oscularia
(Oscularia deltoides) | | Kell | Image
 | Oscularia
(Oscularia deltoides) | | Kell | Image
 | Oscularia
(Oscularia deltoides) | | Kell | Image
 | Oscularia
(Oscularia deltoides) | | Calif_Sue | Image
 | Agave Cactus, Prism Cactus, Cob Cactus
(Leuchtenbergia principis) | | Calif_Sue | Image
 | Succulent Grape
(Cyphostemma juttae) | | Calif_Sue | Image
 | Aloe
(Aloe capitata var. quartziticola) | | Calif_Sue | Image
 | Aloe
(Aloe abyssinica) | | Calif_Sue | Image
 | Aloe
(Aloe kedongensis) | | Calif_Sue | Image
 | Aloe
(Aloe kedongensis) | | Calif_Sue | Image
 | Aloe
(Aloe kedongensis) | | ginger749 | Image
 | Thelionema
(Thelionema grande) | | ginger749 | Image
 | Thelionema
(Thelionema grande) | | ginger749 | Image
 | Thelionema
(Thelionema grande) | | ginger749 | Image
 | Thelionema
(Thelionema grande) | | ginger749 | Image
 | Thelionema
(Thelionema grande) | | ginger749 | Image
 | Thelionema
(Thelionema grande) | | ginger749 | Image
 | Thelionema
(Thelionema grande) | | ginger749 | Image
 | Yellow Rush-lily
(Tricoryne elatior) | | ginger749 | Image
 | Yellow Rush-lily
(Tricoryne elatior) | | ginger749 | Image
 | Yellow Rush-lily
(Tricoryne elatior) | | ginger749 | Image
 | Yellow Rush-lily
(Tricoryne elatior) | | kokioula | Image
 | Palma de Pegamento (Glue Palm)
(Zamia fairchildiana) | | kokioula | Image
 | Ceratozamia
(Ceratozamia latifolia) | | kokioula | Image
 | Cycad
(Dioon rzedowskii) | | kokioula | Image
 | Cycad
(Dioon mejiae) | | kokioula | Image
 | Cycad
(Dioon mejiae) | | kokioula | Image
 | Cycad, Zamia Fern
(Bowenia spectabilis) | | kokioula | Image
 | Encephalartos
(Encephalartos gratus) | | palmbob | Image
 | Whitesloanea
(Whitesloanea crassa) | | kokioula | Image
 | Zamia
(Zamia splendens) | | ginger749 | Image
 | Broomsedge, Broomsedge Bluestem, Whisky Grass, Yellow Bluestem
(Andropogon virginicus) | | ginger749 | Image
 | Broomsedge, Broomsedge Bluestem, Whisky Grass, Yellow Bluestem
(Andropogon virginicus) | | ginger749 | Image
 | Large Daisy Bush
(Olearia gravis) | | htop | Image
 | Tropical Hibiscus 'Carolina Breeze'
(Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) | | htop | Image
 | Tropical Hibiscus 'Carolina Breeze'
(Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) | | htop | Image
 | Tropical Hibiscus 'Carolina Breeze'
(Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) | | htop | Image
 | Tropical Hibiscus 'Carolina Breeze'
(Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) | | Kell | Image
 | Beard Tongue, Border Penstemon, Garden Penstemon 'Raspberry Ice'
(Penstemon ) | | Kell | Image
 | Beard Tongue, Border Penstemon, Garden Penstemon 'Raspberry Ice'
(Penstemon ) | | htop | Image
 | Tropical Hibiscus 'Carolina Breeze'
(Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) | | Kell | Image
 | Beard Tongue, Border Penstemon, Garden Penstemon 'Raspberry Ice'
(Penstemon ) | | Kell | Image
 | Beard Tongue, Border Penstemon, Garden Penstemon 'Raspberry Ice'
(Penstemon ) | | htop | Image
 | Tropical Hibiscus 'Carolina Breeze'
(Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) | | ginger749 | Image
 | Daisy-leaved Goodenia
(Goodenia bellidifolia) | | Kell | Image
 | Jenny's Stonecrop, Crooked Yellow Sedum, Stone Orpine, Spruce-leaved Stonecrop, Prickmadam 'Angelina'
(Sedum rupestre) | | Kell | Image
 | Jenny's Stonecrop, Crooked Yellow Sedum, Stone Orpine, Spruce-leaved Stonecrop, Prickmadam 'Angelina'
(Sedum rupestre) | | Kell | Image
 | Jenny's Stonecrop, Crooked Yellow Sedum, Stone Orpine, Spruce-leaved Stonecrop, Prickmadam 'Angelina'
(Sedum rupestre) | | ginger749 | Image
 | Austral Stork's Bill, Ivy Geranium
(Pelargonium australe) | | ginger749 | Image
 | Austral Stork's Bill, Ivy Geranium
(Pelargonium australe) | | ginger749 | Image
 | Austral Stork's Bill, Ivy Geranium
(Pelargonium australe) | | ginger749 | Image
 | Austral Stork's Bill, Ivy Geranium
(Pelargonium australe) | | hart123 | Image
 | Staghorn Fern, Elkhorn Fern, Antelope Ears
(Platycerium bifurcatum) | | htop | Image
 | Mexican Cypress, Montezuma Cypress, Montezuma Bald Cypress, Sabino 'Sentido'
(Taxodium mucronatum) | | htop | Image
 | Mexican Cypress, Montezuma Cypress, Montezuma Bald Cypress, Sabino 'Sentido'
(Taxodium mucronatum) | | htop | Image
 | Mexican Cypress, Montezuma Cypress, Montezuma Bald Cypress, Sabino 'Sentido'
(Taxodium mucronatum) | | htop | Image
 | Mexican Cypress, Montezuma Cypress, Montezuma Bald Cypress, Sabino 'Sentido'
(Taxodium mucronatum) | | PamelaQ | Image
 | Burgundy Stem Taro 'Red Stem'
(Colocasia esculenta) | | PamelaQ | Image
 | Burgundy Stem Taro 'Red Stem'
(Colocasia esculenta) | | PamelaQ | Image
 | Burgundy Stem Taro 'Red Stem'
(Colocasia esculenta) | | Garden_of_Sage | Image
 | Hybrid Sage 'Vicki Romo'
(Salvia ) | | victorgardener | Image
 | Japanese Spirea, Japanese Meadowsweet, Maybush 'Gold Flame'
(Spiraea x bumalda) | | TABatPSU | Image
 | Shrub Rose 'Carefree Beauty'
(Rosa ) | | ginger749 | Image
 | Derwentia
(Derwentia arenaria) | | kennedyh | Image
 | Peach Heath
(Lissanthe strigosa) | | kennedyh | Image
 | Peach Heath
(Lissanthe strigosa) | | ginger749 | Image
 | Derwentia
(Derwentia arenaria) | | kennedyh | Image
 | Peach Heath
(Lissanthe strigosa) | | kennedyh | Image
 | Peach Heath
(Lissanthe strigosa) | | kennedyh | Image
 | Peach Heath
(Lissanthe strigosa) | | victorgardener | Image
 | Withe-rod Viburnum, Appalachian Tea, Blue Haw, Shawneehaw, Possum Haw, Wild Raisin Viburnum 'Brandywine'
(Viburnum nudum) | | Jeff_Beck | Image
 | Red Maple, Scarlet Maple
(Acer rubrum) | | Jeff_Beck | Image
 | Sassafras, Saxifras, Tea Tree, Mitten Tree, Cinnamonwood
(Sassafras albidum) |
| 1 new company was added to the database.
9 new ratings/comments were added to the database.
6 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... November 10, 2008 |
