Gardening Quote of the Day
"Man - despite his artistic pretentions, his sophistication and his many accomplishments - owes his existence to a six-inch layer of topsoil and the fact it rains."( -- Unknown) Forum Photo of the DayIn reply to: Think I may sleep outside tonight! By delecie
Plants Database Photo of the DayGolden Chain Tree Laburnum anagyroides By moscheuto
Forum Activity
A grand total of 766 posts were made yesterday.
Name |
Pronunciation |
Meaning |
telephioides | tel-ee-fee-OY-deez | Resembling Telephium (genus name meaning succulent plant) | recurvus | re-KUR-vus | Curved back | recurvum | re-KUR-vum | Curved back | recurva | re-KUR-vuh | Curved back | Caularthron | kawl-AR-thron | From the Greek kaulos (stem) and arthron (joint), referring to the jointed pseudobulbs | Isabella | iz-a-BELL-uh | Yellowish or tawny yellow; named for Archduchess Isabella of Austria, who vowed not to change her underwear until her father, Philip II, won the siege of Ostend, which lasted 3 years | Domingoa | do-ming-GOH-uh | Of or from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | xylophylloides | zy-loh-fil-LOY-deez | Resembles Xylophylla (wood-leaved, referring to its leaf-like branches) | Xylophylla | zy-loh-FIL-luh | Wood-leaved, referring to its leaf-like branches | urnigerum | ur-NEE-ger-um | Urn-bearing | urnigera | ur-NEE-ger-uh | Urn-bearing | urniger | UR-nee-ger | Urn-bearing |
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49 new items. 21 new entries.
13 new plants. 15 new descriptions were added. 49 new images were added. 83 new content were checked off.
Member |
Addition |
Description |
kennedyh | Comment | Jug Orchid (Pterostylis recurva) | Azalea | Comment | Silver Dollar Gum (Eucalyptus cinerea) | Azalea | Comment | Swamp Hibiscus, Scarlet Rose Mallow, Texas Star, Scarlet Hibiscus (Hibiscus coccineus) | native | Comment | Japanese Barberry (Berberis thunbergii) | Bug_Girl | Comment | Pansy 'Rally Lilac Cap' (Viola x wittrockiana) | Terry | Comment | Showy Sedum, Stonecrop 'Autumn Joy (Herbstfreude)' (Sedum hybrid) | Terry | Comment | Stonecrop 'Stewed Rhubarb Mountain' (Sedum hybrid) | easter0794 | Comment | Yellow Walking Iris, Apostle Plant (Neomarica longifolia) | swanepad | Comment | Orchid (Calanthe vestita) | Kelli | Comment | Showy Sedum, Stonecrop 'Autumn Joy (Herbstfreude)' (Sedum hybrid) | treelover | Comment | Magnolia 'Leonard Messel' (Magnolia kobus var. loebneri) | bmickey | Comment | Tomato 'Avalanche' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum) | windsurffer | Comment | Garden Pinks 'Desmond' (Dianthus ) | Terry | Comment | Beefsteak Plant 'Magilla' (Perilla ) | kennedyh | Comment | Tiny Greenhood (Pterostylis parviflora) | Kelli | Image
| Bearded Iris, Flag (Iris germanica) | kennedyh | Image
| Alpine Greenhood (Pterostylis alpina) | Kelli | Image
| Bearded Iris, Flag (Iris germanica) | kennedyh | Image
| Jug Orchid (Pterostylis recurva) | kennedyh | Image
| Jug Orchid (Pterostylis recurva) | Evert | Image
| Swamp Hibiscus, Scarlet Rose Mallow, Texas Star, Scarlet Hibiscus (Hibiscus coccineus) | naturepatch | Image
| Tarda Tulip (Tulipa tarda) | ACHunter | Image
| Amaryllis (Hippeastrum hybrid) | ACHunter | Image
| Amaryllis (Hippeastrum hybrid) | Kelli | Image
| Bearded Iris, Flag (Iris germanica) | Bug_Girl | Image
| Pansy 'Rally Lilac Cap' (Viola x wittrockiana) | Kelli | Image
| Thanksgiving Cactus, Holiday Cactus, Crab Cactus (Schlumbergera truncata) | Kelli | Image
| Dwarf Poinciana, Pride of Barbados, Peacock Flower (Caesalpinia pulcherrima) | Chamma | Image
| Royal Poinciana, Flamboyant Tree, Flame Tree, Peacock Flower, Gulmohar (Delonix regia) | Chamma | Image
| Royal Poinciana, Flamboyant Tree, Flame Tree, Peacock Flower, Gulmohar (Delonix regia) | Chamma | Image
| Mexican Petunia, Desert Petunia (Ruellia brittoniana) | arsenic | Image
| Western Trillium (Trillium ovatum) | arsenic | Image
| Western Trillium (Trillium ovatum) | easter0794 | Image
| Yellow Walking Iris, Apostle Plant (Neomarica longifolia) | Mitjo | Image
| Toothache plant (Spilanthes oleracea) | Mitjo | Image
| Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) | easter0794 | Image
| Walking Iris (Neomarica northiana) | Mitjo | Image
| Tamarind Tree (Tamarindus indica) | Kelli | Image
| Showy Sedum, Stonecrop 'Autumn Joy (Herbstfreude)' (Sedum hybrid) | Chamma | Image
| Texas Sage (Leucophyllum frutescens) | Chamma | Image
| Texas Sage (Leucophyllum frutescens) | Chamma | Image
| Aloe Vera, Medicinal Aloe, Savila (Aloe barbadensis) | Chamma | Image
| Fountain Grass 'Hameln' (Pennisetum alopecuroides) | Chamma | Image
| Fountain Grass 'Hameln' (Pennisetum alopecuroides) | Chamma | Image
| Mexican Petunia, Desert Petunia (Ruellia brittoniana) | rshadlow | Image
| Tall Bearded Iris 'Keeping Up Appearances' (Iris ) | rshadlow | Image
| Tall Bearded Iris 'All That Jazz' (Iris ) | rshadlow | Image
| Tall Bearded Iris 'Opium' (Iris ) | rshadlow | Image
| Tall Bearded Iris 'Paris Original' (Iris ) | rshadlow | Image
| Tall Bearded Iris 'Pompano Peach' (Iris ) | rshadlow | Image
| Tall Bearded Iris 'Tennison Ridge' (Iris ) | rshadlow | Image
| Tall Bearded Iris 'Light Rebuff' (Iris ) | rshadlow | Image
| Tall Bearded Iris 'Morning Mood' (Iris ) | JJsgarden | Image
| Dogwood, Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida) | treelover | Image
| Magnolia 'Leonard Messel' (Magnolia kobus var. loebneri) | kennedyh | Image
| Western Labrador Tea, Trapper's Tea (Ledum glandulosum) | kennedyh | Image
| Labrador Tea,Marsh Tea, Swamp Tea (Ledum groenlandicum) | kennedyh | Image
| Indian Pipe, Indianpipe, Corpse Plant, Ice Plant, Death Plant, Bird's Nest (Monotropa uniflora) | kennedyh | Image
| Indian Pipe, Indianpipe, Corpse Plant, Ice Plant, Death Plant, Bird's Nest (Monotropa uniflora) | kennedyh | Image
| Indian Pipe, Indianpipe, Corpse Plant, Ice Plant, Death Plant, Bird's Nest (Monotropa uniflora) | kennedyh | Image
| Pink Wintergreen (Pyrola asarifolia) | DillyYew | Image
| Gunnera (Gunnera magellanica) | kennedyh | Image
| Tiny Greenhood (Pterostylis parviflora) | kennedyh | Image
| Blunt-tongued Greenhood (Pterostylis atrans) | | 1 new company was added to the database. 18 new ratings/comments were added to the database.
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And that's the way it was... April 23, 2003 |