Covering the events of October 15, 2008
... in which ...
3,321 posts were made. 15 plants were added to PlantFiles. 21 comments were added to PlantFiles. 54 checkboxes were added to PlantFiles. 80 snapshots were added to PlantFiles. 51 entries were added to Botanary. 0 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog. 9 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
"Don't lay any certain plans for the future; it is like planting toads and expecting to raise toadstools."( -- Unknown) Forum Activity
A grand total of 3,321 posts were made yesterday.
Name | Pronunciation | Meaning |
firmatus | fir-MAH-tus | Firm | firmatum | fir-MAH-tum | Firm | firmata | fir-MAH-tuh | Firm | styloflexa | sty-lo-FLEKS-uh | Having a curved style | tetrastachya | tet-rah-STAK-ee-uh | Having four spikes | tetrastachyum | tet-rah-STAK-ee-um | Having four spikes | tetrastachyus | tet-rah-STAK-ee-us | Having four spikes | tribuloides | try-bew-LOH-id-eez | Resembles the genus Tribulus (Three-pointed; referring to the three-pronged fruit) | genevievana | gen-ee-vee-VAH-nuh | Of or from Geneva, Switzerland | iguanaea | ig-WAH-nee-uh | Chameleon-like, of variable color | lorentzianum | lor-ent-zee-AH-num | Named for 19th century explorer H. A. Lorentz, who explored New Guinea | lorentzianus | lor-ent-zee-AH-nus | Named for 19th century explorer H. A. Lorentz, who explored New Guinea | lorentziana | lor-ent-zee-AH-nuh | Named for 19th century explorer H. A. Lorentz, who explored New Guinea | Pertya | PERT-ee-uh | Named for 19th century German botanist Joseph Anton Maximilian Perty | fissifolius | fis-sih-FOH-lee-us | Split-leaved | fissifolium | fis-sih-FOH-lee-um | Split-leaved | fissifolia | fis-sih-FOH-lee-uh | Split-leaved | fissus | FIZ-zus | From the Latin fissura, to split or crack | flabelliformis | fla-bel-ih-FOR-mis | With fan-like parts, fan shaped | flagellatus | fla-jel-LAY-tus | Whip-like | flagellatum | fla-jel-LAY-tum | Whip-like | flagellata | fla-jel-LAY-tuh | Whip-like | flavicomus | flay-vih-KOH-mus | Yellow haired | flavispinum | flav-ih-SPIN-um | Yellow spines | foliolatus | foh-lee-oh-LAY-tus | With leaflets | foliolatum | foh-lee-oh-LAY-tum | With leaflets | foliolata | foh-lee-oh-LAY-tuh | With leaflets | magnifoliolata | mag-nih-foh-lee-oh-LAY-tuh | Large or magnificent leaves | humboldtiana | hum-bold-tee-AY-nuh | Named for Baron Alexander von Humboldt, 19th centuryGerman geographer who explored Central and South America | humboldtianum | hum-bold-tee-AY-num | Named for Baron Alexander von Humboldt, 19th centuryGerman geographer who explored Central and South America | humboldtianus | hum-bold-tee-AY-nus | Named for Baron Alexander von Humboldt, 19th centuryGerman geographer who explored Central and South America | strictiflora | strik-tee-FLOR-uh | Narrow flowers | strictiflorum | strik-tee-FLOR-um | Narrow flowers | strictiflorus | strik-tee-FLOR-us | Narrow flowers | angustissimus | an-gus-TIS-sih-mus | Very narrow | angustissimum | an-gus-TIS-sih-mum | Very narrow | angustissima | an-gus-TIS-sih-muh | Very narrow | polystachios | 1: Plants with branched culms or inflorescences 2: pol-ee-STAK-ee-os | Many (flower) spikes | globulifera | 1: The spicate inflorescense is interrupted to produce clusters of spikelets 2: glob-yoo-LIF-er-uh | From the Latin globulus, diminutive form of globus (round head, sphere) and fera (to bear) | globuliferum | 1: The spicate inflorescense is interrupted to produce clusters of spikelets 2: glob-yoo-LIF-er-um | From the Latin globulus, diminutive form of globus (round head, sphere) and fera (to bear) | globuliferus | 1: The spicate inflorescense is interrupted to produce clusters of spikelets 2: glob-yoo-LIF-er-us | From the Latin globulus, diminutive form of globus (round head, sphere) and fera (to bear) | argyrocalyx | ar-jy-roh-KAL-iks | Silver calyx | rubiaefolia | roo-bay-FOH-lee-uh | Having foliage resembling Rubia (genus name from the Latin ruber, red) | polygonoides | pol-ee-gon-OY-deez | Resembling the genus Polygonum (Many knee joints, angles) | virginiensis | vir-jin-ee-EN-sis | Of or from Virginia (U.S.) | chapmaniana | chap-man-ee-AY-nuh | Named for Alvan Wentworth Chapman, 19th century American botanist | chapmanianus | chap-man-ee-AY-nus | Named for Alvan Wentworth Chapman, 19th century American botanist | chapmanianum | chap-man-ee-AY-num | Named for Alvan Wentworth Chapman, 19th century American botanist | fendleriana | fend-ler-ee-AY-nuh | Named for August Fendler, 19th century German plant collector | fendlerianus | fend-ler-ee-AY-nus | Named for August Fendler, 19th century German plant collector | fendlerianum | fend-ler-ee-AY-num | Named for August Fendler, 19th century German plant collector |
| 15 new plants. 21 new descriptions were added. 80 new images were added. 54 new content were checked off.
Member | Addition | Description |
baiissatva | Comment | Aeonium Aeonium simsii x arboreum var. arboreum | tcs1366 | Comment | Gold Moss Sedum, Golden Carpet Stonecrop Sedum acre | cupajotogo | Comment | Dumbcane, Dumb Cane 'Compacta' Dieffenbachia maculata | Marilynbeth | Comment | Japanese Honeysuckle Lonicera japonica | patbirdsong | Comment | Purple Chinese Hat, Tahitian Hat Plant, Parasol flower Holmskioldia tettensis | Sunflower1888 | Comment | Sweet Autumn Clematis, Sweet Autumn Virgin's Bower, Japanese Clematis Clematis terniflora | Meredith79 | Comment | White Bergamot, Eastern Bee Balm, Beebalm Monarda bradburiana | Meredith79 | Comment | Oriental Fountain Grass 'Karley Rose' Pennisetum orientale | C_Pedrick | Comment | Yellow Archangel 'Florentinum' Lamium galeobdolon subsp. montanum | SFF_Corgi | Comment | Root Beer Plant, Hoja Santa Piper auritum | cactus_lover | Comment | Wandering Jew, Inch Plant Tradescantia zebrina | Strever | Comment | Variegated Evening Trumpet 'Missouri Marble' Datura inoxia | Kylie2x | Comment | Angels Trumpet 'Cherub' Brugmansia | braun06 | Comment | Daylily 'Cherry Cheeks' Hemerocallis | braun06 | Comment | Daylily 'South Seas' Hemerocallis | braun06 | Comment | Daylily 'Chicago Gold Coast' Hemerocallis | Malus2006 | Comment | Scottish Harebell, Bluebells of Scotland, Harebell Campanula rotundifolia | Malus2006 | Comment | Allegheny Blackberry, Highbush Blackberry Rubus allegheniensis | Malus2006 | Comment | Black Raspberry Rubus occidentalis | palmbob | Comment | Aloe deltoideodonta ssp. fallax | Malus2006 | Comment | Common Moonseed, Yellow Parilla Menispermum canadense | victorgardener | Image
| Pawpaw, Paw Paw, Papaw, Poor Man's Banana, Michigan Banana 'Prolific' (Asimina triloba) | victorgardener | Image
| Boston Ivy, Japanese Creeper (Parthenocissus tricuspidata) | Kell | Image
| Creeping Spurge, Donkey Tail, Myrtle Spurge (Euphorbia myrsinites) | Kell | Image
| Creeping Spurge, Donkey Tail, Myrtle Spurge (Euphorbia myrsinites) | Kell | Image
| Creeping Spurge, Donkey Tail, Myrtle Spurge (Euphorbia myrsinites) | greenorchid | Image
| Blue Passion Flower, Hardy Passionflower, Blue Crown Passion Flower 'Blue Classic' (Passiflora caerulea) | DaylilySLP | Image
| Daylily 'Blueberry Muffin' (Hemerocallis ) | greenorchid | Image
| Blue Passion Flower, Hardy Passionflower, Blue Crown Passion Flower 'Blue Classic' (Passiflora caerulea) | DaylilySLP | Image
| Daylily 'Brutus' (Hemerocallis ) | DaylilySLP | Image
| Daylily 'Cat Dancer' (Hemerocallis ) | DaylilySLP | Image
| Daylily 'Cat Dancer' (Hemerocallis ) | DaylilySLP | Image
| Daylily 'Catherine Woodbery' (Hemerocallis ) | DaylilySLP | Image
| Daylily 'Catherine Woodbery' (Hemerocallis ) | Kell | Image
| Welwitschia, Wonderplant (Welwitschia mirabilis) | Kell | Image
| Welwitschia, Wonderplant (Welwitschia mirabilis) | DaylilySLP | Image
| Daylily 'Cherry Ice Cream' (Hemerocallis ) | DaylilySLP | Image
| Daylily 'Cherry Ice Cream' (Hemerocallis ) | Kell | Image
| Welwitschia, Wonderplant (Welwitschia mirabilis) | DaylilySLP | Image
| Daylily 'Chief Black Hand' (Hemerocallis ) | DaylilySLP | Image
| Daylily 'Chief Black Hand' (Hemerocallis ) | DaylilySLP | Image
| Daylily 'Chief Four Fingers' (Hemerocallis ) | DaylilySLP | Image
| Daylily 'Christmas Special' (Hemerocallis ) | DaylilySLP | Image
| Daylily 'Cold Mountain' (Hemerocallis ) | DaylilySLP | Image
| Daylily 'Copper Windmill' (Hemerocallis ) | DaylilySLP | Image
| Daylily 'Cote D'Azur' (Hemerocallis ) | mcgerm | Image
| Phalaenopsis Double Delight (Phalaenopsis ) | Kell | Image
| Welwitschia, Wonderplant (Welwitschia mirabilis) | Kell | Image
| Welwitschia, Wonderplant (Welwitschia mirabilis) | greenorchid | Image
| Woodland Tobacco (Nicotiana sylvestris) | greenorchid | Image
| Virginia Spiderwort, Lady's Tears (Tradescantia virginiana) | Kell | Image
| (Euphorbia perrieri var.elongata) | Kell | Image
| (Euphorbia perrieri var.elongata) | Kell | Image
| (Euphorbia perrieri var.elongata) | Kell | Image
| Aloe (Aloe vanbalenii) | sibhskylvr | Image
| Devil's Trumpet, Horn of Plenty, Downy Thorn Apple 'Black Currant Swirl' (Datura metel) | sibhskylvr | Image
| Devil's Trumpet, Horn of Plenty, Downy Thorn Apple 'Triple Yellow' (Datura metel) | sibhskylvr | Image
| Devil's Trumpet, Horn of Plenty, Downy Thorn Apple 'Triple Yellow' (Datura metel) | sibhskylvr | Image
| Devil's Trumpet, Horn of Plenty, Downy Thorn Apple 'Triple Yellow' (Datura metel) | bootandall | Image
| Bridal Broom, Bridal Veil Broom (Retama monosperma) | bootandall | Image
| Bridal Broom, Bridal Veil Broom (Retama monosperma) | Calif_Sue | Image
| Silver Spurge (Euphorbia rigida) | Calif_Sue | Image
| Silver Spurge (Euphorbia rigida) | cactus_lover | Image
| Summer Poinsettia, Mexican Fire Plant (Euphorbia cyathophora) | cactus_lover | Image
| Summer Poinsettia, Mexican Fire Plant (Euphorbia cyathophora) | cactus_lover | Image
| Summer Poinsettia, Mexican Fire Plant (Euphorbia cyathophora) | cactus_lover | Image
| Firecracker Plant, Coral Plant, Coralblow, Fountain Plant (Russelia equisetiformis) | cactus_lover | Image
| Firecracker Plant, Coral Plant, Coralblow, Fountain Plant (Russelia equisetiformis) | cactus_lover | Image
| Moses-in-a-Basket, Boatlily, Oyster Plant (Tradescantia spathacea) | Kell | Image
| Titan Arum, Bunga Bangkai (Corpse Flower) (Amorphophallus titanum) | Kell | Image
| Titan Arum, Bunga Bangkai (Corpse Flower) (Amorphophallus titanum) | Kell | Image
| Titan Arum, Bunga Bangkai (Corpse Flower) (Amorphophallus titanum) | Kell | Image
| Titan Arum, Bunga Bangkai (Corpse Flower) (Amorphophallus titanum) | Kell | Image
| Titan Arum, Bunga Bangkai (Corpse Flower) (Amorphophallus titanum) | Kell | Image
| Titan Arum, Bunga Bangkai (Corpse Flower) (Amorphophallus titanum) | Kell | Image
| Titan Arum, Bunga Bangkai (Corpse Flower) (Amorphophallus titanum) | Kell | Image
| Titan Arum, Bunga Bangkai (Corpse Flower) (Amorphophallus titanum) | Kell | Image
| Titan Arum, Bunga Bangkai (Corpse Flower) (Amorphophallus titanum) | Calif_Sue | Image
| String of Beads, String of Pearls (Senecio rowleyanus) | kennedyh | Image
| Slender Dodder-laurel, Tangled Dodder-laurel (Cassytha glabella) | kennedyh | Image
| Slender Dodder-laurel, Tangled Dodder-laurel (Cassytha glabella) | kennedyh | Image
| Pink Swamp Heath (Sprengelia incarnata) | kennedyh | Image
| Pink Swamp Heath (Sprengelia incarnata) | kennedyh | Image
| Magnolia 'Ann' (Magnolia ) | kennedyh | Image
| Magnolia 'Ann' (Magnolia ) | Tntigger | Image
| Tall Bearded Iris 'Sinister' (Iris ) | Kell | Image
| Red Fairy Duster, Baja Fairy Duster, Flame Bush (Calliandra californica) | Kell | Image
| Red Fairy Duster, Baja Fairy Duster, Flame Bush (Calliandra californica) | Kell | Image
| Red Fairy Duster, Baja Fairy Duster, Flame Bush (Calliandra californica) | Kell | Image
| Red Fairy Duster, Baja Fairy Duster, Flame Bush (Calliandra californica) | palmbob | Image
| (Aloe deltoideodonta ssp. fallax) | palmbob | Image
| (Aloe deltoideodonta ssp. fallax) | palmbob | Image
| (Aloe deltoideodonta ssp. fallax) | palmbob | Image
| (Aloe deltoideodonta ssp. fallax) | palmbob | Image
| (Aloe deltoideodonta ssp. fallax) | palmbob | Image
| (Aloe deltoideodonta ssp. fallax) | palmbob | Image
| Agave, Century Plant, American Aloe, Maguey (Agave americana var. striata) | palmbob | Image
| Aloe 'Medusa' (Aloe ) | palmbob | Image
| Aloe 'Medusa' (Aloe ) | palmbob | Image
| Aloe (Aloe richardsiae) | palmbob | Image
| Echeveria (Echeveria subrigida) |
| No new companies were added to the database. 9 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 15, 2008 |