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Covering the events of December 15, 2008
... in which ...
2,693 posts were made.
27 plants were added to PlantFiles.
29 comments were added to PlantFiles.
293 checkboxes were added to PlantFiles.
93 snapshots were added to PlantFiles.
22 entries were added to Botanary.
1 company was added to the Garden Watchdog.
5 ratings were added to the Garden Watchdog.
1 book was added to the Garden Bookworm.
1 rating was 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
"...this moment I was writing with one hand, and with the other holding to my mouth a Nectarine - how good, how fine. It went down all pulpy, slushy, oozy..."( -- John Keats, English poet) Forum Activity
A grand total of 2,693 posts were made yesterday.
| Name | Pronunciation | Meaning |
| subsphaerocarpa | sub-sfay-ro-KAR-puh | Almost round fruit | | sulfurea | sul-FER-ee-uh | Sulphur yellow (also spelled sulphurea) | | taylorii | tay-LOR-ee-eye | Named for the English mesemb lover Edward Taylor (1848-1928) | | taylorianus | tay-lor-ee-AY-nus | Named for the English mesemb lover Edward Taylor (1848-1928) | | tehuacana | tey-wah-KAHN-uh | Of or from the Tehuacán Valley, a desert region in Puebla, Mexico | | tehuacanus | tey-wah-KAHN-us | Of or from the Tehuacán Valley, a desert region in Puebla, Mexico | | tehuacanum | tey-wah-KAHN-um | Of or from the Tehuacán Valley, a desert region in Puebla, Mexico | | tehuantepecana | tuh-wahn-tuh-pek-AY-nuh | Of or from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico | | tehuantepecanus | tuh-wahn-tuh-pek-AY-nus | Of or from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico | | tuna | TOO-nuh | From the Arabic word for fig; fruits resemble figs | | subsericea | sub-ser-ee-KEE-uh | Almost silky | | subsericeus | sub-ser-ee-KEE-us | Almost silky | | subsericeum | sub-ser-ee-KEE-um | Almost silky | | viridirubra | vir-id-uh-ROO-bruh | Green with red markings | | vitelliniflora | vy-tel-lin-uh-FLOR-uh | From the Latin vitellina (egg-yolk yellow) and flora (flower) | | wetmorei | wet-MOR-ee-eye | Named for Alexander Wetmore, 20th century ornithologist who brought plants to American botanists from Argentina | | adolfofriedrichii | uh-dol-foh-fried-RIK-ee-eye | For Adolfo Friedrich, 20th century German photographer and cactus collector | | ancistrophora | an-kiss-troh-FOR-uh | From the Greek ankistron (hook, barb) and -phorus (suffix meaning carries) | | ancistrophorus | an-kiss-troh-FOR-us | From the Greek ankistron (hook, barb) and -phorus (suffix meaning carries) | | ancistrophorum | an-kiss-troh-FOR-um | From the Greek ankistron (hook, barb) and -phorus (suffix meaning carries) | | antezanae | an-tez-AH-nay | Named for Lucio Antezana, 20th century Bolivian agronomist | | arebaloi | ar-eh-BAL-oh-eye | For Francisco Arebalo, 20th century Bolivian plant collector |
| 27 new plants.
29 new descriptions were added.
93 new images were added.
293 new content were checked off.
| Member | Addition | Description |
| Farmerdill | Comment | Winter Squash - Acorn 'White Ace'
Cucurbita pepo | | elenaco | Comment | Bush Muhly
Muhlenbergia porteri | | ginger749 | Comment | Snake Gourd
Trichosanthes cucumerina var. anguina | | ginger749 | Comment | Tongue Orchid
Dendrobium linguiforme | | ronster1266 | Comment | Devil's Ivy, Golden Pothos, Centipede Tonga-vine, Hunter's Robe, Taro Vine, Pothos, Ivy-arum 'Neon'
Epipremnum pinnatum | | ronster1266 | Comment | Ric Rac Orchid Cactus, Fishbone Cactus, St. Anthony's Rick-Rack
Selenicereus anthonyanus | | ronster1266 | Comment | Hoya, Wax Plant, Hindu Rope, Indian Rope, Angel Rope 'Krinkle Kurl'
Hoya compacta | | ronster1266 | Comment | Dwarf Banana 'Dwarf Cavendish'
Musa acuminata | | rntx22 | Comment | Meiwa Kumquat, Sweet Kumquat, Sweet Kinkan
Fortunella crassifolia | | ronster1266 | Comment | Peace Lily
Spathiphyllum wallisii | | ronster1266 | Comment | Bause Dieffenbachia, Bause Dumb Cane
Dieffenbachia x bausei | | ronster1266 | Comment | Ruby Ball, Moon Cactus 'Hibotan'
Gymnocalycium mihanovichii | | Lakeside3 | Comment | Sawara False Cypress, Japanese False Cypress 'Filifera Golden Mop'
Chamaecyparis pisifera | | arthurb3 | Comment | Beefsteak Plant
Perilla frutescens | | rntx22 | Comment | Spanish Thyme, Cuban Oregano, Indian Borage
Plectranthus amboinicus | | claypa | Comment | Blue Holly, Meserve Holly, Meserve Hybrid Holly 'Honey Maid'
Ilex x meserveae | | MtnGardener | Comment | Blue Oat Grass
Helictotrichon sempervirens | | LeeVan | Comment | 'Magic Bells'
Kalanchoe blossfeldiana | | Farmerdill | Comment | Onion 'Glacier-Max'
Allium cepa | | av_ocd_girl | Comment | African Violet 'Blue Tapestry'
Saintpaulia | | Farmerdill | Comment | Tomato 'BHN 876'
Lycopersicon lycopersicum | | Farmerdill | Comment | Sweet Corn (SH2) 'Fusion'
Zea mays var. rugosa | | av_ocd_girl | Comment | African Violet 'Buckeye Gift-wrapped'
Saintpaulia | | Farmerdill | Comment | Pumpkin/Winter Squash 'Solid Gold'
Cucurbita pepo | | Farmerdill | Comment | Cabbage 'Superstor 112'
Brassica oleracea var. capitata | | Farmerdill | Comment | Cabbage, Red 'Super Red 115'
Brassica oleracea var. capitata | | av_ocd_girl | Comment | African Violet 'Candy Crystals'
Saintpaulia | | Farmerdill | Comment | Cabbage 'Bobcat'
Brassica oleracea var. capitata | | Farmerdill | Comment | Cabbage 'Superkraut 86'
Brassica oleracea var. capitata | | altagardener | Image
 | Black Chokeberry 'Autumn Magic'
(Aronia melanocarpa) | | Joan | Image
 | Potato 'Alaska Red Eye'
(Solanum tuberosum) | | bigred | Image
 | Nasturtium 'Alaska Mixed'
(Tropaeolum majus) | | LeeVan | Image
 | Lepismium
(Lepismium bolivianum) | | Joan | Image
 | Potato 'Achirana'
(Solanum tuberosum) | | Joan | Image
 | Potato 'Alby's Gold'
(Solanum tuberosum) | | CATSSTAFF | Image
 | Daylily 'Sergeant Major'
(Hemerocallis ) | | Joan | Image
 | Potato 'Antigo'
(Solanum tuberosum) | | cocoajuno | Image
 | Mediterranean Spurge 'Tasmanian Tiger'
(Euphorbia characias) | | altagardener | Image
 | Manchurian Lilac 'Miss Kim'
(Syringa pubescens subsp. patula) | | altagardener | Image
 | Manchurian Lilac 'Miss Kim'
(Syringa pubescens subsp. patula) | | Joan | Image
 | Potato 'Adirondack Blue'
(Solanum tuberosum) | | Joan | Image
 | Fingerling Potato 'Austrian Crescent'
(Solanum tuberosum) | | Joan | Image
 | Potato 'Bake King'
(Solanum tuberosum) | | Joan | Image
 | Potato 'Beauty of Hebron'
(Solanum tuberosum) | | Joan | Image
 | Potato 'Belrus'
(Solanum tuberosum) | | Joan | Image
 | Potato 'Bla Dalsland'
(Solanum tuberosum) | | echoes | Image
 | Miniature Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Dollop of Cream'
(Iris ) | | echoes | Image
 | Miniature Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Dollop of Cream'
(Iris ) | | Joan | Image
 | Potato 'Russian Blue'
(Solanum tuberosum) | | Joan | Image
 | Potato 'Blue Shetland'
(Solanum tuberosum) | | Joan | Image
 | Potato 'Blue Victor'
(Solanum tuberosum) | | ngam | Image
 | Oriental-Trumpet Lily, OT Hybrid, Orienpet Lily 'Visaversa'
(Lilium ) | | ngam | Image
 | Oriental-Trumpet Lily, OT Hybrid, Orienpet Lily 'Visaversa'
(Lilium ) | | Joan | Image
 | Potato 'Butte Russet'
(Solanum tuberosum) | | ngam | Image
 | Oriental-Trumpet Lily, OT Hybrid, Orienpet Lily 'Luminaries'
(Lilium ) | | turektaylor | Image
 | Asiatic Lily 'Dolly Madison'
(Lilium ) | | Joan | Image
 | Potato 'Calrose'
(Solanum tuberosum) | | Joan | Image
 | Potato 'Calwhite'
(Solanum tuberosum) | | Joan | Image
 | Russet Potato 'Century Russet'
(Solanum tuberosum) | | Joan | Image
 | Potato 'Chipeta'
(Solanum tuberosum) | | Joan | Image
 | Potato 'La Crotte d'Ours'
(Solanum tuberosum) | | Joan | Image
 | Potato 'Huckleberry'
(Solanum tuberosum) | | Joan | Image
 | Potato 'Croatan'
(Solanum tuberosum) | | Joan | Image
 | Potato 'Cruza 148'
(Solanum tuberosum) | | echoes | Image
 | Miniature Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Dollop of Cream'
(Iris ) | | Kelli | Image
 | Bitter Aloe, Red Aloe, Cape Aloe
(Aloe ferox) | | Kelli | Image
 | Echeveria 'Topsy Turvy'
(Echeveria runyonii) | | Kelli | Image
 | Echeveria 'Topsy Turvy'
(Echeveria runyonii) | | fauna4flora | Image
 | Money Tree, Malabar Chestnut, Guyana (Guiana) Chestnut, Provision Tree, French Peanut
(Pachira aquatica) | | fauna4flora | Image
 | Money Tree, Malabar Chestnut, Guyana (Guiana) Chestnut, Provision Tree, French Peanut
(Pachira aquatica) | | fauna4flora | Image
 | Money Tree, Malabar Chestnut, Guyana (Guiana) Chestnut, Provision Tree, French Peanut
(Pachira aquatica) | | fauna4flora | Image
 | Money Tree, Malabar Chestnut, Guyana (Guiana) Chestnut, Provision Tree, French Peanut
(Pachira aquatica) | | fauna4flora | Image
 | Money Tree, Malabar Chestnut, Guyana (Guiana) Chestnut, Provision Tree, French Peanut
(Pachira aquatica) | | Kell | Image
 | Hairy Toad Lily 'Miyazaki Gold'
(Tricyrtis hirta) | | Kell | Image
 | Hairy Toad Lily 'Miyazaki Gold'
(Tricyrtis hirta) | | Kell | Image
 | Hairy Toad Lily 'Miyazaki Gold'
(Tricyrtis hirta) | | beckygardener | Image
 | Dwarf Morning Glory 'Blue Enchantment'
(Convolvulus tricolor) | | Kell | Image
 | Atlasflower, Farewell-to-Spring, Godetia
(Clarkia amoena) | | Kell | Image
 | Atlasflower, Farewell-to-Spring, Godetia
(Clarkia amoena) | | Kell | Image
 | Coleus, Flame Nettle, Painted Nettle 'Kong Rose'
(Solenostemon scutellarioides) | | Kell | Image
 | Coleus, Flame Nettle, Painted Nettle 'Kong Rose'
(Solenostemon scutellarioides) | | Kell | Image
 | Shrub Rose, Groundcover Rose 'Red Ribbons'
(Rosa ) | | Kell | Image
 | Grandiflora Rose 'Tournament of Roses'
(Rosa ) | | Kell | Image
 | Grandiflora Rose 'Tournament of Roses'
(Rosa ) | | Kell | Image
 | Shrub Rose 'Flutterbye'
(Rosa ) | | Kell | Image
 | Shrub Rose 'Flutterbye'
(Rosa ) | | Kell | Image
 | Shrub Rose 'Flutterbye'
(Rosa ) | | Kell | Image
 | Floribunda Rose 'Fred Loads'
(Rosa ) | | Kell | Image
 | Floribunda Rose 'Fred Loads'
(Rosa ) | | kris_achar | Image
 | Talipot Palm
(Corypha umbraculifera) | | kris_achar | Image
 | Talipot Palm
(Corypha umbraculifera) | | kris_achar | Image
 | Talipot Palm
(Corypha umbraculifera) | | timrann | Image
 | Queen's Wreath
(Petrea volubilis var. alba) | | timrann | Image
 | Queen's Wreath
(Petrea volubilis var. alba) | | timrann | Image
 | Ashanti Blood, Red Flag Bush, Tropical Dogwood
(Mussaenda erythrophylla) | | timrann | Image
 | Ashanti Blood, Red Flag Bush, Tropical Dogwood
(Mussaenda erythrophylla) | | bigred | Image
 | Indian Pink
(Spigelia marilandica) | | bigred | Image
 | Brazos Penstemon, Gulf Coast Penstemon
(Penstemon tenuis) | | bigred | Image
 | Foothill Penstemon, Chaparral Penstemon, Bunchleaf Penstemon 'Electric Blue'
(Penstemon heterophyllus) | | timrann | Image
 | Rose of Venezuela, Rose of the Jungle
(Brownea grandiceps) | | timrann | Image
 | Macaw Flower, Lobster Claw, Caetê-vermelho
(Heliconia bihai) | | bigred | Image
 | Foxglove 'Elsie Kelsey'
(Digitalis purpera) | | bigred | Image
 | Foxglove 'Cafe Cream'
(Digitalis lantana) | | turektaylor | Image
 | Camas Lily 'Blue Melody'
(Camassia quamash) | | redheadclan | Image
 | Tall Bearded Iris 'Red Lightning'
(Iris ) | | bigred | Image
 | Love-in-a-Mist 'Miss Jekyll'
(Nigella damascena) | | pirl | Image
 | Oriental-Trumpet Lily, OT Hybrid, Orienpet Lily 'Shocking'
(Lilium ) | | bigred | Image
 | Shasta Daisy 'Marconi'
(Leucanthemum x superbum) | | bigred | Image
 | Shasta Daisy 'Alaska'
(Leucanthemum x superbum) | | bigred | Image
 | Ozark Coneflower, Yellow Coneflower
(Echinacea paradoxa) | | turektaylor | Image
 | Hosta 'Alex Summers'
(Hosta ) | | turektaylor | Image
 | Hosta 'Alex Summers'
(Hosta ) | | turektaylor | Image
 | Four O'Clock, Marvel of Peru 'Limelight Rose'
(Mirabilis jalapa) | | turektaylor | Image
 | Camas Lily 'Blue Melody'
(Camassia quamash) | | Lakeside3 | Image
 | Weeping Alaska Cedar, Nootka False Cypress, Nootka Cypress 'Pendula'
(Xanthocyparis nootkatensis) | | Lakeside3 | Image
 | Weeping Alaska Cedar, Nootka False Cypress, Nootka Cypress 'Pendula'
(Xanthocyparis nootkatensis) | | Lakeside3 | Image
 | Weeping Alaska Cedar, Nootka False Cypress, Nootka Cypress 'Pendula'
(Xanthocyparis nootkatensis) | | kennedyh | Image
 | Stirling Range Bottlebrush
(Beaufortia cyrtodonta) | | kennedyh | Image
 | Beach pea
(Lathyrus maritimus) | | kennedyh | Image
 | Meadow Pea
(Lathyrus pratensis) | | kennedyh | Image
 | Meadow Pea
(Lathyrus pratensis) | | kennedyh | Image
 | Meadow Pea
(Lathyrus pratensis) |
| 1 new company was added to the database.
5 new ratings/comments were added to the database.
1 new book was added to the database.
1 new rating/comment was added to the database.
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