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Dave's Garden Newsletter for September 30, 2022

Covering the events of September 30, 2022

... in which ...
19 posts were made.
0 plants were added to PlantFiles.
1 comment was added to PlantFiles.
1 checkbox was added to PlantFiles.
12 snapshots were added to PlantFiles.
22 entries were added to Botanary.
0 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog.
2 ratings were added to the Garden Watchdog.

"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

"I am following Nature without being able to grasp her...I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers."

( -- Claude Monet, French impressionist, gardener)

Forum Activity

A grand total of 19 posts were made yesterday.

New Botanary Words

NamePronunciationMeaning
heteroclada het-er-oh-KLAD-uh differing branches...as in Rhipsalis teres f. heteroclada
russellii ru-sel-ee-eye Paul George Russell (1889-1963) American botanist with USDA - Rhipsalis russellii named for him
Araucaria laubenfelsii lau-ben-fels-ee-eye named for David John de Laubenfels (1925-2016), American botanist, an expert on tropical conifers
delafuentiana Named for Dr. Juan Ramón de la Fuente Ramírez, former chancellor of the Universidad Autónoma de México.
leiascheinvariana Named for Léia Akcelrad Lerner de Scheinvar, a Brazilian-Mexican botanist.
zacatecana Of the state of Zacatecas in Mexico.
tezontepecana Of or from Villa de Tezontepec, Hidalgo, Mexico.
chiangiana Named for Dr. Fernando Chiang Cabrera, a botanist at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
elizondoana Named for the late Jorge L. Elizondo, cactologist at the Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro.
Hernandia Named for Francisco Hernández de Toledo, a Spanish botanist, naturalist, and physician.
Lumnitzera Named for Stephan Lunmitzer, a German botanist.
malangensis Of or from the province of Malanje in Angola.
benguelensis Of or from the city of Benguela in Angola Of or from the province of Benguela in Angola.
mweroensis Of or from Lake Mweru which is a lake straddling the border between Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
ytiensis Of or from the commune of Y Tý in the Bát Xát district of Lào Cai province in Vietnam.
galapageium Of or from the Galápagos Islands in Ecuador.
adoensis Of or from Aden, Yemen.
uintahensis 1: Of or from Uintah County, Utah, United States.
2: yoo-in-ta-EN-sis
Of or from the Uinta Mountains of Utah and Wyoming, United States.
xishuangbannaensis Of or from Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China.
medogensis Of or from Mêdog County (Metog Rdzong (Tibetan), Mòtuō Xiàn (Chinese)), Tibet (Xizang) Autonomous Region, China.
eborispina eh-BOH-rih-SPEE-nah ivory-spined
regnans regg-nans Ruling

PlantFiles Activity:

No new plants.
1 new description was added.
12 new images were added.
1 new option was checked off.

PlantFiles Additions:

Garden Watchdog Activity:

No new companies were added to the database.
2 new ratings/comments were added to the database.

MemberAdditionDescription
figo Positive Flora Exotica
ronbug4444 Positive Maple Ridge Nursery

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Dave

 

And that's the way it was... September 30, 2022