Captain's log - Stardate 2262.101
Spock has come up with a rough device that can be used by a Horta to communicate, basically in Morse code format. Not ideal, but it's a beginning and easily taught to the androids so that at least one of the Horta on the planet will be able to directly communicate with them.
So far as naming the planet goes, Bones suggested Malus. Took me a minute to translate the Latin, but I have to admit it seems appropriate to me. Malus will be the name of both the colony and the planet.
