Ornithogalum adseptentrionesvergentulum

Alberto Castillo ezeizabotgard@hotmail.com
Sat, 09 Jun 2012 15:37:59 PDT

Good for David. 

> Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2012 17:35:30 -0500
> From: arnold140@verizon.net
> To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [pbs] Ornithogalum adseptentrionesvergentulum
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>  Rare plants say:
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> A very rare species, described only in 1996. It remains barely known. The Latin name translates as ?the little chap inclined towards the north? and refers to the fact that the leaves usually point north.
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> Arnold
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> On 06/09/12, David Ehrlich wrote:
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> I take it to mean little (plant) that bends to the north. By the way, what does 
> Ornithogalum (bird-milk?) come from
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> Also, Alberto, how often does one have a chance to complain about a 
> sesquipedalian specific epithet? For that matter, haow often does one have the 
> chance to use the word sesquipedalian?
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> David E.
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> From: Alberto Castillo <ezeizabotgard@hotmail.com>
> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Sat, June 9, 2012 3:16:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [pbs] Ornithogalum adseptentrionesvergentulum
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> It could translate as 
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> north of the short bend
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> or north of the little end of the road
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> Perhaps our expert Jane could clarify this further.
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