Well this is true and common names add as much fun as frustration. Exactly what does a small seemingly innocuous plant do or cause to earn the name Devils Stepmother! On Dec 20, 2007 6:20 PM, Marguerite English < meenglis@meenglis.cts.com> wrote: > Wow! That was a great rant! Happens I agree with most of it. > However.... I like to collect the common names for plants I like. It > adds to my interest in them to speculate how they gather them. > Also, this forum is a place to use scientific names and everyone who > comes here probably knows how to use them. Not every place I go is > that. My gardening club is made up of other LOL's who could care less > as long as the plant grows where we live. They would stop inviting me > to the garden club parties if I only chatted in Latin nomenclature. > So don't look at the web page I just issued for them, 'cause all the > Latin names are on the back page. But if you'd like to know a little > about my town, do check it out. I still have a list of plants to add > to the plant list, but I put the choices for which I have photos out > there first. It isn't about geophytes, but about garden plants that > are grown or recommended by club members. Marguerite, about half > finished with descansogardenclub.org > > totototo@telus.net wrote: > > On 14 Dec 07, at 16:12, Marguerite English wrote: > > > > > >> ...I hadn't noticed the name hurricane lilies before, thanks for > >> sharing it. > >> > > > > I'm going to be one of those plant name snots and disagree. All the > > plants we grow have perfectly good names assigned by our friends > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >