Michael? This is clarification of a mystery. Thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Benedito" <jindegales@yahoo.co.uk> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 5:26 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] Haemanthus and Scadoxus Culture > > The specific epithet has to agree with the gender of the > genus, so has nothing to do with the gender of anyone it > commemorates. > Dear Mr. Tim I think the epithet is related with the gender of the person it commemorates. I could give an example. The genus Nepenthes that has currently more than 120 species. Many of them were named after a few people, for instance: Nepenthes attenboroughii after sir David Attenborough Nepenthes benstonei that honours the botanist Benjamin C. Stone Nepenthes copelandii after E. B. Copeland, curator of the Manila Herbarium Nepenthes danseri honouring the famous botanist B. H. Danser