Roger wrote: " My fave is Iris winogradowii, which the ignoranti pronounce as spelled. In fact, it's a Latinized form of the German transliteration of the Russian name we would pronounce Vinogradov in everyday English spelling. Those w's should be pronunciamentated as v's." Nit picking correction: Виноградов would be pronounced Vinogradof, not vinogradov. Russian de-voices consonants at the ends of words. I'm not really sure how they should be pronunciamentated. : ) Jim McKenney