I think they just wanted a name that was larger than the plant itself. Eugene Zielinski Rapid City, SD still in the USA -----Original Message----- >From: Thomas Glavich <tglavich@sbcglobal.net> >Sent: Jun 9, 2012 7:13 PM >To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> >Subject: Re: [pbs] Ornithogalum adseptentrionesvergentulum > >Little chap who looks at the Seven sisters. It blooms when the Pleiades are >overhead. > > > >----- Original Message ---- >From: "arnold140@verizon.net" <arnold140@verizon.net> >To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >Sent: Sat, June 9, 2012 2:06:05 PM >Subject: [pbs] Ornithogalum adseptentrionesvergentulum > >Interesting. > >Any speculation on the derivation of the name. > >Arnold > > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/