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HelpRe: Begonia and other unusual flower names
in reply to a message by Joiya
1. I don't like the sound of Begonia enough to find it appealing as a name. It makes me think of the imperative 'begone, you.' Even as a name for a flower, it always has.
2. Penstemon. Well, I wouldn't actually use it. It's a GP. Middle name, I would use it.
3. I like Zinnia. I made a list of botanical "names" once ... I don't really like them all that much, but here you go
Vervain (longtime GP)
Kalanchoe (KAL-lan-KOH-ee, I think)
Frangipani
Salvia (sages)
Calamintha; Calamint ("butterfly bush")
Calliandra
Solandra
Persea (avocado genus)
Olea (olive genus)
Betony
Dittany
Orphine
Poplar
Neomarica
Abelia
- mirfak
2. Penstemon. Well, I wouldn't actually use it. It's a GP. Middle name, I would use it.
3. I like Zinnia. I made a list of botanical "names" once ... I don't really like them all that much, but here you go
Vervain (longtime GP)
Kalanchoe (KAL-lan-KOH-ee, I think)
Frangipani
Salvia (sages)
Calamintha; Calamint ("butterfly bush")
Calliandra
Solandra
Persea (avocado genus)
Olea (olive genus)
Betony
Dittany
Orphine
Poplar
Neomarica
Abelia
- mirfak
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