Did you ever wonder about their names?
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2016 11:36 pm
by hollyhock
I was looking up some plant information and stumbled upon this very interesting list of their etymological derivations and meanings-
http://www.pinguicula.org/pages/divers/cpdict.htm
Re: Did you ever wonder about their names?
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2016 11:46 pm
by KategoricalKarnivore
Very interesting.
Re: Did you ever wonder about their names?
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 1:22 am
by HeliamphoraWalnut
Yeah, I read in the savage garden that heliam means marsh, and phoria means vessel or flask. But since heliam sounds kinda like Helios, people call em sun pitchers
Re: Did you ever wonder about their names?
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 5:13 am
by Benurmanii
Glad you found this! I had been looking for a list like this for a while.