Re: Weather/botanical names

When it comes to most plants, Kitty. With tropical fruits, botanical names are absolutely necessary--since any given fruit can have as many as 20 different common names depending on country or dialect. And, of course, the too common common name is always a mystifier--we call the native Asimina triloba "pawpaw"; Australians call Carica papaya "pawpaw." Big difference in those two fruits, not even in the same family.


On Apr 19, 2005, at 11:32 AM, Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center wrote:

Jim, since I don't grow food, I tend to forget about that. Yes, it would be
pretty silly to use botanical names for most food crops. But when it comes
to ornamentals, botanical names really help.
Kitty
----- Original Message -----
From: "james singer" <islandjim1@verizon.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 4:20 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Weather


And plants where the botanical name has become irrelevant with the
abundance of variety names, as with tomatoes.

On Apr 18, 2005, at 9:33 PM, Cathy Carpenter wrote:


As far as I'm concerned, common names are too confusing. The only
plants I address by their common names are "weeds"!
Cathy
On Monday, April 18, 2005, at 06:07 PM, Zemuly Sanders wrote:
Good grief! What an ignorant bunch. I don't blame Debbie for
quitting. I'd have done the same thing. Our MG group is also
terrible about using botanical names when discussing plants because
they think they are too confusing, but they don't get as carried away
as Debbie's ex-group.
zem
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT



Island Jim
Southwest Florida
27.0 N, 82.4 W
Hardiness Zone 10
Heat Zone 10
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT



Island Jim
Southwest Florida
27.0 N, 82.4 W
Hardiness Zone 10
Heat Zone 10
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index