Re: renaming plants

Claire, 
I agree with you.  I'd never ask for a Solenostemon.  I only meant for use
in plant lists, labeling, researching, etc.  However, if someone told me
they'd gotten a new Snakewort, I couldn't be sure just what they had. As
for pels, if they would just say they are looking for ANNUAL geraniums, I'd
have no problem with it.

Kitty


> [Original Message]
> From: <ECPep@aol.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 2/7/2003 6:56:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] renaming plants
>
> In a message dated 2/7/03 11:31:57 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
> kmrsy@earthlink.net writes:
>
>
> > I thought the Coleus to Solenostemon change occurred long b4 the
> > Chrysanthemum obliteration.  
>
> Kitty- Accepted in Europe but rarely seen here.  I don't think I have
ever 
> purchased a Coleus labeled SS in a local nursery.  Maybe seen elsewhere
in 
> the country but sold in all catalogs as Coleus.  Coleus, common for a
hundred 
> years more or less and won't disappear easily.  I do agree with Latinate
form 
> but have ended comment on the subject.  Either folks agree or they don't 
> agree.  Sometimes you cannot sell a plant called Pelargonium when a buyer 
> wants a geranium, a Hippeastrum when a buyer wants an Amaryllis so the
system 
> tries but is not perfect.  My husband's family operate a nursery and
standing 
> outdoors with a customer on a busy day in spring, a Coleus is a Coleus. 
Most 
> gardeners as they gain experience learn Latinate form and as you go on
you 
> often find it a fascinating subject.  Though, not all will agree.
>
> Claire Peplowski
> NYS z4
>
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