Re: Names

apearce@academy.net.au wrote:
> 
> Dana wrote:
> >       And then there are those of us who look for iris with these type of
> >names.  I have an entire bed of witches, trolls, magic and monsters.
> 
> I guess that would have to be a bed of dark purple-black irises then!  And
> the white ones generally have wedding-related names, which I personally find
> almost as off-putting.  (I think this would have to qualify as the
> after-effects of my sister's wedding almost two years ago.  When family
> members have been discussing little else for months on end, plus spending a
> great deal of time on preparations, it is easy to get more than a little
> sick of it all.  Even my sister got fed up with it, and she, at least seemed
> to think she was making the right choice.....Sorry, straying off topic again.)
> 
> In terms of names which haven't been used, Iris Acres in South Australia is
> naming its new Pacific Coast cultivars after local place names, which I'm
> certain no Iris hybridizer in America would ever have used!  Here's a sample:
> 
> ALDINGA, ECHUNGA, NOARLUNGA, WILLUNGA, KANGARILLA AND YANKALILLA.

Don't you know Brad would kill for the name Kangarilla! Sounds like
something he would come up with & use.

Diana Winship
Richardson, Texas - where it's hot, hot, hot.
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