Dec. 4th, 2003 02:37 pm
Regionalisms--plant names edition
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No, this isn't my answers to the quiz that's going around. I can't see as anyone would find those much more interesting than reading my dreams. But since a lot of y'all seemed to enjoy filling that out, here's some more questions. These are all common plants that are called by different names than I use by at least one person I know.
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No, this isn't my answers to the quiz that's going around. I can't see as anyone would find those much more interesting than reading my dreams. But since a lot of y'all seemed to enjoy filling that out, here's some more questions. These are all common plants that are called by different names than I use by at least one person I know.
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2. Flower
3. Flower
4. Plant
5. Flower
6. Flower
7. Flowering plant
8. Flowering tree
I'm all about practicality in my ignorance.
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2. ?
3. morning glory
4. something that tends to stay alive if you give it some water
5. spiderwort?
6. jasmine?
7. cattails?
8. wisteria?
9. palm / fern?
So how many have I completely misidentified?
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1. Snapdragon
5. Myrtle (although now I know it’s really called Vinca)
7. Hosta
8. Cherry blossom
10. Daylily
From Southern Ontario
2. trumpet vine
3. tulip tree
4. philodendron
5. periwinkle
6. honeysuckle
7. plantain
8. magnolia
9. devil's walking stick (?)
10. daffodil
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2. Orange trumpet thingo
3. Uninspired botanical drawing
4. Hideous house plant thing that might be a philodendron
5. Cute tiny thing!
6. Honeysuckle
7. Something that needs pruning
8. Magnolia
9. Giant scary weed
10. Daffodil
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4. Pothos
9. _A Tree Grows In Brooklyn_
10. Daffodil
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2. Trumpet vine
3. Tulip tree; at least I *think* this is what people call a tulip tree. It's new to me on this coast.
4. Pothos
5. In order of what I'm most likely to say: Greater periwinkle, venka, creeping myrtle
6. Honeysuckle
7. I don't know what this is; looks like bear grass, only smaller
8. Magnolia
9. Sumac
10. When they're this big and yellow: Daffodils!
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2.hibiscus
4.philodendron
8.japanese magnolia or dogwood
9.big fern
10.daffodil
says sfbooklady who is actually from new orleans.
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who won international acclaim for his hybridization of same.
#2..Trumpet Vine (Tropical in origin...they seem to grow wild out here)
#3..True Tulip Tree ( one of serveral varieties native to the midwest and Ohio Valley. Only the female produces flowers
#4..Pothos also known as Golden Philodendron, Creeping golden Ivy, Varigated Pothos (Aroid)
#5.. Vinca aka creeping myrtle
#6..White honeysuckle
#7..Seen it many times...unsure of name
#8.. flowering magnolia
#9..Chinese Tree of Heaven
#10..Jonquil, Daffodil, Dutch Trumpet Lily
Phew! *wipes forEhead*
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1. Iris
2. Hibiskus (wahrscheinlich blamiert!)
3. Sommerlinde?
4. Zimmerrankengewächs (soll es das in der freien Natur geben?)
5. Nicht Vergiss-mein-nicht
6. Lilien
7. Pusteblume
8. Magnolia (hier bin ich mir ausnahmsweise vollkommen sicher)
9. Irgend ein Fahngewächs
10. Schneeglöckchen / Osterglocke / gelbe Narzisse
Ja, das Spiel hatten wir schon einmal im Park. Ich war so angetan von Dir wegen deiner (unerwarteten) Energie und deinem Enthusiasmus.
Ich fürchte, dass ich auch bei diesem Rätsel versagt habe.
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5. vinca
6. honeysuckle (what other name does it have??)
8. Japanese magnolia
9. Mimosa
10. Daffodil
Like I was paying attention when Dad named these
5. Violet. Then again, I call everything small and purple a violet.
6. Mandaglorian Death Vine.
7. I can't remember what we called these, I do remember there was a way of folding the stem which would make the head shoot off.
8. magnolia. I've also heard Tulip Tree, but I honestly can't tell the difference between the two.
10. I like the flowers,
I like the daffodils,
I like the mountains,
I like the rolling hills,
I like the fireside when the lights are low,
Singing de-dum-de-da, de-dum-de-da, de-dum-de-da, de-dum
you learned nothing from your siblings either
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2. weird American plant
3. absolutely no idea
4. leopard laurel (if it's the one I think it is - grows into big bushes 6 or 7 feet tall, and quite woody).
5. nope
6. honeysuckle
7. I always wondered what those were called. Very familiar, totally unnameable.
8. camellia
9. hugely overgrown parlour palm
10. daffodils