Welcome Henriette

[maxcelcat]

I have a new addition to my desk - a small purple flowering plant, of some indeterminate showy species.

Some of you may remember Psychotic Henry the Plant, a plant I had on my desk at my last job. Henry thrived in the airconditioned room, until I foolishly took him home over summer to look after him during the break. I left Henry in the sun, and he died *sob*.

Henry was a Moon Valley or Friendship Plant (Pilea involucrata) which I picked up at the Kmart in Northcote. He was dubbed the most absurd name then-housemate Luna could think of, for such and innocent little pot-plant. Hence, Psychotic Henry the Plant...

Now, since his untimely demise, do you think I could find another plant of the same species? Henry the second? You have to admit, a cool looking plant. I looked low and high, but no, for some reason the only one in the country ended up in the bargain bin in the garden section of Northcote Kmart!

Anyway, does anyone have an opinion about plant naming? I mean, do they even have a gender? I think they're all hermaphrodites... So Henriette could just as easily be Henry the Second...

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_megalomania_/]

My shameful opinion on plant naming is...the flowerier (is that a word?) the plant is, the girlier the name should be. Of course I realise that this has no logical basis and is rather insane. I'm a bit of a plant killer so I should probably just slink off into the darkness and stay there with my feelings of guilt and shame :P