Thanks you, Bracey. I just looked out my window into my greenhouse, and there was another fine example of a common name: a "Calla Lily" is in bloom. That is, a Zantedeschia hybrid, looking mostly like Z. aethiopica, is in bloom at this odd time of year. It is neither a Calla nor a Lily. Calla is a genus including the rare Calla palustris, an endangered species from Tamarack bogs in Northern Indiana. Zantedeschia, like C. palustris, is in the Arum Family, but Zantedeschia is native to Southern Africa. Jim Shields At 12:09 PM 12/20/2007 -0800, you wrote: >Mock orange is my nomination. > >Binomials rule! I really like the analogy of learning your friends' names. > >Cheers, >Bracey Tiede ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA