Mimbulus Mimbletonia (was Neville's Wand)

[James Redmont]

No: HPFGUIDX 77219

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, silmariel <silmariel at t...> 
wrote:

> Complex, isn't it? Neville is more than meets the eye. I'd like to 
know if 
> another detail has been discussed. We know the constant references 
to 
> Mimbulus Mimbletonia. Given there is a phrase I wish I could 
locate in the 
> book as the plant being assyrian (or sirian), is it a reference to 
the book 
> about mediterranean plants he was given in GoF?
> 
> silmariel

Me:

Uncle Algie got it in Assyria.  Page 186, US version of OP, towards 
the bottom.  I for one KNOW this is going to be v. important, so I 
think it would benefit us all to figure out everything we can about 
it.  

Neville said he's going to breed from it.  Do you think he means 
cross breeding with another plant?  What could mimbulus mimbletonia 
mean?  One website had it listed as meaning "moonlit cactus", which 
utterly bewildered me, until I was rereading OP yesterday and saw 
where they all go to bed and Neville is looking at his moonlit 
cactus.  I think the thing was actually moonlit.  I don't think 
that's what the name means.  Anyway, it's got an awesome defensive 
mechanism, we know that.  It squirts the stink sap.  It looks like a 
cactus, but has boils instead of spines.  

I for one don't know for sure if Great Uncle Algie is all that 
great.  He nearly killed Neville trying to force the magic out of 
him.  He almost drowned him, then he nearly killed him when he 
dropped him out the window.  What if Gran and Algie aren't who they 
appear to be?  Let's not forget that Algie got Trevor for Neville, 
then he gets the plant.  Trevor always seemed important to me.  
Maybe I'm wrong.  But doesn't it seem a big coincidence that Gran is 
there in the hospital when the devil's snare is delivered?  And what 
if by giving the gum wrappers to Neville, his mom is trying to warn 
him about his Gran?  (who knows how that might work, but Gran did 
tell him to throw it away)  

Anyway, I'm very anxious to hear any ideas about Neville's plant.

James Redmont