flowers

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No: HPFGUIDX 72205

Ccauley, you're definitely on to something...

"Araminta Meliflua", also on the Black family tree, possibly 
Sirius's mother's first cousin.

Araminta is a Greek baby name for "fragrant flower."
The only reference I can find for "meliflua" is the species name for 
another type of flower, Hoya meliflua.



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ccauley" <ccauley at y...> wrote:
> hi, i'm new to this board but.. my friends and i have noticed 
> something, i'm not sure if it has been discussed on here yet but.. 
> here it is:
> 
> look at the black family tree:
> (i've included a link: http://www.hp-lexicon.org/black-family-
> tree.html)
> 
> we have: Bellatrix, Andromeda, Narcissa, and Nymphadora.
> 
> all of which are names of flowers.
> 
> bellatrix - french flower, flower medium, double, unicoloured. 
> Corolla with for irregular rows of petals. White petals with soft 
> flesh-pink decoloration or white petals with red streaks (RHS 27C, 
> ORANGE GROUP) towards the centre. Flowering period: March-April. 
> Obtained from the cross "Rosa simplex" with "Pomponia semiplena" 
> (however it is genetically engineered) 
> 
> Narcissus - aka the daffodils, they are the cheeriest flowers and 
> bloom in early spring
> 
> Andromeda - Andromeda polifolia (Andromeda glaucophylla)(Bog 
> rosemary) Bog rosemary is threatened in the state of Connecticut. 
> Despite the name, it is not related to the herb rosemary
> 
> Nymphadora - commonly known today as the water lilly.  the water 
lily 
> was a sign of daytime and goodness rising from the bad things.
> (http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/lotus.htm)
> 
> *bellatrix, Narcissus, Anromeda are also constellations seen in 
the 
> NIGHT time.
> 
> so it appears there is a tradition in the black family of naming 
the 
> females after flowers.  and that Nymphadora (tonks) is also 
goodness, 
> like sirius, she has not followed in the normal Black family 
> traditions of pureblood, etc.
> 
> Harry's mother and aunt, are also named after flowers.  Lilly and 
> Petunia.  Is there a connection here?  could they too be related 
to 
> the blacks!?  COULD HARRY BE RELATED TO THE BLACKS!?
> 
> -chris