flowers

[purrlygirlie]

No: HPFGUIDX 72259

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "elizabeth1603" <
elizabeth1603 at y...> wrote:
> 
> > we have: Bellatrix, Andromeda, Narcissa, and Nymphadora.
> > 
> > all of which are names of flowers.
> 
> > 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!?  
> > 
> > -chris
  
> The person with the flower name I'm interested in is Moaning
Myrtle. Don't 
> know if it's been mentioned here before, but I wonder if she could
be related 
> somehow. 
> 
> Elli

Purrly here:
     I think that the flower theme is broader than the Black family. 
Yes, you've 
got Bellatrix, Andromeda, Narcissa, and Nymphadora.  However, you've
also 
got Lily, Petunia, Myrtle, Lavender, Pansy, and Fluer. I doubt
they're all related 
I don't know what, besides gender, ties all these characters together
in JKR's 
mind.  If anyone has any theories I'd love to here them.
     In the meantime, I think that the Black family theme is "stars
and 
constellations" as it fits all the females who were Blacks at birth -
Bellatrix, 
Andromeda, and Narcissa (sorry, I can't remember who pointed out that 
Bellatrix and Narcissa were heavenly bodies, no pun intended) - and
also 
includes their male cousins Sirius and Regulus.  JKR has just
continued her 
tendency of being brilliant by fitting the Black sisters into two
themes.
Purrly