flowers

[Claire]

No: HPFGUIDX 72342

--- 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

For that matter, a lupin (or lupine) is a flower as well:  any of a 
genus (Lupinus) of leguminous herbs including some poisonous forms 
and others cultivated for their long showy racemes of usually blue, 
purple, white, or yellow flowers or for green manure, fodder, or 
their edible seeds.

Claire