At Dave's botanary<http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Ceropegia>... *seer-oh-PEEJ-ee-uh* OR *ker-o-PEE-je-uh* -- From the Greek *keros* (wax) and *pege* (fountain), referring to the appearance of the flower clusters.
Regards. Dinesh On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Rajesh Sachdev <[email protected]>wrote: > yes, Muthu ji, indeed interesting . Until now, we all were pronouncing it > as *sero-pegia!* > > > On 10 September 2012 12:39, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Interesting to hear Rajeshji, >> >> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 12:37 PM, Rajesh Sachdev <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> I come across an article on Wikipedia, which has generated a question in >>> my mind that "Is Ceropegia sero-pegia or kero-pegia?" >>> >>> Ceropegia is a genus of plants within the family Apocynaceae. It was >>> named by Carl Linnaeus, who first described this genus in volume 1 of his >>> Species plantarum, which appeared in 1753. Linnaeus thought that the >>> flowers looked like a fountain of wax. From this the scientific name was >>> derived: ‘keros’ meaning wax and ‘pege’ meaning fountain (Pooley, 1998). >>> They have many common names including lantern flower, parasol flower, >>> parachute flower, bushman’s pipe, string of hearts, snake creeper, >>> wine-glass vine, rosary vine, and necklace vine. >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceropegia >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Regards >>> Rajesh Sachdev >>> https://www.facebook.com/leopardguy >>> https://www.facebook.com/groups/indianflora/ >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Muthu Karthick, N >> Care Earth Trust >> #15, second main road, >> Thillai ganga nagar, >> Chennai - 600 061 >> Mob: 0091 96268 33911 >> www.careearthtrust.org >> >> > > > -- > Regards > Rajesh Sachdev > https://www.facebook.com/leopardguy > https://www.facebook.com/groups/indianflora/ > > > > -- > > > > --
