The Orchid Society of Great Britain
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enchantress; D. cutis-bufonis – the skin <strong>of</strong> a<br />
toad; D. cochliops – from a Greek word<br />
meaning the eyes <strong>of</strong> a snail.<br />
D. diana is named after the goddess <strong>of</strong> the<br />
moon; D. marsupialis – pouch-like, because<br />
<strong>of</strong> its lip; and D. gastrophora – with a paunch,<br />
for the same reason; D. lotax (low tax?)<br />
which we are all in favour <strong>of</strong>, but meaning a<br />
clown and D. insolita, from the Latin for<br />
strange, but that could refer to the<br />
taxonomists, or to the people who grow<br />
these things. And talking about the<br />
taxonomists, one <strong>of</strong> the more recently<br />
named draculas is D. carlueri, but my one is<br />
yet to flower.<br />
A Different Look at Dracula Names<br />
Dracula cochliops Dracula diana<br />
Dracula simia<br />
OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 • 253
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