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Posted by beautifier none (My Page) on Mon, Jan 9, 12 at 16:38
| There is no perfect forum for this question, so I thought I would start here. I want to plant a 'naughty garden'. It will include plants that are either sexually suggestive in appearance (anthurium for example) or in name (Amorphophallus bulbus). This is going to be planted outside in the summer in zone 5, in a shaded protected spot. I am willing to put tropicals outside along with non-tropicals. Suggestions? |
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RE: Naughty plants
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| How about Clitoria ternatea (Butterfly Pea vine). Definitely a sexually suggestive name. |
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I don't know if you'll want to plant any of these but here are some suggestions:
Asclepias physocarpa-Family Jewels Milkweed
Solanum mamosum-Nipple Fruit
Eriophorum vaginatum-Tussock Cottongrass
Bulbophyllum vaginatum orchid
Hymenosporum flavum-Native Frangipani
Hymenocallis-Spider Lily
Phallus impudicus
Lady-of-the-Night-Brunfelsia americana
Hymenoclea-Winged Ragweed |
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| Good list Trini! lol We also call Asclepias physocarpa Hairy Balls. |
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| :) Karen, I've heard that name too but I can't say it because it makes me blush. :) |
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- Posted by bahia SF Bay Area (My Page) on
Wed, Jan 11, 12 at 3:19
| Trini, aside from the name of Hymenosporum now that I see it included in such a list, I wouldn't have associated this tree with the others. I have this growing in my own garden, and if I've gotten a proper latin translation for this, hymeno signifies wedding, sporum signifies sport(?), and flavum means yellow. So does it still fit in your opinion? I don't see much that actually could look "naughty" about this plant myself, either in the flowers or the seed pods, but maybe I haven't looked closely enough? Anyone know more about etyomology of latin botanical naming to enlighten me? |
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| Bahia, this is what I found about it: "Derivation of
Name: Hymenosporum...from Greek, hymen, a membrane and spora, a seed, referring to the winged seeds
flavum.... from Latin, flavus, yellow, referring to the typical flower color" I hadn't given any thought to the origin. I just think it sounds naughty so I threw it in there. :) |
RE: Naughty plants
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| Don't forget peter peppers! |
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| Cool idea, reminded me of a few pix i came across. 
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RE: Naughty plants
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| You're going to need a Padanus Palm. See Google Images linked below. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Google Images - Padanus Palm
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| I've found that the red peter peppers produce a higher number of peppers that look, um, appropriate, to your garden than the yellow ones, FYI! |
Here is a link that might be useful: red peter peppers I grew
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I came across another one for the naughty list:
Ceropegia ampliata aka Bushman's pipe, Horny Wonder, Condom Plant. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Ceropegia ampliata
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- Posted by edie_h 5bNY (Finger Lakes) (My Page) on
Sun, Feb 26, 12 at 17:58
| LOL at the vine on the tree pic. Here's a few more plants with suggestive names. Virgin's Bower - Clematis virginiana
"Cuisse de Nymphe" Rose, AKA "Maiden's Blush" (The French name translates to "Nymph's Thigh")
Hosta "Striptease"
Coleus varieties "Burlesque", "Fishnet Stockings", and "Private Dancer" "Pink Peculiar" Cuphea ignea looks naughty to me, but to you it may look completely innocent. Naughty is in the mind of the beholder. |
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