Photography29 Jun 2010 08:10 am
Parodia subterranea
Interesting name. I wonder if it got that name because it’s an underground growing cactus, most of the time, or if it got that name becasue it was named for someone named Subterranea. Saucy!
Anderson’s The Cactus Family tells me nothing. Oh well. On to the next question.
You can also bookmark this on del.icio.us or check the cosmos
RSS feed for comments on this post. | TrackBack URI
June 29th, 2010 at 11:11 am
My guess is that it’s both and neither: it’s named subterranea because it only grows underneath people named “Terranea.” Which is why A) nobody names their kids “Terranea” anymore, and B) Parodia subterranea is endangered.
June 29th, 2010 at 12:05 pm
I think that P. underground was already taken. Matti
June 29th, 2010 at 2:03 pm
Having done a bit more research into this matter, I discover that there is in fact someone named Terranea, living in a small village outside Salzburg in the Austrian countryside.
Actually, it turns out Terranea is a resort in Palos Verde with their own blog – http://www.terranea.com/california-resort-blog.php
Now you know.
June 29th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
I’m going for the “Put & Pamper” package…