Delphinium Vanessa-Mae

Xanthippe · Post by **Xanthippe** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 10:08 am

Meet Delphinium Vanessa-Mae - see picture below!! Does it refer to our girl Vanessa-Mae? Is this wonderful plant named after our beautiful Vanessa-Mae? I can not find any confirmation yet.

eva03 · Post by **eva03** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 4:29 pm

I thought Delphinium's the new Vanessa-Mae album title.

Anyway, it looks like some kind of a wild flower or weed.

wylde8 · Post by **wylde8** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 5:22 pm

I still don't understand the link between VM and this botany club that named the flower. Why would they name it after her?

New Blue Eyes · Post by **New Blue Eyes** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 6:53 pm

This is just a guess, but the botanical club is probably European based. I can't imagine someone would come up with that name out of nowhere. No doubt someone on the committee that named the flower is or is close to a fan of our dearest girl, Vanessa-Mae. Or, they just know of her qualities that complement this flower, or they simply thought her name fit the flower.

NBE

Xanthippe · Post by **Xanthippe** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 7:32 pm

Naming a Delphinium after a celebrity like Vanessa-Mae is certainly not unprecedented. There are more examples of famous people whose names are used to denote a plant or flower, just to honour and recognise the icon role in society of that famous personality.

I suppose this botany club has a commitee that judges these issues when a name is proposed for a new cultivar. Or maybe, if you develop a new cultivar, that iit is entirely your free choice and responsibility how to name it.

In that case, the creator of this species may very well be a firm admirer of our girl Vanessa-Mae!