Comments on: What is the meaning of the name Cattleya? http://grow-orchids.net/cattleya-orchids/what-is-the-meaning-of-the-name-cattleya How to Grow and Care for Orchids Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:34:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Del http://grow-orchids.net/cattleya-orchids/what-is-the-meaning-of-the-name-cattleya/comment-page-1#comment-260 Del Sat, 24 Apr 2010 07:38:23 +0000 http://grow-orchids.net/cattleya-orchids/what-is-the-meaning-of-the-name-cattleya#comment-260 Naming characters is always an interesting issue and more important than some people realize. Cattelya is the genus name for a group of Central and South American orchids. As to meaning, it doesn't have much since it is a latinized form of a person's surname. The genus was named that to honor a British patron of botony near the end of his career. His name was William Cattley This would be a unique name for a character, as far as I know and could be used to reveal something about a really "showy" character (All the orchids in this genus are supposed to be really fancy) or to contrast with a character whose attributes are opposite to the idea. Good Luck with the story. Del Naming characters is always an interesting issue and more important than some people realize. Cattelya is the genus name for a group of Central and South American orchids. As to meaning, it doesn’t have much since it is a latinized form of a person’s surname. The genus was named that to honor a British patron of botony near the end of his career. His name was William Cattley This would be a unique name for a character, as far as I know and could be used to reveal something about a really “showy” character (All the orchids in this genus are supposed to be really fancy) or to contrast with a character whose attributes are opposite to the idea. Good Luck with the story.

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