When I was a kid I read just about every book Edgar Rice Burroughs ever wrote, among which were the now-obscure "Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar". I assume that's where the common name for this plant came from, probably originally as a marketing name in a plant catalog. Interesting that the plant name stuck, but the book is practically forgotten. (I'm still wondering about "Love lies bleeding"...)
Indeed, ruby beads!
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a kid I read just about every book Edgar Rice Burroughs ever wrote, among which were the now-obscure "Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar". I assume that's where the common name for this plant came from, probably originally as a marketing name in a plant catalog. Interesting that the plant name stuck, but the book is practically forgotten. (I'm still wondering about "Love lies bleeding"...)
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