Rearrange the letters in the following to spell the names of houseplant genera. Some of the genera in question are more obscure than others, but twelve (or thirteen, depending on how you count one) of them have been the subject of plant profiles before, which narrows things down somewhat. The others have all been mentioned here on multiple occasions.
Answers at the end of the post (highlight to read).
1. A LEO
2. I LEAP
3. PARISH
4. RESCUE
5. SMART ONE
6. BURGLAR SCHEME
7. MONSTER HAT
8. LO! HIDDEN PORN!
9. MINOR PLAGUE
10. CAVIAR CLOUD
11. OH, MELANOMA!
12. E-MAIL TO:
13. PINHEAD LUST
14. DATA CANISTER
15. AUDIO REBEL
16. FLESH FARCE
17. DISCUSS NAP
18. UPSET CARPORTS
19. HAPLESS PIANO
20. U.S.S. DIAPER POLISH
Answers:
1. ALOE (UPDATE: Jordan points out in comments that this could also be OLEA.)
2. PILEA
3. RHAPIS
4. CEREUS
5. MONSTERA
6. SCHLUMBERGERA
7. STROMANTHE
8. PHILODENDRON
9. PELARGONIUM
10. CARLUDOVICA
11. HOMALOMENA
12. TOLMIEA
13. PEDILANTHUS
14. TRADESCANTIA
15. LEDEBOURIA
16. SCHEFFLERA
17. SCINDAPSUS
18. STREPTOCARPUS
19. PHALAENOPSIS
20. PSEUDORHIPSALIS
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Some Amusing (?) Botanical Anagrams
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5 comments:
Hahahaha! I love anagrams! These were fantastic.
I quickly glanced through it, but only got two right off the back.
Turns out it was only one, but technically the first one could be Olea too.
That still doesn't excuse the fact that I love word games, love plants, and gave up way to easily on 'em.
So funny! Clever post idea :)
Jordan:
I'm actually really bad at anagrams; either I get them within the first five seconds, or I never get them at all, and it's usually the latter. I like coming up with them better than I like trying to solve them.
I've edited the post to include your (very valid) point about OLEA.
Awesome!!
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