Yesterday’s photo: Trillium Luteum (Yellow Toadshade, Wax Trillium, Lemon-scented Trillium, Yellow Trillium):
Yellow Toadshade. Toadshade? And the ones from the other day, the magenta ones, also Toadshade. Trillium Cuneatum
In today’s paper, this caught my eye.
And I’m wondering–is the magic of a flower diminished by its name? By any name? I’m not sure. Actually, what I’m noticing is not that–but that I’d rather not know its name at all. Because seeing these flowers in the wild was a first. First eyes. First recognition. First meeting. That’s where the magic lies.
following thread 
well, for me, the name makes it even more Grand. Toadshade. How beatiful the
thought is. I love toads. so much. always have. Their eyes are the eyes of
persian princes. so..Toadshade. Good to me.
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don’t get me wrong…toadshade is magical in itself…images of plant providing reptilian shade in the summer. but no, the yearning for nameless is something else. i’ve been digging around, off and on, all afternoon, trying to understand what it was i was trying to say about unnamed. and just now it came to me…second line of the Tao Te Ching…
The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao
The name that can be named is not the eternal name
The nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth
The named is the mother of myriad things
Thus, constantly free of desire
One observes its wonders
Constantly filled with desire
One observes its manifestations
These two emerge together but differ in name
The unity is said to be the mystery
Mystery of mysteries, the door to all wonders
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I love the naming of plants both the latin and common names, the whole science of taxonomy, being a horticulturist I understand the plant keys, have a general knowledge of a lot of the plant families and as I have never seen or am even likely to see a Trillium in real life this is a wonderful sharing besides the deep knowing that we are losing species at a greater rate than we are discovering them in this 21stC….
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