Re: Orchis, U.parthenopipes, etc.

Brett Lymn (blymn@awadi.com.au)
Tue, 26 Mar 1996 15:49:48 +1030 (CST)

According to Fernando Rivadavia Lopes:
>
> Are you guys kidding? You're gonna leave us all dying with
>curiosity?!?!?
>

I only know about the orchid one - they got the name because the first
orchid found had bulbs that resembled testicles. In fact, the medical
term for removal of the testicles (males are allowed to cringe here
;-) is an _orchidectomy_ (sorry if I have mispelt this).

-- Brett Lymn, Computer Systems Administrator, AWA Defence Industries
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