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| Hi, Lois! |
You remember Lois the Corpse Flower, right? Of course you do. Because no one could forget our favorite stinky plant!
As it turns out, the fine folks at CultureMap – the home of @CorpzFlowrLois tweeter @stevenjthomson – received a Corpse Flower as a gift after Lois’ twitter identity was revealed.
Now, as Zac, our horticulturist, will tell you – corpse flowers are tricky beasts. They are rare outside their native Sumatra for a reason. They require constant, skilled care. And, of course, a habitat capable of maintaining jungle-like humidity levels.
As much as the CultureMappers loved their new flower – their lovely offices do not yet boast a greenhouse. So, they donated it to the museum, making theirs a much happier plant – and giving Lois a new roommate.
It’s going to take a lot – of time, and sass – for this little-sister leaf to live up to Leave-Em-Wanting-More Lois.
And there’s just no way for that to happen as long as our newest corpse flower remains nameless.
Lois, as you may know, is named after the mother of Eddie Holik – the former director of the Butterfly Center who acquired her 7 years ago.
We thought we’d give you the honor this time.
Help Us Name Our New Corpse Flower!
Here’s how:
Leave a comment on this post with your suggested name. You have until July 15 to get your entries in, and you can post as many as you can think of – just don’t forget to fill in the “email” field, or we’ll have no way to contact you if you win.
On July 18, we’ll post the finalists here on the blog. Be sure to come back and vote for your favorite!
July 25 – the first anniversary of Lois’ bloomday – we’ll announce the winning name for our new corpse flower!
What’s In It For You?
Bragging rights! And, a private tour of the HMNS Greenhouses (not generally open to the public) with Soni and Zac, our horticulturists + a museum membership (which has some pretty cool benefits).
Ok, ready? Go!
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| I need a name! |
Clark! As in Lois Lane and Clark Kent! 🙂
Louise for the new Corpse Flower! And good luck with her.
LILOU PRONOUNCED lee-Lou
a diritive of the name Lois or Louise in French
Clark
She should be named Goldie.
Sumatra was known in ancient times by the Sanskrit names of Swarnadwīpa (“Island of Gold”) and Swarnabhūmi (“Land of Gold”), due likely to the gold deposits of the island’s highland. (Ref: Wikipedia)
Lilo – short for Little Lois, plus it’s a darn cute name for the darn cute addition to the HMNS family : )
Lila — just sounds good together — Lois and Lila, like sisters.
How about “Thelma”
How about Gertrude or Gertie for short?
Luna
Louis (or Lewis), baby of Lois!
Morticia (because it is a corpse flower)
Florence (because it is an inflorescence)
Arioa (as in aroid family)
Leah.
(After all, who said the flower offspring had to be a little sister? We had Lois: Isn’t it time for a boy’s name?)
Margot … as a tribute to Margot Kidder of Lois Lane fame!
Atlas – a Titan arum should have a Titan-worthy name. This flower reaches for the heavens, so should share the name with the Titan who supported the heavens!
How about Eddie as tribute to the former director of Butterfly Center whose mother Lois is named after …
Serendipity = )
Jack (because that’s my baby’s name and wouldn’t it be cool to be able to tell him there is a plant at the museum named after HIM!)
I love the name Sophie
Girl:
Gertrude (the adored warrior)
Boy:
Artemis (of the moon!)
LOLA! just popped in when I saw the baby leaf…
“Clark” was the first name that popped into my head! Since there were others with the same suggestion, I’ll offer up the name “Lane” instead.
How about Aroma
Louie …Goes well with Lois has a certain ring to it.
name it sofia!
Hyacinth. Hy and Lo!
How about “Malodora”?
Female – Eloise
Male – Milo
I am liking all the names being sent in that are spinning off Lois( Lilou,Lilo).
Since it was suggested the new plant was a little sister to Lois ,how about Louisa (after louisa may alcott of Little Women fame)or even Lolita. If sticking with the L’s, I am a big fan of Layla or pehaps Lotus to be somewhat redundant….. However,if gender does not come into play then my male name suggestion is Leroy (after the boy on Art Linkletter Show)!!!!!!
LuLu!
Corpi…short for corpse…with a female spin on it…
Henrietta
How about Fleta? (fleet – uh)
Leiche – which is German for Corpse, and reasonably close to the sister name.
Bud
Ditto
Libby, the name of my first flower.
Possibly:
Lilith (somewhat mythical/classical) or
Poppy – which I think would be fun.
Well, it’s 101 degrees today, and MARGARITA is sounding pretty good right now..
… tall, green and VERY cool!
I get a whole Bride of Frankenstein vibe from this flower, so I was thinking Elsa the name of the actress who played Bride of Frankenstein in the movie.
ANASTASIA Annie for short
Clark!
Pippi or Lenore
Whoever said Morticia was in the right path (And read my mind), but I propose:
MORTY. Perfect for a Corpse flower.
Cora
Cassandra
Lane, as in Lois Lane.
Newbie – a newcomer & a novice
Esperanza. (hope)
Charlotte, it’s elegant, sophisticated. A flower should be a girls name.
Lori please. 🙂 Thanks!
How about “Amor” (means “Love” in Spanish) because the Corpse Flower’s name is Amorphophallus Titanum and we will “lovingly wait” for this new baby to bloom.
Lucinda!
I think the name needs to be something mysterious like Cruella!
I’d have to say Morticia as well. Morticia took care of flowers as the matriarch of the Addams Family and her name comes from the latin word meaning “death”. What a fitting tribute to have her live on as a budding corpse flower.
My boys think it should be Aphrodite – because we thought Lois was beautiful, and we know she will be too.
Ki: The Earliest Sumerian earth Goddess.
Inanna: A personification of the morning and evening star.
Lilith …..it just fits.
Let’s name the new corpse flower Pomona, after Pomona Sprout, the herbology professor and head of Huffleuff house at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Sue, because it’s short and sweet.
Floora. As the smell will floor us.
Morticia for the corpse flower sounds very appropriate.
diaper flower (because it smells like a diaper!)
stench-o-saur
stinky peep (because you are so stinky and only give us a quick peep)
How about Agatha! It means good and honorable as was Lois.
Female gender: ISIS
Male gender: OSIRIS, God of the dead
What do you think of “Morticia” from The Addams Family? I think it pairs nicely with the corpse theme.
Ruby…the rich red/purple color of Lois AND my sweet Mom’s name, too!
Seymour D. Stinker
How about Lane? Lois and Lane
Stella or Atticus
I think we should name it jewel because A:it so contradicts what it is I mean, come on it’s a CORPSE flower and B: Lois has been like a jewel for the museum, bringing in visitors.
Thought of some more…
How ’bout “Esprit” (de Corps, of course…), or
Maybe “Windy”, in honor of the odor, or
“Little Ghoul” (little girl : ) )
How about Azrael the Angel of Death?
Or Dorian, as in Dorian Gray. The guy who had the portrait of himself made and he couldn’t look at it or he would die.
Appolonia.
Edith
Audrey
One suggestion is “Cormella” (A mashup of “Camilla” and “Corm”) or “Cormicopia”
Going with the “Munsters” theme, how about “Hermann”? (after both the Munster and the Park)
Last, but not least: “Sam”, which could be either male or female, but also is a reference to that dude on the horse sitting in the circle next to the Museum.
~EdT.
Kayrizzma – Kay for short
Sam because it is a gender neutral name – it could mean Samuel or Samantha. 🙂
How about “Karl” for Karl Lagerfeld since he is the head designer/creative director for Chanel? (just to be funny) 🙂
How about the name “Javier” for Javier Colon – the winner of NBC’s “The Voice” since he has a “perfumy” last name. 🙂
ok.. so i and others will not win as this was someone else’s suggestion.. but i have to agree and Clark is the first thing that pops into my head when i think of Lois.
I vote Clark.
Loleafta–a take off on Lolita, Lois, and “leaf”, meaning pretty little sister leaf!
Tallulah or Penelope – my two sassafrases
Curt S.C. Flush
Flora (Roman Goddess of Flowers) or Chloris (Greek Goddess of Flowers)
Lil’ Stinker
Seymour
Lilly or Lily is a good name
Mildred or Muriel… they just go with Lois! or “Thelma and Lois”!
Mabel
Clair
Grace
Jean
Rita
Thunder Cat! or Spartacus
How about Amanda? Since horticulturist Zac takes such good care of Lois and you just got the new plant and Zac just got engaged, name it after his fiance.
AMANDA or Mandy
I think Lois should have a brother. Simon, Otis or Eddie.
Definitely “Morticia” a la “Adams Family”!
Bella…cause the flower is beautiful even though it stinks. 😉
I think our new little corpse flower should be named Juliette <3
I like all of the Lilou versions and Tallulah (could be Talie shortly)
‘dead flower’ in Latin is ‘flore mortuam’.. hence, Flomor, Ream(pronounced like Reham), Remor, Lorea..
Marla! Like in Fight Club. 🙂
Claire (As someone mentioned earlier, a flower should have a feminine name. And it is Lois’s little sister. Not to mention, this girl name sounds similar to Clark.)
I like the name FLORENCIA in honor of the place of birth of Odoardo Beccari, the man that found her. Florencia means “flowering, in bloom” and is strong; a good name for a Titan.
Lucille
Lana
Stinky McDeath. Gender neutral, sounds nice with Lois.
Lazarus – He rose from the dead!
Lela, or of course Clark.
I like Lurch (from the Addam’s Family). The flower is going to be huge and I think that will match well.
I also like Emily because that was the name of the corpse bride in Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride.
Lex (as in Lex Luthor, but keeping with the “L” theme.
Rose… ah, the irony!
How about “Bela” for Bela Lugosi, the most famous corpse of all – Dracula.
Call her Zani after the horticulturists who cared for her sister so well and now are caring for her. (ZAc, soNI)
Piper
Sadie
Chloe
Estelle
Dara
Elvira because her bloom will be dark and sexy!
Rosella its my favorite name and it won’t smell quite like a rose but is as anticapated and cared for:)
Hope sounds like a good name.
Aggie the corpus flower
My vote is for the name Clark! I agree with who ever else picked Clark. Clark would be awesome & very clever!!! 🙂
FEMALE: Joan, after my mother and her namesake, Joan of Arc. 😉
MALE: Robert, after Robert PLANT of Led Zeppelin. get it..?
C’mon, this one’s obvious – either Ima (after Mrs. Hogg)..!
Luna.
ULTI!!!!
Astrid
Pepé Le Pew
stinkarina
stencha
Emily, like Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride. Both beautiful!
Vicki because Lois Lane is to Superman as Vicki Vale is to Batman.
essence
rubbisha
Hortense. Comes from the Latin meaning gardener and shares hort- from horticulturists which her keepers are.
I ♥ HANK!
She’s born in the south so give her a southern name like Missy. Or you could name her Sissy since she’s a little sister.
There’s also Bella,
Cheyenne (shy-Ann)
Lupe (loop-aye)
Lynn
Desi
Nitza (neet-sa)
Erika
Lola
Xanthe (shaun-tey)
Heather
Gabby or Gabriella
Amber
Jessica
Wilma
Rhonda
Theresa (ter-ee-sa)
Francis
Brooke
Taima (time-ah)
Jenelle or Jenny
Elizabeth
Victoria
Catherine/Catie/Kate
Penelope
Setesuyara, the indonesian goddess of the underworld!
Because the flower originates in indonesia and smells like death.
Settie for short.
beauty queen charlene
Lyla
I defiantly love Morticia from the Aadams family, but also LILY from the munsters and Lydia from Beetlejuice. All Awesome names
Hilda
Luisa (spanish for Lois)
Bella (pretty in spanish)
Still honoring Lois. C for corpse.
Deadpan Lily
Morticia and the Beanstalk
Lyla
Bertha. She needs a name with clout.
I think….
Thelma… of Thelma and Lois fame.. (ok.. I know Louise..but still)
because they were best buddies and went over the edge together.. like two Corpse flowers.
Besides… my students would think it was so cool.. and I would really really like to see back inside the greenhouses..
Thanks for giving us an opportunity to name the new corpse flower…
Cynthia Parish West Brook High School Environmental Sciences
I would love to name her Lucy
I agree with Elta.
Lana.
The new plant should be Lois’s sister or daughter or niece or something, so why not stick with the whole Superman theme and name her after another one of his lady loves?
Leila “amazing”
Belle “beautiful”
Lola “strong woman”
Adelaide “Nobility”
Lia
Leisa
Marly
Tara
Alice
Paris
shirley
Flower of Eden
Malistaire
Morticia
Esmerelda (Eh-SMELL-relda). 😀
Aashka (aash-ka)meaning “Blessing”, because we a blessed we got a sister from a rare plant.
Allen – after the founding brothers of Houston, Augustus and John Allen.
Chloe, because it means “young green shoot” in Greek 🙂 It’s the name for new plants.
Rigo- as Rigor Mortis (Latin meaning “stiffness of death”)
Mantai- For the Mantawai, Sumatra Natives sharing a piece of their culture
I think “Hank” is a great name! Simple, cute, and appropriate since the last one was a female name, leading people to think (incorrectly) that “Lois” was a lady. These plants (like most flowering plants) are actually hermaphrodites.
You can name it Aggie, Missy, tweety, Erica Syptak, pinky, bulldog, smurfit, Reeces, or Texas Aggie
I was beaten to the punch— I vote for Clark (as in Clark Kent), too.
Lawrence – Lois and Lawrence will make a good pair.
Hi. Hi and Lois. (Created by MORT Walker, an added plus)
Lois II. Like Broadway’s Audrey II, but without the man-eating behavior problem.
Flora.
I love the name Coco for the new flower.
Salma. Corpse in Italian is Salma, and it’s a great name. Fiesty.
HerMieNeS for HMNS
Eleanor
(or Karen!)
I think you should name it Audrey, after me 🙂 Ok, not really, but she should be named Audrey because she smells like a corpse – it’s bad breath after eating the dentist…
Strictly speaking, corpse flowers aren’t just ‘female’, right?
I like “Clark”. 🙂
Fleur La Peu
Zac 🙂
Eddie! Would be a nice tribute.
Fleur- means Flower. Above all, this beautiful girl is a flower after all.
Apungah……deriving from the word Pungent…Come in guys….yall know that a pretty funky name 😉
Juanita after the famous “Ice Maiden” corpse from Peru found in 1995.
Orpheus or Ophelia- referencing the Underworld
Lucy
Sally
Missy
Erica Syptak
Aggie
Texas Aggie
Pinky
Reeces
Samantha
Kim
Sabrina
Cheyenne
Miley Cyrus
Julianne Hough
Miranda Lambert
Taylor Swift
Wreckers
Beulah
Lola. Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets.
How about Adda – A pretty name with a Sumerian translation meaning carcass, corpse or skeleton. After all, this baby is indigenous to Sumatra.
Lane.
Carrie Ann (carrion flower)
Christina
Erica Syptak
Missy
Reecees
Erin
Daisy
Lilly
Rose
Kim
Jessica
Lucy
Trixy
Pinky
Snowy
Sunny
Samantha
Sabrina
Hope
Sara
Mary
Amy
Eleanor and call it Ellie for short.
Morticia
Igraine
My daughter suggested Stinky….
The name should be one of a kind, just like the plant. Name the plant: Cleo
Emily
I have several names:
Lady Madison
Tracie Dawn
Miss Stinky Winkie
Lady La La
Eleanor
imoto ((little sister)- Japanese )
sis
Patty Tom because it is a hermaphrodite.
Steve… after the donator @stevenjthomson
Drusilla.
Elisabetta
Chloe
Jana
Yoli
Doris
Savannah
Harper
Tucker
Mondo
Drake
Brandt
Tony
Lance
Hank
Tristan
Morticia – because she is morbid but beautiful
Gladys, Sadie, Loretta, Bertha
Libitina – from Roman mythology, goddess of death, corpses and funerals…but might be a little to intense?
Petrichor – (Greek) the name for the smell of rain on dry ground from oils given off by vegetation…a little deceiving, but good name for a plant
Bau – Malay word for unpleasent smell
Moncarca – Spanish for Monarch butterfly
Lane
I’m thinking Janine, Muriel, Agatha or Betty
Violet! Then when she blooms we can make plenty of “You’re turning violet, Violet!” jokes.
Siol- Lois’ name spelled backward. You could nickname her “Sis”.
I think the name should be LuLu. Little Lois. LL.
Tinkerella or Stinkerella
Lyle
(after a very cool, yet misunderstood musician from Houston)
Laila
Hana (花,flower)
Aggie
Pinky
Hope
Kim
Kate
Sabrina
Erica S.
Missy
Amy
Ashely
Christina
Reeces
Robin
Lilly
Daisy
Rose
Erica Syptak
Texas Aggie
I like Morticia!
Annise Parker
Lani or Loni?
Phoebe! The off the wall character from Friends that sings ‘smelly cat’ … “Smelly plant, smelly plant, what are they feeding you? smelly plant, smelly plant, it’s not your fault”
Sprout, because that’s how she started.
Stinker Bell! of course.
Lileth !!
Sam- as in Sam Houston; or Allen- as in the Allen Brothers- original Houstonians; or Tex (since blooming flowers seem to get international attendtion).
Tig
The Corpse Bride
Or
Tim Burton
Juliette!
It is just such a pretty name.
Jane (Jane Doe- unidentified corpse)
I do like, “lil’ stinker”. Maybe that can be her nickname!
Clark.
Kamiko, since “Lois” means “superior” and so does Kamiko.
Amorphophis. Or Titanium. Since parts of that are bases of the scientific name for the corpse flower.
Carissa, which means a sweet smelling flower… oh, irony! XD
STAR–because a Star is……born. Stars burn brightly and then fade- some to be reborn
Corpseacopia –because it blooms to overflowing
How about Gilruth, after the first Space Center director, in honor of the last shuttle being launched and essentially, the Center closing which is an important chapter in the history of Houston.
Manny for short (Mantawai)
Stench
Odoris(Odor)
Daisy (my daughters choice)
Lillian (after my daughter Lily)
Jane (after my other daughter and it fits “Lois & Jane” like Lois Lane
LEELOO
Odora or
Smellen
Louise for the new Corpse Flower! Hopefully she survives, our 4th offspring did not survive, but our momma Lois still has three living offspring.
LORIS! My dear friend and I were obsessed with Lois. My friend’s name is Lori. Since Lois bloomed, Lori has been known as loris. I’d love to honor my friend Lori, and honor the love 2 Houstonians have for hmns by naming the little sister of Lois LORIS!!! Team zac forever.
Mona. Its been my favourite name for ages!
MARGO
Morticia
I wanted to rearrange the letters of Lois for her little sister’s name. When I read Soni I knew Soli was the name for the little sister of Lois! It sounded so much better than Isol.
I think since Zac took such good care of Lois, it should be named after him. Zac Jr.
Eleanor or Lenore
Cora
Eleanor!
Eleanor!
As was one of Lois’s biggest fans (I visited her more than 40 times) I’d like to see her named Cordelia.
The name is of Latin origin and the meaning of Cordelia is “heart”. Literary: in “King Lear” (1605), Shakespeare portrays Cordelia as a lovable, virtuous woman of rare honesty. Lois was lovable (quite a thing of beauty) and rare.
Those who haven’t heard the name before or heard of King Lear tell me the name sounds like a flower.
BETTY!
Bela – like Lugosi!!!!!
My first thought was Morticia! I think that’s a great name for a corpse flower and I see a few others have suggested it too. My second choice would be Matilda… Just sounds fun!
Astrid. Kind of a trivute to NASA
How about Lucy Lane? Lois Lane’s sister
Fredrick! It sounds so distinguished, and we need a boy, we already have a girl.
Lola! As in “what ever Lola wants, Lola gets”.
I’d like to suggest Kalma. Finnish goddess of death and decay, her name means “the stench of corpses”. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalma_(goddess)
Could there be a more fitting name?
Lucy since it’s the name of Lois Lane’s little sister.
http://supermanica.superman.nu/wiki/index.php/Lois_Lane
And she’s liable to be as entertaining as Lucy Ricardo. 🙂
I loved Lois and even visted her several times when her “stink-o-meter” was at an all time high. But I couldn’t help to feel like I was in a scene from “Little Shop of Horrors”. So with that in mind I would love to name our new seedling AUDREY if it is a girl (AUDREY II if you want to be just like the 1986 movie) or Seymour if it is a boy. I wonder if the flower on “Little Shop of Horrors” smelled too. It must have since it ate blood!
Corpse Christi, or Christi for short.
Sally, in honor of Sally Ride. We just lost the Shuttle Program, why not try and keep a bit of it going by honoring the first American Woman in space?
Lily, like Lily Munster.
“Sir David” (for David Attenborough).
Grace (Grace of God)
Adra
Cloris (Flower Goddess)
Flora
Adia (Gift)
Dora (Gift)
Dory (Gift of God)
Sera (Heavenly, Winged Angel)
Kira
Lady
Teva (Nature)
Bernard
Ceres – goddess of growing plants and motherly relationships
Venus – associated with love, beauty and fertility
Sally, the options for alliteration are awesome! “smelly sally,” etc.
Morticia from the Addams Family
Or Lily from the Munsters
Two well known lovely corpse ladies
How about Shorty!!!
Lola—female
Lelo–male
Sir Stinks-a-Lot
Travis
Seymour
Hermann
Daisy
Houston
Kitty
Lois and ‘Liberty’! Seems to me that any plant independent enough to claim such a unique scent should have a powerful name…’Give my Liberty or Give me Death!~ Seems appropriate to this follower :o)
Morticia if a girl
Fester if a boy
Can’t go wrong with the Addams family names for a corpse flower
HOW ABOUT AURLINE OR ORY
I like Camila, and Summer
Belinda
“Give ME Liberty or Give me Death”…please excuse the typo~
Demeter after the Greek goddess of horticulture. Or Persephone her daughter by Zeus who is captured by Hades and spends half of the year on Earth and half the year in the underworld.
Girl: Francine
Boy: Francois
Odoardo
Delilah
Smellatorius
Centro Trenta-Tre which is Italian for “one hundred thirty-three”; the number of years since the plant was first discovered by Italian botanist, Odorado Beccari, in 1878.
Clayton : (Clay + Ton) Since the corpse flower’s name is derived from ancient Greek amorphous “without form” like clay and derived from titan “giant.” Then it should be named after something that weighs a lot. Hence the reference “ton.”
Peppi Le(a) Phew
Rebekah – with the News Of The World saga in mind and the ‘stink’ it has caused in the global media!
How about “Odorable” :P. Or “Zephyr” which means “a gentle, mild breeze” (dictionary.com), a surprise for the unsuspecting :P.
Dahlia, Sage,
Fantasia
Rose, because a corpse flower by any other name would smell as….well, stinky! LOL
Malodory — describes her perfectly!
Miasama (mee- ahz – ma)
Pretty sounding noun that means
1. noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere.
2. a dangerous, foreboding, or deathlike influence or atmosphere.
Thanatos
OBAMA – given the way he has stunk up Washington, it’s only fitting.
Quasimodo
Correction:
Miasma (mee- ahz – ma)
Pretty sounding noun that means
1. noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere.
2. a dangerous, foreboding, or deathlike influence or atmosphere.
Lenore. (a la e.a. poe.)
Melinda
Or Polly
Audry ….after little shop of horrors.
Audrey like the plant from Little Shop of Horrors
Jenny
Phyllis
July 25th is my birthday that a good time to name the flower. I like the name Ralph. You could say here is Ralph as a matter of fact or HERE IS RALPH! Ralph is a friendly name for a plant who would soon have many friends!
Or Perhaps a female form of the name Zac… Zaharina,
or perhaps Zoe as an alternative
maybe Houston as a name
Persephone, Ancient Greek ‘Queen of the Dead’
Charlotte
Mara, means Bitter or death-bringing
Kalma, ancient Finnish goddess of death whose name means corpse stench
Ophelia, tragic Shakespearean heroine
Ayanna, name meaning Beautiful flower
Abbey or Abigail, meaning beautiful in form
Carl
Eloise
How about “Obamafumes” like the state of the union.??
Presco
Cora the Corpse Flower
cadiva (ca-die-va), cadaver/diva
Fiona!
I LOVE Clark as the name with “lois and clark” as the background… especially since we have a Houston Superman taking care of them!
Walter?
Tilly?
Edna?
Name it “Prudencia”, after the grandmother I never met and whom I’m named after.. I don’t like the fact that I’m the only PRUDENCIA in existence in Houston! Or am I? Well, it’s such an unusual name that I got taunted and teased about it and forced me to start using my middle name instead..
If you guys at HMNS like feminine, unusual, unique names, this one is it. However, “Clark” would work just fine too for those who want a masculine name for the flower 🙂
Amelia
I say we name her “Olores”
Shorten from Dolores-A funny variation of painfully smelly in spanish…
Irma
A few ideas:
Bones (as in the TV character)
Lilly (“The Munsters”)
Crimsa
Cemetarie
I like “Lanie” works for male or female
Leiche – German for corpse (appropriate, since Lois liked Switzerland so much).
Juliette!
How about Pandora, so beautiful on the outside but then she opens that box..
Twettie- because if it were not for the guy tweetering about Lois, and receiving the flower as a gift and then donating it to the museum, there would be nothing to name…
so TWEETIE should be the name. :}
Rotten
Dreadful
Lugosi (as in Bela Lugosi) – Phonetic Pronunciation: luu-GO-see
A bit of background on this name:
Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó (20 October 1882 – 16 August 1956), commonly known as Bela Lugosi, was a Hungarian actor of stage and screen. He was best known for playing Count Dracula.
“Bela Lugosi’s Dead” is a gothic rock song written by the band Bauhaus. The song was the band’s first single, released in August 1979, and is often considered to be the first gothic rock record released.
Frank. Name it Frank because it will eventually smell like rotting franks.
Marilyn Munster…or Lilymunster!
To add to my submission of the name Lugosi, I was wondering about the sex of the plant and Google helped me with this below…
Both male and female flowers grow in the same inflorescence. The female flowers open first, then a day or two following, the male flowers open. This usually prevents the flower from self-pollinating.
Sam (Sam Houston)
Atlantis ( the spaceshuttle)
STS-135 (last spaceshuttle)
Natasha
Kelly
Angel
Daisy
Lily
Carly
Victorious
Audrey II
The name Seymore gave to the man eating plant in the Broadway Play and Movie “Little Shop of Horrors” He named it after his secret love Audrey.
While I do not think plants should have names other than botanical names, I realize no one is going to call this plant by its botanical name which is Amorphophallus titanum or A. titanum. So, if we have to name it, how about Culture Map or CM from whom HMNS adopted the A. titanum? My other choices would be Naomi, which means “my sweetness,” or Titania. After all didn’t A. titanum at HMNS bloom in the Midsummer Night?
Nyla
Evangeline
Lilith
America
Corpse Christie!
Titania
Ava (Eva)
The Lady GaGa corpse flower. This will give the flower instant fame and your museum even more publicity.
How ’bout Pennie?
I assumed that the first was named Lois for the Little Shop of Horrors man-eating plant, so I would suggest Seymour or Audrey.
Jinx…beacuse it’s sassy.
Astro (or it can be feminized to Astra).
Lily Munster. She looked like a corpse.
Lily, what else should it be.
Pepe Le Pew
Suma, for Sumatra, where corpse flowers come from.
How about naming her Magenta, Rose, or Violet to represent her colorfull bloom.
Lucretia (as in Borgia)
Or…Morticia (Adams Family).
I really like that Lois is short and easy to pronounce.
My vote is for Kate/Cate (how ever you want to spell it).
I also like the name Ruth if Kate/Cate has already been suggested.
New plant name – SYBIL
Atlantis
Stinky Steve
I like the name Nefferterie (pronounced neffer-teary). In honor of Egyptian Queen Nefertiti, because this flower is beautiful and mysterious as is Nefertiti. It also means the beautiful one has come.
Norma
I think Eden would be a nice name for her.
Loony tunes “Pepe Le Pew”
Luci would be a good name for Lois’ sister’s name.
Gurdy! 🙂 why not?!
LOLA…
Lola,
Stinker Belle,
Corpse Christy, or Just Christy
Pepe Le Pew
GINO
Lilly! After my favorite dog.
ROQUEFORT
I would like the Corpse Flower to be named Morticia.
SAMI
How about Delecti as in Corpus Delecti?
Morticia
Leopold…..sounds like a cute pair….Lois & Leopold
LOLA….Lois and Lola
Moana…….that’s what we’ll be doing after she blooms in full!!!
Shelley…So we can call her smelly Shelley
DIE-anna seems to be appropriate – she she is going to die anyway…..
Bella
Morticia
Audrey or Seymour from Little Shop of Horrors.
I vote with Jill, Thelma would be good “Thelma and Lois” a couple of real stinkers
Shia LaFleur
For instance, if it is anything like Lois, “shyly the flower” opened…
Stinky Beauty
atlantis
My suggestions are:
Lane
Jane
Madeleine
Harry
Mathilda
Petals
Bartholomew
Karen
Seacrest
Sunshine, and last but not least,
Hope
LILY is a great name for this little corpse flower. LOIS & LILY – two corpse flowers.
Thomson, after the tribe name Thomsonieae. Or Alisma after the Order Alismatales. All names were found with wikipedia.
How about Bella, when you see a picture of the bloom, I think of the “beauty” of it more than the smell.
Imagine
Lenora
Zenith – meaning “high point”
Luisa (Goes with Lois)
Ivy (I just like that name)
I think Coco the corpse flower is a good one!
Caylee
Zoe . . . a girl’s name is pronounced ZOH-ee . . . means Life . .
Beautiful Death
Odie.
Floreek….Flo for short. Or Somell !!
Corpse Christie or just Christie
Pepe’ Le Pew, the cartoon character skunk that everyone liked. He just had one problem. He stunk!! Same with the Corpse Flower.
“Death Becomes Her” – Title from that comedy movie w/ Brue Willis and Goldie Hawn! Or “Bonnie” (shortened for botanist)
Esprit as in Esprit da corpse
“Nita”, short for “Hermanita”, or baby sister!
Lana as in Lana Lang, Lois Lane’s rival for Superman’s affection.
Stink A Boo
MOLLY- (Acronym for: More of Lois Like Yesteryear) Simple but sweet,eventhough she will eventually stink…….
Name her “Bella”!
Kelly is my choice. Can be female or male.
Caylee
Lacey…which means mythical woman…perfectly fitting
LOLA…I love this name…perfect name for little sister of Lois
LIBBY
Olivia
Dieasa pronounced Die e Sa
or Kalma (Finnish goddess of death means corpse stench)
or Desdemona
“CORY” IT JUST HAS THE PERFECT RING TO IT…”CORY” THE HANDSOME CORPSE BLOOM.
Butterfly McStink
Josiah, named after the child kid of Judah
Name her Mercy
Eudicta pronounced: e ooh dikta
latin for beuatiful death
Zaconi- after the two horticulturists.
Hermann or Gilda.
Phyllis the Corpse Flower! (if it’s a girl)
Howard the Corpse Flower (if it’s a boy)
😉
Corvina- means dark
Raven- means dark
Zelia- means zeal
Dierdre- means sorrowful
Phaedra- in Greek mythology, King Minos’s daughter (Phaedra) committed
suicide when her step son refused her advances
Griselda- means dark battle
Samara- means night talk
Hermia- character in Midsummer Nights Dream
Rajani- means night
Leonore- Lady lost forever from Edgar Allen Poe poem “The Raven”
Delilah- means seductive
Henry or Ocsar
Name that flower “Casey Anthony”
Because it reeks of death, attracts thousands of on-lookers, and will safely go dormant.
Lil Lolita Stinkbud
Morticia as in Morticia Addams. Now that is a corpse name.
Harris (as in Harris County, TX)
Lois Lane’s mother was Ella. Or how about Mira (merra), then everyone would finally pronounce my name right!
Destiny because the Houston Natural Science Museum was destined to get a new corpse flower!!
Elvira, who looks like a corpse
Cahaya ~ Unisex Indonesian name.
Means “light”.
Dwi ~ Unisex Indonesian name.
Means “Second Child”
Bunga ~ “Flower” in Indonesian
I think it is important that we don’t specify a gender because the Amorphophallus titanum does in fact have both male and female parts =)
Ethel! I just think Lois and Ethel sounds like a good pairing 🙂
Nelly… Smelly Nelly!
Stinki Stella
I like Beatlejuice
Osiris – death’s energy
Yama – King of death
Since this thing is alive yet smells of dead flesh, lets call it Zombee.
Lady Capulet
Lady Macbeth
Morganna
Cordelia
Portia
Audrey (Little House of Horrors).
Venus (she’s not a flytrap, she’s the goddess of love!)
Princess Kate (royalty – maybe they’d come visit!)
Iris or Lily (flower types)
I vote for Morticia as well. It’s the first thing I thought of when I looked at the picture.
Dierdre: She is sorry she is so stinky
I thank thay should name the flower lady gaga .just from when she wore the meat dress .in it look’s like it would smell like something bad .you know that you can’t put purfume on a pice of meat it just going
smell bad.I thank this is a good name for the flower .
I thought of Evita, as in Eva Peron,a pretty famous corpse,a pretty name!
Larry
Lyle
Oscar
Lilly
Pantera
Natalie
Hecter
Victor
MY FAVORITE IS CANDICE!!!!!
I like Reekeanna…smelly girl!!
Name her Lola. Just sounds good
Lilly
Layne
Lizbeth
nawsha like nausea
Mort, it is a synonym for corpse or for female Mortitia 🙂
I still like Penny
GINGER
I like Lolita.
Anistacia
I think LOLA would be a fitting name.
Thanatos
Rose
Lilly
Dahalia
vera
#1. Lily… as in Lily Munster (The Munsters)
#2.Morticia as in Morticia Adams (The Admas Family)
Like many on here, my 1st thought was also “Clark” as in Lois and Clark of Superman.
Wilson seems fitting 🙂
Delilah or Cleopatra
Pestula Mortimer
Clark.
I think the name:
Mr. Bone Jangles would make for a fun name for a Corpse flower
The perfect name for the corpse flower is “Morticia” – “Mort” is a French word meaning “dead”. If you ad “n” at the end or “Morticia” and the word would be Mortician.
1) Morticia – Play on words for the corpse theme.
2) Dali – Eccentric yet whimsical.
3) Lady Gaga – One monstrously odorous plant.
4) Stinky Foo – Opposite of Sweet Pea
5) Smelly Nelly
My mom was thinking Morticia (like Morticia Aadams) too, so I vote for that one.
How about “Sally” in honor of the the love interest of the main character Jack Skellington in The Nightmare Before Christmas?
Marilyn
Joseph, Minnie, Steve, Lane, Jimmy, Jake, Rosalyn, Shelley, Lily, Mona, Harmony, Joanne, Emma, Natalie, Tonya, Shannon, Julie, Tyler, Carrie-Mae, Gloria, Elizabeth, Jennifer, Huckleberry, Skipper,
Ronchette
How about Clark, lois and clark seems fitting.
Given Beauty
Schatz….pronounced… shots
It means treasure. If it is a treasure to those who appreciate it then why cant the name say so?
Kelli
Her name should be Cruella!
Our economy stinks, why not name the plant ” Obama “
It has to be Audrey. “Feeeeed me!”
It’s a wonderful name 🙂
Madame Stenchy
I think the prefect name sure be Otis, so Lois meet your new friend Otis. that truly has a ring to it.
I think it should be “Putrid Blossom” 🙂
Zoe (it means Life)
To celebrate the Spanish heritage in Houston:
Antonella (flower)
Dalia (flower)
Dulce (sweet)
Call it “Lane”
How about Caylee– we only had her for a few moments but she made a huge impact on the world and the flower does the same. We can only cherish its bloom for so long and then its over with memories of its experience to last us a lifetime
Morticia is a good name.
Lilith. a dangerous & spirited name for a dangerous & spirited plant.
STINKY WINKY
Because its stinky and it will make you winky your eyes and hold your nose.
Name her “Pewtunia” as in pewee for stinky
Gem (if female) or Jim (male) – because she or he will be the jewel of this year’s exhibit
Since Lois is a super flower with a super stinky aroma, her pal should be named Lane, like Lois Lane.
Turd Ferguson
(Norm Macdonald’s SNL impression of Burt Reynolds)
Spin off of Lois.
Lady Gag-ger
Adele or Adela
Stewie……..
When I hear “corpse,” I think of zombies. And when I think of zombies, I think of: George Romero.
I think our new little Corpse Flower should have the name O-dor-a for her distinct odor.
Eloise! Just sounds like the sister of Lois.
The name should be Stewie so it could be lois’s baby. Like in family guy
Minerva, for Professor MacGonagall of the Harry Potter series or, Voldemort!
name it Greusome…….and we can watch to see if it grew some!
Hermina
A variant of Herminia (Spanish) and Hermione (Greek), and the meaning of Hermina is “messenger; earthly”.
This was my husband’s grandmother’s name. She was a special lady. 🙂
Her name was LOLA…she was a showgirl…:)
Pepita Le Pew
Jane
Jane Doe
Baby Jane
I suggest “Hope”, after Hope Solo, goalie of US women’s soccer team.
Elvira, Flower of the Corpse.
I’ve always liked “Lucretia Synkavitch”. Kids wouldn’t go for it as a pet name though!
I would go with the name Ira. It means watchful!!
Eleanor is a good name also.
Sammi (like Sam Houston but female) so she and Lois can be BFFs
What about the name Seymour?? Come see more of Seymour!!! lol, play on words.
Avada
Vincent, in a nod to Vincent Price of the old horror films. If it’s a Corpse Flower, who better to represent than Vincent Price? And we could nickname the flower Vince, or Vinnie. Good fun.
“Rosie”
S T I N K E R B E L L E !
I too want to propose the name “Clark,” as in Lois & Clark … it’s a natural for the news reporters (local and national) to pick-up and run with for great publicity for the HMNS! Also, we’ll get to watch as the mild-mannered shoot turns into: … Up in the sky, look: It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s SUPERMAN!
name it ‘Lucy’ – the Corpse Flower. it would be Lois’ twin sister
Gassy
Angie
Groady
Louise
Hortense
Putrid!
Cousin It
Name her Thomasina in honor of Sir Thomas Raffles. Another possibility would be Lily since she kind of looks like a lily. 🙂
I have a good one – Penelopew (Penelope).
The first thing that popped into my mind was Endora, that rare flower from Bewitched fame. She was a real stinker, but had an real enduring presence and she could really clear a room!
Or Hortensia derived from Hortus meaning garden.
Obi (or Obie) for Obnoxious.
Female: Andromeda
Male: Perseus
Hi, as in Hi & lois
Peayou!
Lugosi as in Bela Lugosi
Charlotte, I think.
The plant’s native country of Sumatra made me think that “Sinatra” would be a great neame.
Since my first ex was Lois, that first name rang true. If you pick Lili, my second ex, that would be really, really creepy. Failing that, I rather like Morticia, but can’t say I know her, yet…
StinkaDena…….it could become a mascot for our neighbors to the east
How about Hi as in “Hi and Lois”?
Grendel (monster from Beowulf)
Clark. As in Clark Kent and Lois Lane from Superman! just sayin’
I think Morticia or Wednesday from the Addams Family would be fitting.
Foetida the flower. prounounced Foe-teedah is smelly in Latin
Lazarus “Lord he stinketh by now”
How about Clark? As in, Lois & Clark. What a pair they will make!
Other ideas: Sweety, Phyllis, Junior
Sasha
Houmonas (Hou)ston (M)useum (o)f (Na)tural (S)cience
Jimmy because Jimmy Olsen was the cub reporter in the Superman Adventures.
Flower – he name of the skunk in Bambi
uma
ili
sulli
Clark! Lois and Clark just seems fitting. Lois can finally have the superman she always dreamed about! A super “smelly” man that is!! 🙂
Jojo
name suggestion is Patience.
Rose!
Pepe Le Pew
Guano Missile
or
Dung Lova
I think the name Thanatos would be a good pairing for Lois.
They work well together and since Lois is a greek name usually meaning “Superior” and Thantos for “Death”. I think Superior Death is a good description for the Corpse Flower.
Tim
Everyone knows that Lois needs Clark! They’re a natural pair!!
I got to the party too late. Several of you shared my thoughts.
Clark!
HI (as in Hi and Lois) Could be exotically spelled as Heigh, high,etc.
Stinky Pooh
Pretty Smelly Baby
Beastly Beauty
Grace
FLORENCE, OLIVE – suggested by my husband
MILDRED, HAZEL, SWEETPEA – my suggestions
Mortimer
Randall
Casey
Agnes – just like it, same as my cat.
Lola (la-la-la-la-lola) = )
Matt Fuller
Amor (spanish for Love) short for its real name Amorphophallus titanum. plus the city of Houston LOOOOOOVESSS its corpse flowers.
I think Lois should have a new buddy by the name of Lulu.
Clark is good, but how about Jimmy (Jimmy Olsen, cub reporter)?
Corey – Corey The Corpse Flower
Aramis (alternative spelling Arumis)- derived from “Arum,” and also the name of a loyal “musk”ateer. Also a little irony given it would share its name with a popular perfume/cologne line.
What about Morticia?
What about Diva….
Lorelei
In Germanic legend, Lorelei was a beautiful siren who sat upon a rock in the Rhine River and lured sailors to shipwreck and death.
Leilani
Leilani is a Hawaiian name that means heavenly flower.
Morticia or
Pazely
bertha sounds like a good name, or liliana
Connie or Con for short.
Lizzie
TED, the acronym for The Essence of Dallas. Dallas stinks!
Glory. Its splendid in its creation and there is dignity in stink, ask PePe Le Pew. Glory should be this majestic plant’s name.
Buddy! (it’s budding, and it is a buddy for Lois!)
Tish – for Morticia Addams 🙂
How about Lane?
Greatfull Dead, self-explanatory
Lula Belle
Bella La Peux
Lil Stinker
Missy Miss – missed the perfume
Reeky
Cru Ella
Naydia
Simmie Terry
Putridicus
Aromatica
Wendy
Destiny
CoCo
Polaris
Flora
Brawny
Nancy, after Nancy Grieg, the Director of the Butterfly Center
I like the name Clark. I like the idea of “Lois and Clark”.
‘Dead on Arrival’. DOA for short. If necessary, you could call ‘her’ Doathy.
MILLIE
FANNIE
FLO
ROZ
How about Trellis since most flowers need support
“Death Star II” after Star Wars Movie
I think a great name would be either Delilah or Elvira!
“gǎ-gà`” a nice way of describing something smelly or stinky in my language 🙂
or
Chòu!Chòu! which also means stinky
Patience – It takes a lot of patience from an audience to wait and see the beauty of the bloom
Obama!
Whew! . . . or Whiffy . .
“Viande” — French for “meat” — seems appropriate for a corpse flower!
Minerva, just because I like it. 🙂
-Lillian
Imagine… “Lois and Lillian; Corpse Flower Duo Extraordinaire”
“To Die For” or “Worth the Wait”
Morticia – She is beautiful, mysterious and has an air of death.
Matilda
I have it. BLANCHE. Because that’s what people do when they see her — and then when they smell her! It’s a NAME that’s a VERB, too!
Alberta – it just came to me 🙂
Lola
My suggestion would be RISING STAR, Perfect taken circumstances!
Bonnie
In honor of Sumatra’s geography how about
Malacca
Karimata
Jambi
Java
or
Borneo
Elvira or Suma
Lon Bela
after Lon Chaney and Bela Lugusi, the best “corpses” in the business
Baby Bloomer 😉
LOLA! Lois and Lola…how nice!
I think you should name her Audrey like the people eating plant from outer space in the play/movie Little Shop of Horrors…her tag line was “Feeeeeeed Meeeeee”
How about, Musty Sam or Stinky Leo
Morticia!
The flower puts out a smell of a rotting corpse. Rotting corpses remind me of zombies. Zombies remind me of George Romero, the “Godfather of all Zombies”. The corpse flower is native to Sumatra, which is part of Indonesia. According to Wikipedia, Jaja is Indonesian for George. I think the new flower should be named Jaja after the Indonesian name for the “Godfather of all Zombies”.
Clark! It definitely fits with Lois!!
Corps-icana
Emily! (Corpse Bride)
I know people have said this already, but I think it’s a great name, fits perfectly. It was the first thing that came to mind when I saw the flower.
Maxine or Audrey
BLOSSOM
I think it’s name should be Patience! Houstonians certainly had a lot of patience while waiting on Lois.
BLOSSOM (from the English word meaning flower or bloom)
or
CLIA (from the Greek word meaning famous flower)
Dahlia – as in the Black Dahlia
You should name her Jeannie…after my mom.
“Little Stinker”
Christi la Corpse
Male Gender: Peter, Zachary, Zeus , Marley , Titan , Axel , Clark
Female Gender : skylar, josie, zoe, ava, maria, pricilla, georgette
I feel that the name: VALESKA would be a perfect name. Valeska meaning splendid as it is a splending flower.
🙂
..or Lois and Clark…flowers can be males too!
Methuselah or Methezulah
Morticia
How about Lucinda ?
From ancient meaning for Light.
Name should be — Victor/Victoria…..
Peter! This gives plenty of names for future flowers – Chris, Meg, Stewie, Adam West, Greased Up Deaf-Flower…
Belladonna- poisonous plant with purple flowers
Ruth
Boy’s name – Clark, as in Lois & Clark
Gir’s name – Rachel, like Batman’s girlfriend (since Lois is Superman’s girlfriend)
Alice
Agnes
Lena
That’s my mom and grandmothers, all rather quaint names that would go with “Lois.” Saw Lois at her stinkiest last year and still have the buttons to show for it!
Let’s name her ELLA! My middle name is Lois and my first name is Ella!
Dingy Jane
Dortha Kay
Queenie
How about “Walker,” for the zombies in THE WALKING DEAD?
Odorella
Malodia
Mirasol –
tinky poo….just fits…..
I think the flower should be named “Blossom”, like the skunk in the moving Bambi!
Clara
I think “The Afterlife” would be a great name for this flower.
Ms. LaPooew
My suggestion as a name for the new Corpse Flower is CLEOPATRA
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My first thoguht was Kelly (yeah, I watched Saved By the Bell as a kid).
However I really like the Morticia suggestion.
Persephone Goddess of the underworld
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/p/persephone.html
A good name for a corpse flower? How about “Stiffany”?
Pepe la Bella.. Beautiful but smells like pepe la pew!
Name it Yvonne!
Audrey!
Caddy short for cadaver.
Morticia! Perfect name for a corpse flower!
Clairease
Tina
Smell Nellie
Smelly Nellie
Stinky Too – lighthearted, punny, and fitting
Aurora
Libitina – the Roman goddess of corpses
U’reeka
Tootie (or Tootsie)
Becky
Tarzan
Mae
Edna
Edwina
Chester
Chelsea
Zappa
Chuckie
Carrie
Bertha
DeeDee
Janet
Niece
Smyrna
Corpus Christie
Lanelle (or LaNell)
Tobias. An unusual and uncommon name for an unusual and uncommon plant.
Merci – this benefits both sides — a patient bloomer & a smelly output when it blooms!!!! One can only say “Mercy”…
Eddie
i suggest we name Ameila after the late great explorer Amelia Earhart. As a tribute to a pioneer & admiralbe lady.
Thanks,Ty
I have two names..
The first being: Hadara (ha-DAR-ah)
Hebrew origin; Meaning: spectacular ornament, adorned with beauty, splendor, & glory.
The second: Belle or Bella
French origin; Meaning: Beautiful.
Hector
Maudi
Annie
Amanda
Vicki
Chloe or Lucy
Pandora
Cleo
Delilah
I think she should be named Audry after the flower in Little Shop of Horrors. 🙂
Name: Stella
Of Latin origin, and the meaning of Stella is “star”.
DEVLIN
Pepe le bloom!
Ory, after the horticulturist that actually raised Lois. It would be a great tribute.
Pepe Le Pew
Hypnotic Poison
Hypnotic Beauty
Please name it Adoracion.
“Flora Fatale”
Maris
Elenor
It just sounds right for Lois”s Baby sister .
Stinky or lil stinky
Ashley – it makes me think of a forest and also “ashes to ashes”
How about Mayat (Indonesian for Corpse)?
Simmy (pronounced like Jimmy)
Conan
Or Clark of course (Louis & Clark)
Corpse Christie
Hugh
Bonita
Peu de fleur
Tatanga = the Mysterious Spaceman (Japanese)
Patanga = The sun, a moth, grasshoPPer (Asia, India, Hindu Science)
Andromeda = Daughter of Cepheus; chained to cliff for monster to devour; rescued by Perseus. (Greek/Roman Mythology)
Aurora = Same as Eos; Goddess of Dawn (Mythology)
Demeter = Goddess of agriculture; mother of Persephone. (Mythology)
Nyx/Nox = Goddess of Night (Mythology)
Tellus/Terra = Goddess of Earth (Roman Mythology)
Libitina = Roman myth name of a goddess of corpses, funerals, and the dead. Her name was synonymous with the word “death.”
Morana = Slavic name meaning “death.” In mythology, this is the name of a goddess of death and winter.
Lupe
Hal.
You should either name Stewie,Skunk ,Poochie lucci,Smelly Nelly
Thanks hope you might like one for a name.
Dahlia
C02 (for Corpse Flower 2)
Thing
Lily
(it’s got the alliteration thing going on…)
Morticia (remember the Adamms family?), after all mors or mortis is the Latin word for death.
I’d say “clark”
Pepe Le Pew
I suggest “Eloise” – Lois enclosed with “e’s”
BELLE
RITA
BEAULAH
I agree with another comment to name the flower: YVONNE
Loudon- as in Loudon Wainwright- famous singer and songwriter best known for “Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road”.
CHIMICHANGA(i have a bucket list and one of the things i want to do is name someting after this food0 =]
ABERNATHY (the name of my first child)
Apestosa- Spanish for stinky
Hermann !
HMNS is on Hermann Drive (spelled with 2 n’s).
Also there is Herman Munster.
And the plant is a Hermaphrodite.
How about “ROSE”???
“Hortense” would be a good name.
Joie or Josie, short for Josephine
CFC
Short for CorpseFlowerClark.
CFC actually stands for”Chlorafloracarbon” which is a volatile derivative of methane and ethane that depletes the ozone.
As a sister plant to Lois, I suggest Lela or Lola.
Lane to complete Lois Lane in Superman
Deadie Freddie
Yuck/ IT LOOKS LIKE A BIG HAIRY PLANT
lARRY COBB
As a sister plant to LOIS, I like the name LOLITA
Fleur Fatale
My Plant should be named HARRIET because IT looks like a BIG HAIRY PLANT.
Posey
Poe
If the new flower is supposed to be the little sister of Lois then name her Lucy which was Lois Lane’s little sisters name.
Pleeease! or just Please.
Mitzi. (of course). And M comes after L. So logical it makes my head hurt.
Houstons new corpse flower..”MARIZA”….its catchy..and..i love her…muah!!.;)
Stinkerbelle
or
StinkerBella
I vote for “Morticia” from Adams family fame.
However, I submit “Stinky”, the long forgotten 8th dwarf from Snow White.
Thanks
Rancid…
Prudence – as in “…Dear Prudence, won’t you come out to play?…”
Or Prudie, for short.
Kara Zor-El
Cir-El
Both from are names for Supergirl in the comics.
Since the plant smells of rotting flesh why not Zomflora. Seriously combine a flower – flora and smell of rotting flesh – a zombie , thought it was appropriate:). Actually my son Mike helped me with this one and thought it fit!
I love flowers! Would love to see this one since I missed the other. Hope it hadn’t been suggested yet. Again Zomflora!
Deathly Hallow or just Hallow or you-know-who or he-who-must-not-be-named.
Freira – means sister
Luna – sounds good with Lois
How exciting! Congrats, HMNS!
You called the new plant a “little sister.” Does that mean it’s a female Corpse Flower?
A name… Lessee…
Wangi, Pronounced: WAHNG-ee,) means “Fragrant” and is of Javanese/Indonesian origin.
Quite a misnomer 😉
Anuja (pronounced ahnu-JA) is a Sanskrit word that can mean “little sister.”
That seems fitting.
Here are a few name ideas:
-Gaia (“Goddess of Nature”)
-Demeter (“Mother Earth”)
– Lloyd (I like the name)
-Mana (an energy source that resides in all living things)
– Blossom (or Sakura; “Cherry Blossom”)
– Gertrude ( “strength”. Also,the “previously” world’s oldest living person was named this)
– Bell
– Windsor
– Stayton (horticulturist in the Houston Chronicle where I found the article for this! :P)
and finally…
– Alexus (“defender”)
Good Luck to everyone!!! 😀 Can’t wait to see/hear the finalists and the new name chosen! <3
Since Lois Anne Pfiester was a pretty well known botanist, shouldn’t we reunite her with her husband? I say name the new flower Dee, for Lois’ husband Dee Fink.
Boris
Eureka
Cleo
Neece
Viola
Neva
Gwen
Gwendolyn
Freida
Fred
Lurch
Wolfgang
Bach
Veronica
Dora
Tabitha
Sabrina
Fran
Virgie (or Virgil)
Morticia, as in the Addams Family is very appropriate.
How about Corrie?
I would like to suggest for the newest Corpse Flower name: Dominique (After Local 2 News Anchor, Dominique Sachse)
Tiny Elvis
Eura
Maude
How about (mr.) Cruncher, Dickens’s gravedigger?
i think it should be the corpses daughter cause its the second one :). i am nine and think all the kids would like it.thanks people!:)
Peter (other half of the couple on *Family Guy*)
I THINK YOU SHOULD CALL IT………..P U TIFULL ! ITS BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BE HOLDER AND P U !
Corpus Krystea
Deadbeat, Pepe-le-pew, Rosie, Sweetie Pie
P.U. (get it?) lol
She looks like a “Lola” to me. Since she’s still young let’s call her “Lolita” which means little Lola.
Soilent Green
Soil is an anagram of Lois and soil is, well, soil, the home of the plant. The name is also an homage to the 1973 movie Soylent Green, which depicted a planet dying from environmental abuse in which people ate processed food, including something called soylent green. The terrible secret, in the last line of the movie, is that “Soylent Green is PEOPLE”–or made from corpses.
My name suggestions:
Ruth, Pixie, Viola, Libitina, Isis, Ophelia, Wednesday, Adele, Matilda, Imogene, Elsa, Yasmeen, Lena,Camille, Holly, Ingrid, Prudence, Agatha, Fern, Drusilla, Ursala
Alyvia
Oceana [osce ana ] the beauty and the danger it poses like the ocean
Carri
(Because the flower is a carrion flower.)
I like the name Calypso because it means hidden.
Another name I like is Echo, because this corpse flower is an like an echo of Lois.
Another possibility is the name Rune because it is a secret.
I vote for Clementine. Lola and Clementine sound good togeher.
I think you should name the plant after me. My name is Lalo,cuz like me it also has and odor problem like when i finish playing bascket-ball ha ha!! lol!and it fits properly with lois, you can call them lois and Lalo. The big sister and lil’ brother 🙂
I love the name Phoebe. I would love for the flower to have a beautiful.
Can’t wait to see this one bloom. I just think Louise goes with Lois so well.
Lulu: It is a form of the name Louise. The dictionary defines it as a person or thing considered to be outstanding in size, appearance, etc. And the Thesaurus lists beauty, looker and knockout as related words.
Lucy
Eliza (or Liza for short) after Sam Houston’s first wife, Eliza Allen.
Wow, all the variations on Lois, but no votes for Eloise. Consider this post my vote for that name; pronounced EH-loh-eez – see this site http://www.babynamewizard.com/namipedia/girl/eloise
I have another idea. Why not, in the name of education, name it a boy and girl name, because these flowers have both male and female parts? Maybe a first and middle name, and then everyone would ask why, and Zac could tell them!
Putricia
Malodora
Marvella
Vilette (like Violet, but smellier!)
Awe-drey (like Audrey, but awe inspired!)
Vita (as in ‘life’)
Colossia
Majesty
Gloria (sure to be Glorious!)
Haley (from ‘hale’ meaning strength)
Viggo (based on ‘vigorous”)
Ripley (from ‘Alien’)
Hope
Flo (from ‘flora’)
Fetidra
Foul and rancid smell
Les’Fione ….. Les – Croatian for Corpse & Fione – Italian for flower
Cousin It. Why not?
Nyson…..Pronounced “Nye-Son”… Because ou want him to bloom nyson easy. 🙂
Okay, I notice a couple of people have already put in for it, but I’m going to go with Clark – it was the first thing that came into my head after I read the article about the new plant!
MONA (Malodorous Odoriferous Nauseous Asphyxiata…a little creativity at the end to make it sound feminine)
Jarah!
Phoebe – the name of my beautiful female Borzoi – she is sometimes smelly as well. Smelly Plant, oh, Smelly Plant… what are they feeding you?
Lane
new flower name:
Doris
Veruca Stalk or Barbarella
How about Lolly – short for Lolita, pronounced like holly or
Smellie Daniellie in honor of my neice, when she was a baby. She no longer smells.
New flower name: Natalie
Seymour or Audrey! (Since Little Shop Of Horrors was playing in the theatre while Lois was blooming!)
I think you should name her: Agnes
Morticia
Let’s name it AUDREY III to help celebrate one of the most well known plants in history, “Audrey II” from the musical “Little Shop of Horrors”, which incidentally was showing last year when Lois was blooming!
Houston gets so excited over our corpse plants (and rightfully so), that I’m sure our new addition will be “the plant that ate Houston!”
Let’s give a memorable name (Audrey III)to the new plant and help celebrate the fantastic arts scene that we have all at the same time!
The Undertaker.
Grim Reaper?
Putris should be the name:-)
Elvira…it just sounds simultaneously beautiful and putrid
Smellvira… like Elvira with a smelly twist!
Name the baby corpse flower: Flo
Putrid
Name it EDNA
name for new corpse flower
Black Swan
Gagatha
Princess Stinkerbelle
greenvessa
NAME: MISSY LE PEW
Lola because it goes good with Lois.
I would name her “Violetta Stinketta”
I would call the plant Benevolent, which means wishing or intended to do good, kindly, charitable generous, bountiful philantropic (from the world book dictionary) I believe it is all those things afterall it is a plant and will share all it has but does not know that it may be smelly in an unpleansant way, it is very beautiful in appearance, teaches the lesson that things are not always as they appear, approach with caution.
the words is philanthropic a correction to the previous comment.
I would name here Isis. Isis was the matron of nature and magic and that is exactly what the corpse flower represents…the magic in nature.
Emily (like the Corpse Bride) maybe we can have a wedding…
Florisel or Flor meanns blooming;flowering in Spanish
Flora ~ (in all her glory…)
Name her Gretchyn.
Imelda
Aurelia. Means “golden” in Latin.
Name her Hi as in Hi and Lois, the cartoon!
you should name her Diva!! My second choice would be to name her Grace 🙂
Our new arrival should be named Nova. She is a new addition and brings perpetual life to her species.
Puteri… “Puteri is a title inherited by the female descendant of a Megat.”
You know… goes with pew 🙂
Fred
Abominable Bombshell
nicknamed Abbey or Shelley
oh, two of the best names already taken (Morticia and Audry III)
Other choices: Thanatos, Exquisite Corpse Flower (a la Exquisite Corpse magazine, game), Frankenflower, …
#1 choice, some variation of
Cleopatra
(the man-eating plan of the Addams Family)
(Cleoputrid, etc)
Morticia –
Ricci – After Louis Ricciardiello (Louis’ namesake) who holds the record for the world’s largest bloom
How about either Elvira or Chrysanthemum… (Chryssi for short)
Miss Stinky!
Eliza, derived from lilly or “the flower, innocence, purity and beauty”. Surnamed from Elizabeth “Promise of God”. Isabel is also my favorite variation of this name.
Claire. Lois was named after a mother and two great tv moms are the Claires from the Cosby show and Modern Family!
I also like “Safiah” something different and Malaysian too
Persephone…or Sue.
My suggestion is XOCHIQUETZAL (XOCHI – pronounced SO-CHEE) for short. Xochi is the Aztec goddess of flowers.
for a rare and beutiful addition to HMNS’s family how about “Amor” for the newest amorophallus titanum. also means love in spanish
Helen
you could stick with the superman theme but shift to the show smallville and name her erica (after erica durance who played lois lane) or chloe..lois lane’s cousin.
what could potentially be more fun is naming her after one of the sisters from wicked (the story of the wicked witch from the wizard of oz). elphaba is the name of the wicked witch and her sister (who was killed by dorothys house) is nessarose. you could even go with galinda (the original name of the good witch before she dropped the “a” in her name to show her sadness at elphabas banishment (they were once best friends).
Matilda since it’s from Indonesia and it smells like something dead. The Indonesian word for dead appears to be mati so…Matilda
Odorgrande
My name suggestion for the sister corpse flower is ” Flora”.
I suggest the name Kahlo, as in Frida Kahlo. Just like Frida Kahlo’s art, the Corpse Flower can sometimes be gross, but is always beautiful.
Name her Essence
Morphia (or Morphya)
The Corpse Bride’s name was “Emily”, which picks up the “l”, but I was really thinking about “Lurch”, like the Addams’ Family butler. “You rang? Uhhhhhrrrrrr.”
Elsa or Frank
Betty. In all due respect, for the late Betty Ford.
Abigail
Fifi
Lillian
As not to upstage or outshine her older sister, “Pippa” seems quite fitting. And should she bloom in a more timely manner than older sister, Lois, I’m sure she will maintain her humble demeanor. 🙂
Christi
Dear Dear. Caracara, after the beautiful, brightly-colored vulture who treasures carrion in a disgusting manner (Darwin’s judgement, not mine. Voyage of the Beagle)
LAINEY
It has to be “Audrey II”. That was the name of the man-eating plant in Little Shop of Horrors. The main character named it after the girl he had a crush on, Audrey. Hence, Audrey II. This is the 2nd corpse flower…..therefore, the perfect name!
Corpse Christi
Putridia
Louise
In honor of Steven Thompson, who brought Lois to life last summer, I suggest Stefanie Lois Thompson.
The female version of Steven is Stephanie or Stefanie. Stefanie is a female name that comes from the Greek name “Stefanos” meaning “crown” that is appropriate for the terra cotta highness.
Laney for the other half of Lois. “Lois & Laney”
George or Martha
Morgana
My suggestion: Zola. Easy to say and two syllables just like “Lois”.
Name her Antoinette…after all, it is Bastille Day:)
Stinkella
Klaire the corpse flower. Named after my beautiful bride to be. So happy that she smells better than Lois but shares the same beauty.
I was Lois’s first love before Clark
For Queen Lois, I propose the museum needs a princess, so my vote is for Princess Buttercup from “The Princess Bride”, or Buttercup for short. ‘As you wish’ Lois and Buttercup!
Hulk – The Mean Green Corpse Flower Machine
I would name the flower “LADY RANCID” or “STENCHY LADY CORSPE”!
Corpus Chris Tee
Lokeilani / Lokei / Rose
Hawaiian for Rose/ Rose of heaven/ flower of heavenly fragrance.
We spell it as above/ also spelled Lokelani.
The flower is “WHOLESOME CORPSE” OR “MISS REPULSIVE”!
Precious. Because it’s kinda funny and because she is a rare and precious albeit stinky flower.
I would name the flower “Goldie”
How about Mavis for a girl, or Don Cormeone for a boy (because of corm, and insted of Don Corleone from The Godfather)
Daisy
Three reasons to consider Daisy.
1. I have no relations, friends, acquaintances or critters that go by that name whom can claim association with that name. 2. The dual syllabic strong sounding name is pleasing, easy to understand and hear. 3 The marketing potential of the uncopywrited nursery rhyme Daisy Daisy and a contest to spin off from it using different words to the poem or creating a new poem has potential.
Cora…Lois and Cora
STINKER BELLE!!!
That’s definitely the perfect name.
Lestari
The name is Indonesian, from her native country, and it means everlasting.
How about Titania (pronounced Tih-TAHN-ya), or even Tanya for short….it’s a titan arum, no?
Louise
Midge (its as rare a name these days as the flower itself)
Rareza (rarity in Spanish)
Shasta
TaiChi she is so Ying Yang, all beauty, and stinky terror.
Plus you need to meditate and wait, wait, wait for blooming.
Methuselah – girl
Lazarus – boy
I like Beatrice or Beatrix meaning voyager through life. I also like Beulah or Ethel(noble). Emily means rival, emulating.
Ray Davies
Never mind, I thought the last flower was named “Lola.”
obama.
abeba
“Flora.”
Celladora
Blossom
Hi (as in Hi and Lois in the comic strip)
Pepe (as in Pepe le Pew)(accent on second syllable since it’s French)
Name it “Delecti” as in Corpus Delecti or better known as the actual “body” (or corpse) of the deceased.
Sally
I think Lana as in Lana Lang who was Lois Lane’s sometimes rival for Superman’s attention.
Clark as is Louis and Clark. Helped us learn something new.
Braille as in Louis Braille. Even without eyesight you can enjoy this flower.
Lilybell
Laurali
Bliss
Lauralee
My vote is for Clark as in Lois and Clark from Superman too.
Sten
Matilda
Julio after Red Shirt Guy
stinky lady bulb
How about Luna – to represent the moon and of course our favorite Ravenclaw girl – Luna Lovegood
EMILY – from “Corpse Bride” .
or BOB- because that’s a good name, short and simple.
or Paul. or DAN …
I think Morticia is the best.
So, per #RedShirtGuy, you should name the new flower Julio on account of his monumental act of blocking the online view. He is the Posh to her Becks
Louetta
Fleure d’Odour (Fleure to her friends…)
Malodora
It combines another word for stink, malodor, with the feminine name of Dora.
Julia – an homage to Julio, aka “The Red Shirt Guy”.
Chloe
Gagatha Christie. It is a mystery when the corpse flower will bloom and her scent will be a killer! 🙂
Victoria
Iris
Lana!
What about…..Phoenix
Sam,(Sam Houston)
We like the name Gabbie, named after our little dachshund, who recently passed away, but had the worst breath in the world….like sewage and rotting fish. Due to a liver condition she could not have teeth cleanings, so this was just a part of her we had to accept, no amount of brushing or breath freshner helped. We loved her just the same, she was beautiful and fun but stinky…..our own little corpse flower.
I vote for Penelope!
Lotus
Julio 🙂 or julia, if keeping w the female name trend
Julio aka RSG
Lorissa
She should be named after Marie Antoinette because she will receive thousands of visitors to her “court,” has a ruffled neckline and blooms for a very short time.
She, like her sister, is a queen.
loisita de Morbidia
(Little morbid Lois)
Good luck!
Girl:
McKinley or Ella
Boy:
Taylon or David
I think this cute little bud should be named “Fluffy.” Since she’s bound to be a stinker when she grows up, I think she needs a soft and gentle name to encourage warm thoughts for her despite her future.
Herman Smelville
Ichoose the name Lolicia. Lola is a diminuative of Dolores in Spanish. Lolicia is a very rare form of Lola.
Gerri Manlove
Priscilla, for my mom
Leticia (my son’s suggestion)
I choose the name Lolicia. Lola is a diminuative of Dolores in Spanish. Lolicia is a very rare form of Lola.
Gerri Manlove
Morticia definitely gets my vote. So appropriate!
I vote for Laura
My daughter Krista,9, thinks it should be named Victoria,because it is a pretty name!!
i want sneech like the dr.seuss book! reminds of the little yellow things with the fuss in the middle of there necks (:
La Diva de Stenche’
Raul,JuJu,Ida, Myrtle, Blanca, Blanche
Olive, Belva, Wanda, Bonnie, Rudy
Ti-anne
Blooming Gail
I think either Audrey or Morticia.
Lolita
Edla. Of my friends, I have two who are named Edla and Lois. Why not? Two four letter names, like mine. Crazy reasoning, right?
It should be named: Triametin .
the creative one in our family suggested: Cori the Corpse Flower
Hecate
Wow! I just read the whole list! My favorites now, besides Audrey and Morticia, are Libitina, Malodora, Lillith, Persephone, and Kalma for the reasons their original submitters gave.
I also really like Ophelia, since it is a name associated with death and because Shakespeare in the Park happens so close to the HMNS and I like Dahlia since these flowers have a beautiful purplish black color.
However, I think the very best name suggested above was Muriel–not a name I would bestow on very many beings, but I think it has a darkly beautiful grandeur that perfectly captures the essense of a corpse flower in bloom.
Maximus Stinkus
Big name for a big smell
His name will be Lars. Even if you give him a different name, when I come to see him, I will still call his Lars. So…
Taxes! What stinks more than taxes?
vashti – it is the persian name for beautiful.
Julio, after Red Shirt Guy
zebida – it is a hebrew word meaning gift.
zina – it is the hebrew name that means ornament
Since Lois was named after a HMNS staffer’s family member (if I remember correctly), and NOT a movie chatacter, the new one should be named STEVE… in honor of STEVE. The museum now has a 2nd Corpse Flower because of him!!
Correction : “STEVEN” in honor of STEVEN!!!! I was typing fast and forgot the “N”.
You alluded to the fact that she is a Princess, so her name should be Kate. Who knows, she might be so honored to have a flower named after her, she and Wills might come visit, lol!!! Besides, THE Queen just might be amused over this one, lol!!!
Andrew
Andrew should be the name, after the angle who takes the souls to the jugement place. I think its pretty clever because it smells like death so please vote for Andrew! 🙂
PRECIOUS… because we are hoping she would give us precious stinky blooms like her sister, Lois. And, it has a bit of an eerie tone, especially if you say it like the way the hobbit did in the film Lord of The Rings — “My Precious”.
funk becomes her
funk before death
truxiler the aroma killer
Kaoru Mami
In Japanese:
Kaoru means Fragrance
Mami means True Beauty
Amy…….short for Amorphophallus!
PePe as in PePe LePew the cartoon skunk
Peppy La Pew
Call it Pasadena (aka stinkadena)
It can be the official city flower.
“Pewtricia”
Stinky Steve!
Name for corpse flower “The Living Corpse”. Also the name of a Russian play written around 1900.
Another option
Boy name – Apollo
Girl Name- Phyllis
Neville (the star herbology student at Hogwarts)
Since the corpse flower is so odiferous, I’m suggesting Odi, or Odee, or perhaps “Odi One Come Smell Me”
This is a no brainer! The “Corpse Flower” should be named Morticia. Back in the day, there was an afternoon television called “The Addams Family” – remember? It was somewhat of a strange show, but rather entertaining. The mother / wife – well, her name was Morticia. She looked like death! AND, if you add an “n” to Morticia, you get mortician. What does a mortician do? You got it. They deal with corpses! So – I’m suggesting her name be called Morticia. I put this on your Facebook page a while back, but only today did I realize I needed to submit through here. Good luck to me!
Matilda or Sherlock
All the names submitted are good names , but this a unique flower and so deserves a unique name. How about….Lysandria
PETUNIA PETUNIA PETUNIA PETUNIA
Hope I spelled it right:)
Zooey or Ophelia
Well I would like to see us use a name some have used for a city near Houston for it’s smell already. I would like to see —–
” STINK-A-DENA ” be the new name.
I love the Dr. Suess idea. How about Lorax? As the Onceler puts it he was “shortish, and brownish, and oldish, and mossy, and he spoke with a voice that was sharpish and bossy.”
The stink is kind of “sharpish”? Wouldn’t you say?
Phyllis Diller? or just Phyllis? It’s all about the hair 🙂
Wow, I didn’t realize so many people had picked the name Morticia. So, I’m going to suggest that we name the Corpse Flower the following:
Esproc Flora – How did I arrive at this?
Esproc – spelled backwards is Corpse.
Flora – Flower in Spanish
Let’s see how that rolls!
Have a great day!
Kirk
I think it should be PUYATI which means something that stinks! 🙂
Limberger as in the wonderful smelly cheese. I was a great fan of Lois
If it’s a boy, Otis or Peter.
If it’s a girl, Lila.
Dior
Jasmine
Emily
Peter-family guy
I think it should be named KATIE in honer of my coworker, because it really stinks to have to work with her.
Algernon…as in “Flowers For Algernon.”
name : LOLA
Lois needs a sister named Lafleur!!! The name means “the flower” in French.
Medusa!
As long as there are no copyright infringement issues, I was always tickled by the macaubre name: : “Morticia” (as in Morticia Addams, from the TV show)
Casey’s Trunk — I think this name is self explanatory, however, it is probably not fair to the flower.
Nelly as in Smelly Nelly
i think Cori or Luna would be a good name.
ELVIRA / ELVYRA
Lady Gag-ga
“Kali” :
Hindu goddess…The name Kali comes from kāla, which means black, time, death. Kali means “the black one” consort, also means “the Time” or “Death” (as in time has come). Hence, Kali is considered the goddess of time and change.
Toot-toot. Inspiration: I involuntarily “tooted”
Daniel or Dan (After Dan Duncan who donated 25 million to the museum in 2007.)
A version of Elton John’s “Daniel” could be used as it’s theme song! 🙂
Eliana
Name her “Sentir”,
definition:to sense, to feel, to hear of something
My suggestion is: ODORA
Catchy name for a stinky girl!
I think we should name it P.U.
THE NAME OF THIS FLOWER SHOULD BE “FESTER”. THIS WORD FITS THE PLANT’S SMELL.
“Putrescina”
from “putrescine”, the malodorous organic compound within the polyamine family, and a chemical that your body naturally contains and that creates the smells of purifying flesh….
Mercinia
just made it up…lol
LILY – PRONOUNCED LIL EE
OR
FESTER – AS IN UNCLE FESTER
Name her “Flair” as she is a unique lady.
Casey Anthony
Anita — Anita Shower!
A great name would be Pestosa'(Pes-toe-sa) -means Stinky girl….
Hee B. GeeBee!
She looks like a Leila.
Clovis! Lois’s younger brother!
I think we should call her EFFIE – short for effluvious
Stinkerella is the perfect name for such a beautiful, stinky and rare flower!!! Thanks in advance!!!
Semper Fi
Lolita! 🙂
Agatha, Gertude,or maybe Bertha
My boyfriend called me this morning excited about this contest and he asked that I enter the name: “Apestosa” (Stinky in spanish)
Clark
“MUMMY”, it is.
Rupart Murdoch
Well my three yr. old seems to think Lilly would be the best, named after herself because she too has a big sister with smelly breath 😉
Rancydia (Nickname – Cyd like Cyd Charisse)
Petra (I was thinking of a female version of Stinky Pete)
LuAnne
Titania (variant of Amorphophallus Titanum and a Shakespearean character)
Liking ohter suggestions of Morticia and Stinkerbelle.
Name the corpse flower Ophelia
I like the name Bella! A bit of irony and fun just the same.
FLO “LA PHEW”
Kelly Fartson
Serendipity
Jackie. Jackie Joseph was the orginal Audrey in “Little Shop of Horrors”.
Morticia – she was always so creepy on the Addams Family.
I was just reading a book for my son called, “A Porcupine Namved Fluffy”, which gave me the idea for the name…
ROSE (The Corpse Flower Named Rose)
Lilly (as in Munster)
Petunia or Sweet Petunia
Delila
I like the name Bella Corpsela or La Bella Corpsela
Me again – back with the same name – I just think it is perfect – Lois’ Little Sister – LOLITA!!!!! Doesn’t that have a nice ring to it???? Little Lolita! 🙂 She’s sooo cute!
How about naming the new flower after a character from the Gothic soap opera Dark Shadows? They just had their 45th anniversary! There was always something going on that involved a corpse or ghost lol. There are so many cool names from the series, Josette, Angelique, Barnabas, Quentin, Magda, Victoria, etc. And one of the main characters was played by classic film star Joan Bennett. She was such a unique & classy lady, just like the corpse flower! : )
Morticia it has to be! The others are cute, and Goldie was cool,….but what could be a better fit than Morticia! Thank you sooo much for the gift to our wonderful Museum! No matter what name is chosen she will be loved and enjoyed by all!! (even if we do have to hold our noses)
Morticia or Thelma
Ivanna Stinks-a-lot!!
CLARISSA the CORPSE FLOWER
Miss Stinky.
She’s Lucy!
JULIET:
‘Tis but thy name that is my enemy;
Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
What’s Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part
Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!
What’s in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call’d,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name,
And for that name which is no part of thee
Take all myself.
Morticia seems like the right name for this flower.
“Lane” or “Griffin”, Loise Lane was the first thing to come to mind. Or maybe “Griffin”, that way you could get Seth McFarlin to come to the blooming, ha,ha.
I like these names for Lois’s new friend. Picture two old ladies sitting on a porch in rocking chairs, overlooking a butterfly garden, sipping iced tea, talking about family, old men, and the weather, just passing the time.
1. Cordelia
2. Edna
3. Edith
4. Betty
Thank you!
Ariel
Aurora
HaMaNaSa
Hermosa
Here is what I would name the Corpse Flower: DeathBreath; Death Lilly; Mephitis; Nosferatia; Churel; Lilith; Lucia; Kali; Aswang
My money’s on Achlys:Spirit of death mist….(A Greek Mythology personified concept).
Medusa or Lilith, Morticia, or La Muerte (Spanish for death)…good alternates.
My seven year old suggested ‘gilbert’ because ‘it’s just a good name’
How about: Ragis or Aloysius
Corpse Bride “Loving you is like loving the dead”!
“putrid” would be good considering the smell it will put off. Or “livid”; “malodorous”; “decadence”; “rank” or “rancid” ha, ha
my suggestion is “Amanda”. ZAC will understand why.
Flatus as in gas of flatulence.
Lady Flor! – flor is spanish for flower
Minako, my maternal grandmother’s name.
The new Corpse Flower should be named Discovery after one of Nasa’s retired space shuttles. Meaning revelation, exploration, and examination, perhaps Houston will have a place for Discovery afterall. 🙂
Gideon or Eduardo
My 4yr old daughter would like to nominate the name “stinky little brother” after her 2mo old baby brother.
Lola
Elli
Veeta
Ida
Amil
Lia
Smella
Lolly
Agatha Christy (because she is such a mystery)
Scent-er-ella (from Cinderella)
Pooh-Ella-D-de-Kill (Like Cruella de Ville)
Lady U-Reeka
How about Funkalicious? Yeah, that’s the ticket!
Odette
Habeas <-as in 'you should have a body' – but in this case we have a flower.
I like the name Vida.
In Spanish meaning life. A new life and new beginning.
MORTICIA or WEDNESDAY for the ADDAMS FAMILY
How about ZORA ?
Leia (Lay-ah) Lei is flower in Hawaiian
Luna -for the moon.
Lily
Marlo
Marlon
Grim for a boy
Name the corpse flower “Ramona Irene Petula” (RIP); suggested by Steve Roley
My suggestions for the new corpse flower – “Apestado!”!
Lulu.. or Little Lulu or Lola.
I would like to name it Karma after my wife. We really enjoyed visiting Lois last year and it will always be a favorite memory of mine. Plus “Karma the Corpse Flower” has nice alliteration.
Ataxia
Submissions are now closed! We’ll post the top five contenders plus instructions on how to vote for the final name on Monday. Thank you all for participating!
How about Sam
Millie. My grandmother was Millie and her best friend was Lois. They were roommates, “grown” in Texas and two very colorful southern flowers.
Gloomer
How about BLOSSOM!
Morticia
Cadey…as in cadaver-like smell!
“PETUNIA” of course…..
Lucille
my name for the new plant
Blossom
Ella, meaning “beautiful”, from the umbrellalike foliage
Cormy/Corma, from the underground corm
Spike, which it is now, just a 12″ tall, fat green spike
Bud/Buddy, a buddy for Lois
Hal, from amorphophallus
Marlie or Marlo
Delilah!
That’a a good name !
Muerto –
1. Thelma
2. Stink-er-ella ( like Cinderella)
3. Stink-a-bell
4. Casey( to represent the little girl Casey Anthony that passed away)
Grell….>.>
Itachi…:D!!!
The Lorax…..Dr Suess character
I entered yesterday, but do not see it on the list of entries
I think MORTICIA would be the perfect name!!
Name her Marie Antoinette for, ” she will soon lose her head”.
If it is a male- “Earl” he’s gotta die.
BAYOU BETTY
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Sharon – My reason: Captain America’s girlfriend is named Sharon Carter and Superman’s girlfriend is Lois Lane. Both of these superhero’s are American Icon’s. 🙂
Bellatrix. The name Bellatrix is Latin for female warrior. It is the name or the star also known as the amazon star
You Reek Ah
Morticia as in The Addams Family.
She always held a large bloom when she slept.
Morticia
I think the name Pew-Pew would be appropriate name.Kind of French. 🙂
Shirley
Bonita Muerte (Beautiful Death)
I think the name should be Zacson after the horticulturists taking care of it.
This is perfect…Secretsha….secrete means to “give off”
Samella or Samelltha
I would name her “Louise”. A complementary name to Lois.
How about Lil Knits…..that is stink lil backwards…
My name for the gal would be “Hortence”.
Phewnelope — kinda like Penelope, with just a little extra “aura”
My choice for name: AROMELLA
A combination of Aroma (distinctive odor) and Ella (Spanish for woman)
How about Clarice? Probably smells about the same after you eat a big bowl of fava beans!
Maybe Flo (or Florence). Because you will probably hit the “Flo” after you catch a “whiff” of it!
I think Lucy or Lucille might be cool. As in Lucille Ball. Cause your balls are liable to retract after you catch a whiff of this thing!
My daughter and I like the name “Daphne” a nymph who preferred to undergo transformation rather than suffer the embrace of Apollo.
We also like “Leola” which goes well with Lois.
Name the little sister “LANE”. Like “Lois Lane”.
My suggestion is Hortense.
Morticia ,, I hope with all my might that the Lois’s new baby sister is named after Morticia Gomez. She is such a goddess of death! I CAME I SAW I SNIFFED!!!
Layla (or Leila) – it kinda goes with lois but sounds like a younger sister. But perhaps one that is a bit gentler and quietly observant (at first appearances) but quite spunky, perky, and excitable when you get to know her. A good compliment to a strong determined leader like Lois. I think the 2 will provide a nice balance for each other – keeping them both on their toes (or bulbs rather). I also think Layla/leila has a beauty to its sound but one that’s somewhat uncommon (like this flower).
Libitina..Roman myth name of a goddess of corpses and the dead. “Libi” or “Tina” for short. Perfecto! 🙂
or it could be something completely wacky – like Sheboygan, something that just has a really unsual spelling or fun sound. like: ebulient, snuffleopogus, gubernatorial, kabuki, ecesis (which is rather appropriate actually)
or better yet: Tallegio – a stinky cheeese from italy that only gets more pungent as it comes to room tempature yet is still appetizing and intriguing. You can’t help but be drawn in despite its intense smell.
Per wikipedia “Taleggio (IPA: [taˈleddʒo])…has a strong aroma, but its flavour is comparatively mild…”
Or the stinkiest of all cheeses that follows the requested for more accents- Epoisses (one of Napoleon’s favorites, classified as the “king of all cheeses”, and supposedly banned from public transport vehicles all over france according to a hotel blog – fact not checked).
I also particularly like Rosalind – from shakespeare’s As You Like It.
I think she should be named “Phoebe”.
Name it Ucky
Or Bucky.
Lil’ Stinker
she should be named Cruella
“Scent-tennial” as in it only seems to bloom every 100 years and when it does – LOOK OUT!
MAYBELLINE – Just like the song.
Lucy LePew.
Call her “Della The Smella”
this name is cool but is really brings it out they twins and they should so be name realted or sound alike but mean diffrent like stinky its stinky corpse its a corpse and orseana its just a name to me that brings out
I think that the baby sister of Lois should be named Priscilla. That way her big sister could call her Prissy if she got on a high horse. Besides, Priscilla makes me think of a frilly, sweet little girl…doesn’t matter how she smells…she is still a little girl.
I think the name should be Bessie.
How about a ‘yuckalyptiphew’?
Zoe
Lulu and, of course, Lois!
since her big sister name is roseville high corpse her little sister name should be rosie so their like twins but names are diffrent
BELAH
Name should be Silo its a mix up of the name lois and its silent with a low profile until that day.
Siole’ (pronounced so lay) It’s Lois spelled backwards with a little flavor added.
Name her PewTula or Dyna for Houston Dynamo
LouLou
Tinkersmell
Clovis
I think you should call her Twyla.
Her name is Bloomhilda. She is mysterious like broomhilda, but will bloom when you call her Bloomhilda.
I kinda like Corptisha.It is a one of a kind name for a one of a kind young lady.
Erna, Ernesta or Ernestine; all meaning ‘battle to the death’ or ‘serious business.’
I like the idea of naming the flower after Dan Duncan. If it is female, it could be Danielle
stinky
I vote to name her Azrael or Azraella (if you want it to be more feminine). Azrael was known as the angel of death…flowers themselves are beautiful and angelic and the death takes care of the corpse correlation.
From the perspective of a born-and-raised Houstonian, and someone who reported on the events every day of the oil spill last year, I think you should name the new flower Macondo or Maconda.
Lois’ blooming marked the end of a poignant era: on July 15 of last year, the Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico was capped and our recovery on the Gulf coast and in the oil and gas industry could begin.
Countless engineers, professionals, business owners and residents in the Gulf Coast and Houston area worked day in and day out to find a way to cap the insidious well after the tragic event. It took the highest levels of science and the passion of many people at this time in 2010 to overcome what happened and I think that is no coincidence that the new flower will bloom within 10 days of this milestone.
My vote is to name the new flower in honor of the event that changed history and brought out the true spirit and comradery of our community, which I am proud to be part of, in the face of the worst of the worst.
Just a suggestion.
Rancee : As in rancid smell.
I have to say Lane.. like Lois Lane from Superman
Looks like I may have missed this by a few days. The name should be MORT. This is the french name for EXTINCT.
Fefe la Pew
My submission is to call her SMELMA
Lil’ Stinker
Stink-Bud
Seymour
Unique
Watch me! Smell Me! Call me EDNA!
Poopsie!
Lydia from Beetlejuice.
CLEO
Gollum from The Lord of the Rings
Drucilla
I know that the name suggestions are now closed as stated but I just wanted to say thank you for the opportunity to let us all help pick the name. There were so many great names. I read them all to my husband as I went. Our favorites were: Odiferious (not sure of the spelling now), Ditto, Corpse Christi, Fester, StinkerBelle, Stinkadina and Prutricia. I also liked the plain and sinple like: Bob, Ida etc.
again, thank you !
Clark
Hermann!
I like the name “Odora” because of it’s stinky odor..
I like the name of “Fedora Odora”
Cain
LuLu
Maybe Smellarilla would be a good name.
Aurora – she will grow beautiful and strong with a name that is a unique as she is.
Lily Rose is a Great name!
Happy Bloomday!
Hematose is a great name.
Thanatos – in Greek mythology the personification of Death. Anything that smells like decaying flesh gets my vote for this name.