# how can i get a flower named after me **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 30, 2001, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-a-flower-named-after-me/90422 "2001-10-30T02:12:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dave316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dave316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dave316)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-a-flower-named-after-me/90422/1 "2001-10-30T02:12:18Z")
next spring I will be planting a garden and I was thinking wouldn’t it be nice to grow a flower that I can say “hey that flower is named after me” so how does one go about having my own variety of flower that is recognized by the official flower naming people ---
**Author:** ![ubermensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bcef8e/32.png) [@ubermensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ubermensch)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-a-flower-named-after-me/90422/2 "2001-10-30T02:15:53Z")
discover it. or create it ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-a-flower-named-after-me/90422/3 "2001-10-30T03:12:27Z")
Or be loved or admired by someone who discovers or creates it. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-a-flower-named-after-me/90422/4 "2001-10-30T04:10:25Z")
Start buttering up botanists. Your best bet would be a botanist who’s about to go on an expedition to some place like the Amazon. If you could arrange to finance said expedition, even better. (Of course, you probably couldn’t plant your new namesake outside of a greenhouse.) ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-a-flower-named-after-me/90422/5 "2001-10-30T04:45:41Z")
Dave, you can either discover or breed your own unique variety of plant/flower, [patent it](http://www.plantpatent.com) and name it whatever you want - “Dave316”, “New Jersey Princess”, “Festering Cheese Whiz” etc. If you don’t want to go through the patenting process you can register newly hybridized varieties of certain plants through specialty plant societies (the American Gloxinia and Gesneriad Society does this, and you could contact the iris or daylily people or whatever to see about what the process entails). After all, you’re not worried about making a million bucks, just achieving immortality, right? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-a-flower-named-after-me/90422/6 "2001-10-30T14:06:59Z")
Be the First Lady. ---
**Author:** ![grettle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@grettle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grettle)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-a-flower-named-after-me/90422/7 "2001-10-30T16:42:12Z")
or the queen of england or a highly respected frenchman ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-a-flower-named-after-me/90422/8 "2001-10-30T17:28:28Z")
I just found a little wild flower out back. I don’t know what it is but I named it dave316. ---
**Author:** ![Candlemas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a8b319/32.png) [@Candlemas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candlemas)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-a-flower-named-after-me/90422/9 "2001-10-30T18:10:09Z")
The best way is to hybridize your roses. You can name the resulting rose anything you like. It is really quite simple, although now is a bad time to start. I guarantee that anyone with a little smarts and time can do it. To learn how to hybridize, visit [here](http://www.ars.org/). I hope to see the “dave316” at the next rose show I attend. Good luck!