Greetings longfellow...accordinf to the wonerful Lisa of this forum...they are named for a Luiz (Luis) Correia de Araujo of Brazil. Search this forum for this. There was a further link postyed by Lisal but it is not dead.

Great name though!

Hi Mike,

I asked the same question a while back...have a look at the link, then scroll down to see the second post from Lisa, unfortunately I cannot access her link now...maybe she'll be able to reload it.

Cheers, Andrew.

Here is a link that might be useful: meaning of correia-araujoi

Another question.......how do you pronounce it?????

Hi Guys

Also for those interested there is an interesting article on F.C.B.S under Uncle Derek Says, titled 'Is Neoregelia correia-araujoi a natural hybrid ?

Also printed in Qld. Journal Bromeliaceae, Vol. XLI-4,July/August 2007.

Google araujoi, gets you direct to U.D Says article.

Pinkbroms

I'll see if I can post this without making such a mess with typos like above! (And link IS dead, and I was not drinking!)

I pronounce it like: core-ray-a a-rah-joy

I don't know why that link is broken, but here's the chart again (link below). On p. 14, for Aechmea correia-araujoi it says: "for well-known collector & co-discoverer of plant (with Burle-Marx)-- Luiz Knud Correia de Araujo."

As to pronunciation, I tend to go with co-RAY-ah ah-ROW-zho-eye (ROW rhyming with how now brown cow, etc. and zh like the z sound in "azure" or Zsa Zsa Gabor). That's about as good as I can do in writing, but I may be wrong. Maybe there are some Brazilians in lurkdom who can help with this?

Here is a link that might be useful: Aechmea spp. table

Lots of Portuguese descendants in my area, so I know the first part is co-RAY-ah, but then I put a French twist on the last part: ah-row-ZSWAH, the 'zs' sound matching the 's' in measure, or pleasure. For the 'oi', think of 'Joie de vivre', or 'bourgeois', that's where I got it. Hey, I'm creative. ; ) Lisa's version is probably more in compliance with latin binomial rules, separating the two vowels.

core ree ah roo gee eye

Hey Y'all!

I agree with - co-RAY-ah
Wouldnt the j be pronounced ggg (a throaty sound)? so
co-RAY-ah Ah-rouw-gggoi

That's a great file, thanks Lisa!

Hi Mike, glad you came over? this is fun, I thought the J might be like H, as in when Jesus, is said hey-zuess, or Y like the J in Juanita, so it could be Co-ray-a a-row-yoi, or Co-ray-a a-row-hoi? maybe? he he
BA

Hi Sue.Thanks to everyone that responded to my plea for help,lisaclv that link was great' took me no time to print and put it in my file' its the type of information that I thrive on thanks

That plant >>>>>>