Pronouncing Succulent Names - The Ultimate Guide

[@dragonrun2071]

I'm amazed that this video exists. You truly can find anything on KZbin, and I'm so grateful! Thank you so much for taking the time to make this and share!

[@Mountaincrestgardens]

You're so welcome and we're so glad it was useful. Thanks for watching!

[@jrrlls]

Absolutely love Annie's energy here! Learning so much and enjoying it all the while! ❤️

[@annieschreck7938]

Aw thank you!

[@TheAxebitten]

Quality of these videos are through the roof. Great editing, content, and Annie's energy is awesome!

[@Mountaincrestgardens]

Thanks so much!

[@jennybalatbat8611]

Thank you, I've learned so much more. Since I started in Mar2021 I tried to write the latin name for each of my succulents. The names are often long ang hard to pronounce..but that's of the things that keeps them unique.

[@annieschreck7938]

Good for you! I really feel like the more you see and say them, the less intimidating they get.

[@thereselena]

Super impressive to hear you rattling off all of these Latin names so effortlessly, Annie! You're a terrific teacher and I learned a lot! Gratias Tibi!! Anksthey!!

[@annieschreck7938]

Ahaha very clever! And thank you so much!

[@sherricardwell6287]

Love your videos but ill never remember these names! Kudos for your knowledge!

[@Appleita]

Hi, Annie! Thanks so very much! This video on pronouncing succulent names is one of my favorites. I took a little Latin in high school but after a jillion years I have forgotten the basics, including the pronunciation rules. This is the third time I have watched this video and I have a tiny little request that I have been meaning to bring up. As much as I try to listen and understand, I find that the music is getting in the way. It's not the type of music...Classical music is one of my long time favorites. But it's just a little too loud...in my "kind of" humble opinion. Sometimes it's fast and you speak slower and sometimes it's slow and you are speaking quicker. It works fine when the music is not as loud as the speaker is...but on some of the videos the music is in direct opposition to what you are trying to convey. Especially when you are sounding upbeat and happy and the music selection sounds more like a dirge. Now I may be the only one who is having this problem, and I can understand this. But, just in case there are others who feel this way, too, do you think you can talk the powers that be into soft pedaling the sound of the music when you are speaking? I like to enjoy your super VERY NECESSARY (to me) education re the wonderful succulents that I have just recently discovered. Thanks for listening! And thanks for being a Super Coach! Apple

[@Mountaincrestgardens]

Thank you so much for your thoughtful feedback, Apple! We truly appreciate hearing it and you are very much not the only one to feel our music is sometimes too loud (turning down the music volume is probably our most common KZbin request!). While we unfortunately cannot change it on old videos, I do recommend turning on the closed captions (the CC button in the bottom right of videos). And we've taken the feedback to heart in all of our recent videos with quiet (or no) music. So glad the videos have been informative! Annie

[@thesmallscape]

What a GREAT idea for a video! Really well done too! 👍😃

[@annieschreck7938]

Thank you so much!

[@wynorawishum5860]

Very informative, thank you

[@yomama8873]

Very informative thank you

[@simran1259]

Great..you have lot of energy ...super Intelligent

[@Mountaincrestgardens]

Thank you so much!

[@crosetee]

Amazing how much you know! Thank you.

[@changingmymind]

Fabulous presentation! Thanks!

[@Jusangen]

If I could double like this I would! Such a great video! Wish I could have seen this when I started! Keep it up!

[@annieschreck7938]

Thank you so much!

[@GG-kv8vv]

Excellent, thank you!

[@margaretfifer6673]

Love her videos.

[@annieschreck7938]

Thank you so much!

[@claudiamaldonado4464]

Love it!

[@bobrabbit4219]

I love Annie's videos! And the meaning of the names is great. Once you understand the source of the name. Thanks Annie!

[@annieschreck7938]

Thank you, Klaus! And I completely agree!

[@antennaria]

A really useful subject, and delivered with infectious enthusiasm, good fun. Changing out the selection of plants on the table to help illustrate very specific examples of Latin binomial rules, very effective. The only problem with the video was the music track was simply too loud and distracting, and in conflict with trying to hear 12 minutes of dialog about pronunciation, recommend lower volume music and a less frenetic music choice.

[@annieschreck7938]

So glad you liked the video! And thank you for the constructive feedback. We're always learning over here.

[@pennylane9155]

Thank you that was very interesting Annie!

[@annieschreck7938]

You're so welcome and glad you liked it!

[@krystalbloom2314]

Adorable! Thank you for this informative video!

[@annieschreck7938]

You're very welcome and glad it was useful!

[@CactusCaffeine]

Very interesting and informative video. Thank you for making this. 🙂🌵☕️

[@annieschreck7938]

Thanks, I'm so glad it was helpful!

[@goldencane2]

Annie is beautiful & absolutely adorable, spilling over with enthusiasm & interesting info. I studied Latin for 4 yrs. & at one pt. I had teacher who thought it should still be spoken language & made us read out loud. Some of it stuck. ( But studied 3 other languages & has had influence on how I guess at pronunciation. ii Have very large collection of succulents & have gotten about 1/2 right. One that surprised me: pronunciation of Kalanchoe - but you covered my pronunciation and classical Latin way so all good! Fun video!

[@annieschreck7938]

@@goldencane2 Aww thank you so much, Cindy! So glad we could do right by the topic. One of those things: the more we researched, the more exceptions we found from the rules of Classical and Church Latin. Sure keeps it interesting though!

[@monteladow159]

This was fantastic! I do speak Spanish (English 1st language) and the vowel pronunciation is very similar to Spanish (Latin being the root... pun intended!). Love your enthusiasm and teaching skills... but, could we turn the background music down a little so us old timers can hear you better... Thank you again!

[@annieschreck7938]

Thank you! Totally agree, speaking Spanish definitely gives you a leg up in Latin. And thank you so much for the feedback on the music, duly noted!

[@elevatedintuition]

Kal-un-KO-ee?! That is not how I've been saying that. lol. Great video. Thank you!

[@annieschreck7938]

Right?! That one trips a lot of folks up. In the early days of Mountain Crest even people here said ka-LAN-cho

[@missyboo79]

I was pronouncing this kal un ko lol. But I guess I should’ve known better because of how Chloe is pronounced!

[@masterofpuppers7963]

In a lot of German speaking countries, s. tectorum is called Donnerbart, "Thunderbeard" and were grown on the roofs of houses because the water retention in the leaves can and did protect houses from lightning and fires if the whole roofs were covered, and also the root systems added a barrier to leaks from storms. Also since most of them turn bright red they must be a gift from Thor since he was the god of storms, protector of humans, and (ahem Stan Lee) a ginger.

[@Mountaincrestgardens]

Yes! And we also see this is in the Latin. The genus Jovibarba (now moved into Sempervivum) mean's Jupiter's Beard, Jupiter being the Roman equivalent to the Norse Thor.

[@masterofpuppers7963]

@@Mountaincrestgardens Right! We also know that Romans would grow them on terracotta roof tiles, and that makes me even more curious since looking at lots of thangkas (Buddhist and/or Hindu ritual paintings) of Vajrasattva and Vajrakilaya, the compassionate/wrathful sides of their storm god that translates to lightning being/ lightning protector, the lotus flowers they sit or stand on look a lot more like sempervivae than lotus. I wonder if they're not originally native to Alpine regions but were brought from the Himalayas with the Indo-European migration?

[@jenniferferguson6449]

Like my tarantula hobby Lasiodora parahybana or Monocentopus balfouri 😁

[@annieschreck7938]

Oooh great Latin names!

[@nancylee1883]

Well now, that was a mouthful! Interesting though.

[@mairzeedotes2067]

Great explanations. Could have done without the annoying horn noises used for background music.

[@Mountaincrestgardens]

Haha thanks, and I promised we've learned from our past musical mistakes!

[@vincentiumagearu9834]

that particular plant name has Cantonese origins, not Latin....

[@Mountaincrestgardens]

Yes! Many botanical names are "latinized" but reference people's names and words originally in other languages.

[@marciaweisel1176]

I like her and what she has to teach us BUT the music is so annoying

[@annieschreck7938]

Thanks, and I promise we've learned from our musical mistakes

[@SWEAR2CARE]

Please show more of the plant that you're talking about more than your cute face

[@marciaweisel1176]

music does not fit video content

[@danieledalmonte7560]

An american pronouncing well botanical names? It's a HUGE challenge. I stopped the video to write this...let's see what happens...

[@danieledalmonte7560]

Ok, nice try!😆 as i said it was a huge challenge. But the video is well educating. Pronunciation is still better than as it suggested on some sites...dave's garden forum is one example but i'm not gonna say that

[@ronaldarchibald2506]

Nope..kal lan cho..thats how i am saying it. Semp er viv ium. I am certainly wrong in my pronounciations but the plants i grow do not seem to care.

[@annieschreck7938]

Love it! A rose by any other name and all that :)

[@sherylgrant2248]

you really need to take that very annoying music off the video, sorry....