Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.
One of the members of Steampunk Madrid has published a collection of short stories revolving on life on a planet discovered and colonised in a steampunk inspired 19th century and tragically cut off contact with Earth by the collapse of the connecting Portal between the two planets.
http://www.mundosteampunk.net/2015/12/faraway-de-janacek-jadehierro.htmlAnyway, the author has set a competition to the online community to furbish Lejana with flora and fauna.
http://www.mundosteampunk.net/2015/12/faraway-de-janacek-jadehierro.htmlI didn't think of entering the competition, though I've greatly enjoyed reading the entries.
Steampunk Madrid also does a number of literary games, one involving a writing a short story (500 words) which requires using all the set phrases chosen beforehand by the players.
The results are published in our blog
http://steampunkmadrid.blogspot.com.es/I use this game to write of the adventures of the young Cecily Cogsworth
nee Teck, in the form of letters discovered in the archives of the Schwanschertz-Teck family, letters from the young Cecily to her aunt, the baroness Alexandra Schwanschertz-Teck.
In this last edition, I decided to incorporate into my story the planet Lejana and the planting, in a garden in Simla, of some curious rose-like stocks brought to the young Cecily by her first husband (decd.) from his visit to that colony just before the Portal collapsed.
So.
The 'rose' needs a naming.
In Spanish, it's called La Rosa del Crepúsculo, or Twilight Rose.
It is, of course not a rose as we know it, but has certain similarities to its earthly cousin: thorny long growing stems and sweet-smelling charming flowers.
There the similarities end, due to the Twilight Rose's curious feeding habits.
Since the Twilight Rose is an entirely new species obviously I need a proper botanical name for it.
Something like pseudo rosa /usurper/Lionel Fitzburton (the name of Cecily's husband (decd.) and discoverer of the Twilight Rose)
I'd be most grateful for any help with the invention of a proper latin name for the Twilight Rose.
I remain yours,
Prof. Cecily
