Name for sibling of Sequoiadendron?

[claudethelad]

I'm expecting a second child and struggling with name ideas. Not sure of the gender yet but would like something unique that you don't find often. My husband is a botanist which is why we called our daughter Sequoiadendron (Sequoia for short!) and we're looking for something similar that's plant related.
Thanks in advance for the help fellow mums!! :)

Thatcher
Darwin
Rain
James-but only if it’s a girl
If it’s a girl Phoebe, it’s a boy phoebo

This thread has had me in stitches. Esp - 'unfortunately it's a bag fungus' *vag fungus 🤣

Azalea
Chrysanthemum
Tansy
Sorrel
Delphinium
Daphne

to be accurate it has to be either Sequoia or Metasequoia

Echeveria - Vera for short

Sempervivum - Viv for short

Jasminoides - Jasmine for short

Garya eliptica - Gary For short

Stinking Ragwort. Drop the "stinking" after potty training.

Cotoneaster - Cotton or Asta for short

Hebe Veronica - either name for short

(now runnng out of plants in my garden to refer to)

I'm a physiotherapist, so mine are called Scaphoid (NN Scaff) and Pisiform (NN Pi).
DH was working in TV and film at the time wanted to call them Bafta and Emmy, but they were boys, so I won.

You seem to like trees....
Araucaria araucana could perhaps work for both?
(Monkey Puzzle Tree)

Pampas Grass ( inspired by another thread )

Planty mc-flower bush

😂😂😂😂

My husband is a dentist. Our kids are Sapientia, Calculus and Kynodontes.

I like Bafta and Emmy

Dracula Simia?

Isn’t a Sequoia a large, thick tree with a very wide trunk?

Sequoia has Native American connotations and it's shame the new name has to be plant related as that rules out Pocohontas, Mitena, Sacajawea, Olathe, Chenoa, and many others, but Aiyana means 'forever flowering' Of course, if it's a boy Geronimo, Sitting Bull, or Powhatan might suit as would Dances With Wolves.

Perhaps Liriodendron with or without tulipifera or Cerciscanadensis would be more to your taste with Acerrubron or Cornusflorida for a boy?

Take no notice of the naysayers, OP. Narrow minds are a natural breeding ground for contempt and there's always the odd keyboard warrior who write things they'd never dream of saying to your face. That said, some of the responses have given me cause to chuckle.

Must have been a big baby @FamilyOfAliens, hence the name #ouch

Gillyweed

I know a hygienist with children called Floss and Brush.

Another one for the expectant computer-minded parents: Robert'); DROP TABLE students;--, Little Bobby Tables for short.

xkcd.com/327/

If your first child is the largest tree in the world then the second child will need to be called Pennantia Baylisiana, obvs.

Although Grondagronda Aspidistra is an absolute classic, that was a thing of joy to see suggested.