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Message: [QUOTE="Marck, post: 224577, member: 15114"] Evidentially, the etymology of the word 'pansy' comes from the French verb [I]penser [/I], to think. Hence, Ophelia's line about pansies for thoughts. Still, I've always been fond of the folk-etymology of 'Pan's Eye', especially as the 'faces on a Pansy can often resemble that of a bearded satyr or faun. I was remembering pansies with faces in [I]Fantasia, [/I]but the Internet tells me it was actually Disney's [I]Alice in Wonderland.[/I] In truth, I grow the smaller but more floriferous and upright Bedding Violas ([I]Viola[/I] x [I]williamsii[/I]) far more often than actual Pansies ([I]Viola [/I]x [I]wittrockii[/I]). Here is one of my favourites: [B][I]Viola [/I]x [I]williamsii [/I]'Sorbet Lemon Blueberry Swirl' [IMG]https://www.gardenia.net/storage/app/public/uploads/images/detail/Viola_Sorbet_Lemon_Blueberry_Swirl_Bloom_17025Optimized.jpg[/IMG][/B] [/QUOTE]