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Alphabet index of common names

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O’brien’s Star Orchid – English

Epidendrum X Obrienianum

Attachment of the cells to the Divine

Obelisco de la sierra – Spanish

Malvaviscus arboreus

Divine help

Divine solicitude

Divine solicitude rightly understood

Obtuse leaf crateva – English

Crataeva adansonii

Work of the enlightened mind

Oceanblue morning-glory – English

Ipomoea indica

Artistic taste

Ocimo – Spanish

Ocimum basilicum

Discipline

Joy of union with the Divine

Ocker – German

Abelmoschus esculentus

Mentalised power

Ocra – Italian, Spanish

Abelmoschus esculentus

Mentalised power

Octopus-tree – English

Schefflera actinophylla

Organised material energy

Ödağacı – Turkish

Aloe vera

Dreams

Oddhi – India (Telugu)

Ocimum tenuiflorum

Devotion

Odouma – West Africa

Ceiba pentandra

Material enterprises

Oeil de faisan – French

Narcissus poeticus

Beauty aspiring for the supramental realisation

Oeil du Christ – French

Aster amellus

Emotional sincerity

Simple sincerity

Sincerity in the vital

Oeillet – French

Dianthus barbatus

Detailed obedience

Dianthus caryophyllus

Collaboration

Dianthus chinensis

Obedience

Perfect obedience

Gypsophila elegans

Modesty of beauty

Tagetes

Detailed plasticity

Plasticity

Supramentalised plasticity

Tagetes erecta

Energy of a plastic mind

Mental plasticity

Physical plasticity

Oeillet barbu – French

Dianthus barbatus

Detailed obedience

Oeillet d’amour – French

Gypsophila elegans

Modesty of beauty

Oeillet d’Inde – French

Tagetes

Detailed plasticity

Plasticity

Supramentalised plasticity

Tagetes erecta

Energy of a plastic mind

Mental plasticity

Physical plasticity

Oeillet de Chine – French

Dianthus chinensis

Obedience

Perfect obedience

Oeillet de poète – French

Dianthus barbatus

Detailed obedience

Ofai – English

Sesbania grandiflora

Beginning of realisation

Oficial-da-sala – Portuguese

Asclepias curassavica

Response of the mind to the Supramental Light

Response of the physical mind to the Supramental Light

Oficial-de-sala – Brazil (Portuguese)

Asclepias curassavica

Response of the mind to the Supramental Light

Response of the physical mind to the Supramental Light

Ognisikha – India (Oriya)

Gloriosa superba

No quarrels

Occult power working in the material (early name)

Ogouma – Cameroon, Gabon

Ceiba pentandra

Material enterprises

Ogungun – Yoruba

Ceiba pentandra

Material enterprises

Oh k’u ra – Korean

Abelmoschus esculentus

Mentalised power

Ohshit – Burmese

Aegle marmelos

Devotional attitude

Oil grass – English

Cymbopogon citratus

Help

Oil of Ben tree – English

Moringa oleifera

Hygienic organisation

Oilcloth flower – English

Anthurium andraeanum

Mastery of sex

Purified sex centre

Sex centre aspiring to be purified

Oiseau de paradis – French

Heliconia

Bird of paradise

oiseau du paradis – French

Strelitzia reginae

Supramental bird

Ojitos negros – Spanish

Thunbergia alata

Obscurity offers itself to be transformed

Transformation dispels obscurity

Ojo de vibora – English

Evolvulus alsinoides

First sign of Krishna’s light in Matter

Okra – Danish, Dutch, English

Abelmoschus esculentus

Mentalised power

Okura – Japanese

Abelmoschus esculentus

Mentalised power

Old maid – English

Catharanthus roseus

Constant progress in Matter

Integral progress

Integral progress in Matter

Integral progress in the vital

Progress

Uninterrupted but spasmodic progress

Vital progress

Old man’s beard – English

Clematis

Sentry

Oleander – English, German

Nerium oleander

Contemplation of the Divine

Perfect quietness in the mind

Quiet mind

Quietness established in the mind

Surrender of all falsehood

Sweetness of thought turned exclusively towards the Divine

Turning of wrong movements into right movements

Oleandre – French

Nerium oleander

Contemplation of the Divine

Perfect quietness in the mind

Quiet mind

Quietness established in the mind

Surrender of all falsehood

Sweetness of thought turned exclusively towards the Divine

Turning of wrong movements into right movements

Oléandre jaune – French

Thevetia peruviana

Mind

Purified mind

Supramentalised mind

Oleandro – Brazil (Portuguese)

Nerium oleander

Contemplation of the Divine

Perfect quietness in the mind

Quiet mind

Quietness established in the mind

Surrender of all falsehood

Sweetness of thought turned exclusively towards the Divine

Turning of wrong movements into right movements

Oncoba – English

Oncoba spinosa

Mental chastity

Onoto – Venezuela (Spanish)

Bixa orellana

New world

Onze heures – Haiti (French)

Talinum paniculatum

Vital fantasy

Onze-horas – Portuguese

Portulaca grandiflora

Sri Aurobindo’s compassion

ookamallechettu – India (Telugu)

Vallaris solanacea

Psychic tranquillity

Opesheet – Burmese

Aegle marmelos

Devotional attitude

Opopanax – English

Acacia farnesiana

Supramental knowledge

Oranda-nadeshiko – Korean

Dianthus caryophyllus

Collaboration

Orange bignonia – English

Pyrostegia venusta

Supramental rain

Orange cosmos – English

Cosmos sulphureus

Supramental Light in the sex centre

Orange eye – English

Buddleja davidii

Refinement

Orange flame vine – English

Combretum fruticosum

Organisation of action in life

Orange geiger tree – English

Cordia sebestena

Adoration

Orange tower flower – English

Clerodendrum paniculatum

Grouping

Orange trumpet creeper – English

Pyrostegia venusta

Supramental rain

Orange trumpet vine – English

Pyrostegia venusta

Supramental rain

Orange-creeper – English

Pyrostegia venusta

Supramental rain

Orange-eye butterfly-bush – English

Buddleja davidii

Refinement

Orange-jasmine – English

Murraya paniculata

Peace in the vital

Orange-jessamine – English, French

Murraya paniculata

Peace in the vital

Oranger de Malabar – French

Aegle marmelos

Devotional attitude

Oranger des savetiers – French

Ocimum basilicum

Discipline

Joy of union with the Divine

Orchid – English

Orchidales

Attachment to the Divine

Papilionanthe teres

Emotional attachment to the Divine

Spathoglottis plicata

Integral attachment to the Divine

Vital attachment to the Divine

Vanda coerulea

Attachment in the emotional vital to the Divine

Vanda tessellata

Detailed attachment to the Divine

Orchid palm grass – English

Curculigo orchioides

Attraction for the Light

Orchid pansy – English

Achimenes grandiflora

Silence in the vital

Orchid tree – English

Bauhinia acuminata

Purified gold

Orchidée – French

Cattleya

Attachment to the Divine

Beauty of attachment to the Divine

The aim of existence is realised

Dendrobium moschatum

Mental attachment to the Divine

Epidendrum X Obrienianum

Attachment of the cells to the Divine

Eulophia

Exclusive turning of all movements towards the Divine

Spathoglottis plicata

Integral attachment to the Divine

Vital attachment to the Divine

Orchidee – French

Orchidales

Attachment to the Divine

Orchidée "Cattleya" – French

Cattleya

Attachment to the Divine

Beauty of attachment to the Divine

The aim of existence is realised

Orchidée "Dendrobium" – French

Dendrobium moschatum

Mental attachment to the Divine

Orchidée "Epidendron" – French

Epidendrum X Obrienianum

Attachment of the cells to the Divine

Orchidée "Spathoglottis plicata" – French

Spathoglottis plicata

Integral attachment to the Divine

Vital attachment to the Divine

Orchidée "Vanda" – French

Papilionanthe teres

Emotional attachment to the Divine

Vanda coerulea

Attachment in the emotional vital to the Divine

Vanda tessellata

Detailed attachment to the Divine

Orchidée de serre – French

Dendrobium moschatum

Mental attachment to the Divine

Orchidée terrestre – French

Eulophia

Exclusive turning of all movements towards the Divine

Orchidée; – French

Papilionanthe teres

Emotional attachment to the Divine

Orchidtree – English

Bauhinia purpurea

Stability in the higher vital

Stability in the vital

Bauhinia variegata

Vital contentment

Ordinary violet – English

Viola odorata

Modesty

Orélie – French

Allamanda cathartica

Mental victory (early name)

Victory

Allamanda violacea

Victory in the vital

Orélie à grandes fleurs – French

Allamanda cathartica

Mental victory (early name)

Victory

Orgideëboom – Afrikaans

Bauhinia variegata

Vital contentment

Oriental cherry – English

Prunus serrulata

Smile of beauty

Oriental cotton – English

Gossypium arboreum

Power in the most material vital (early name)

Success in the most material vital

Oriental lotus – English

Nelumbo nucifera

Aditi — The Divine Consciousness

The Avatar

Oriunda de la India – Spanish

Costus speciosus

Integral revelation

Revelation

Orlean-drvo – Serbian

Bixa orellana

New world

Orleánfa – Hungarian

Bixa orellana

New world

Orleansamen – German

Bixa orellana

New world

Orleansbaum – German

Bixa orellana

New world

Orleansstrauch – German

Bixa orellana

New world

Orleanstrauch – German

Bixa orellana

New world

Orleantræ – Danish

Bixa orellana

New world

Ornamental hybrid canna – English

Canna X generalis

Ananda in the centres

Ananda in the physical body

Complexity of the centres

Connection between the intuitive mind and the physical (early name)

Connection between the Light and the physical

Connection between the Supermind and the physical

Emotional centre

Future supramental centre

Illumined mind centre

Intuitive mind centre

Intuitive mind manifested in the physical (early name)

Physical centre

Psychic centre

Supramental light in the psychic centre (early name)

Vital centre

Ornamental pepper – English

Capsicum annuum

A whipping

Ornamental tobacco – English

Nicotiana alata

Common sense

Ornithogale – French

Ornithogalum umbellatum

Beauty in collective simplicity

Ornithogale en ombelle – French

Ornithogalum umbellatum

Beauty in collective simplicity

Orok-orok lembut – Indonesia (Malay)

Crotalaria juncea

Formative faculty in the mind

Orquídea-d’’’água – Brazil (Portuguese)

Eichhornia crassipes

Krishna’s play in the vital

Orunitogarumu unberatumu – Japanese

Ornithogalum umbellatum

Beauty in collective simplicity

Oscherstrauch – German

Calotropis procera

Courage

ōu zhōu shì luó – Chinese

Anethum graveolens

Light in the blood

Ouabain – English

Strophanthus

Radiation of the manifestation

Ouai – English

Sesbania grandiflora

Beginning of realisation

Oufai – English

Sesbania grandiflora

Beginning of realisation

Our ladys tears – English

Convallaria majalis

Power of purity

Oursin (Cactus) – French

Echinopsis oxygona

Richness of feelings

Oxalide – French

Oxalis

Candid simplicity in the vital

Oxeye daisy – English

Leucanthemum vulgare

Spontaneous aspiration of Nature towards the Divine

Oyong – Indonesia (Malay)

Luffa acutangula

Kind mind

Oysterplant – English

Tradescantia spathacea

Divine Presence

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