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I just took the time to look at the Palmetto's that South Mountain has, Cool name, but how did Don come up with it?

Neat variation, I am going to get on the list for the babies for next year. These are going to be a lot of fun. I love the Tessera's I have from Don and am waiting for a few to hatch. Keep it up Don and you are going to bankrupt me with these new corns or cause a divorce!!! LOL

The Palmetto State

This nickname refers to South Carolina's official State Tree, the Sabal Palmetto. The Palmetto is rooted in historical significance dating back to the Revolutionary War. On June 28, 1776.

Don applied the named "Palmetto" corn because it was found in the state South Carolina.

Here is some info directly copied and pasted from Don that further explains the details of how and why it got it's name the "Palmetto" corn.

BTW John, those are some sweet cors you posted!

How the Palmetto got its name
A perfectly natural trend exists in herpetoculture today in sometimes hastily assigning hopefully unique names to newly-discovered mutations or traits, but in the haste that often drives such assignments - usually via desire to be the first to name the new morph - insufficient consideration is given to the potential that the bulk of the phenotypes of the new morph may not have immediate and parallel association with the new name. Historically, in our hobby, upon reading the name of a new corn snake morph, one should conjure a mental expectation before seeing it, and if that expectation is met, the morph will usually be successful in the marketplace. Because of the highly colorful nature of corn snake mutations and their selective variants, namesakes are usually colors, fruits, or candies. If the person naming the morph did his/her homework, the chosen names are accurate most of the time, but sometimes, it is discovered that not enough individuals were examined prior to naming. This can result in the new morph name not accurately reflecting the appearance of most members of that morph. In the absence of a regulating entity governing such name assignments, and because patents are not granted for corn snake morphs, anyone can assign names to corn snake morphs that they discover. As it usually is with any product, success is ultimately dictated by the consumers. If they like the name, it sticks. This is notably demonstrated when two or more people producing the same morph have assigned different names to it. One of those names usually wins out over the others, but there are cases where more than one name applies to the same morph, and a descriptor denotes the genetic family (usually the name of the respective gene/trait discoverer).

I labored over many names I thought would be perfect - and some that could be adequate - but most were already assigned to other corn snake morphs. Keeping in mind that this particular snake may look less like a chosen namesake than its descendants, I was dubious about using a color or pattern namesake. Therefore, when Daryl approached me with the idea of dumping the visual namesake convention - in favor of a name that did not require a mental or visual association - I thanked him for naming the Palmetto Corn for me. Of course, the name is associated with the state in which this snake was captured; South Carolina (aka: The Palmetto State).
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That Palmetto Corn is the coolest locality morph yet!
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"I fight knowledge with ignorance"HAHAhaha..............

Just fund another horse or two for Cindy and she may allow you to buy a few more snakes.

Good to see you in here John

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