Plectranthus Amboinicus 'Velveteen Aromatic'™ (Cuban Oregano)

I have this plant that I've been propagating for more than 30 years. My recollection is my sister gave it to me and said it was Greek Oregano. All the pictures I've ever seen of Greek Oregano don't look like this plant, so I did some further research and came up with the name Cuban Oregano. It is neither Cuban (East Africa/South Asia), nor an oregano (related to mint). It also has a bunch of other inaccurate common names which I'm not going to get into. The Latin name is Plectranthus Amboinicus, but even that is inaccurate. The Amboinicus refers to Ambon Island in Indonesia, which is not in Africa/Asia. Also, the Plectranthus part of the name is new; formerly it was in the Coleus genus.

Since I have been growing this plant for so long and usually have a lot of them around (current estimate 12), I frequently reference it in my blog. I'm tired of using the inaccurate Cuban Oregano name. I saw a hybrid of this plant recently in a commercial greenhouse, and Proven Winners has trademarked it as 'Cerveza 'N Lime' Plectranthus hybrid. It looks exactly like my plant. The made-up name is a trademark, which means the name is protected, not the plant. No one else can market a Plectranthus using that name, but I could sell my propagations under a different made-up name. I have decided henceforth that I will use the name Plectranthus Amboinicus 'Velveteen Aromatic'™ on this blog to refer to this plant and on the label if I ever sell any. It's an unregistered trademark since it costs $350 to register, and if I ever make that much money on this plant in the next 20 years I would be extremely surprised.