User talk:Orchid On A Twig

Sarcochilus flower pic

Hi! I just wanted to share that I was able to get your photo embedded into the article for Sarcochilus parviflorus if you want to take a look. Beautiful little flowers! :) –Hyperik ⌜talk⌟ 21:44, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

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References

Hello Orchid On A Twig,

Just a friendly reminder that references are essential to Wikipedia. The article Sarcochilus parviflorus has references for some of the material but not for the statement "Just before the flowers wilt, they turn yellow". The information on Bulbophyllum exiguum does not appear to have any references to the "description" given. There is useful information here on that species.

There is also help on referencing here. Please feel free to ask questions about referencing on my My Talk page or your own talk page (which I will watch). I am very pleased to be welcoming and possibly helping an editor who obviously is knowledgeable about and interested in orchids. Gderrin (talk) 09:42, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

Calanthe

Hello Orchid on a Twig,

Thanks for you work and for your question on Calanthe australasica/Calanthe triplicata. According to the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Calanthe australasica is a synonym of Calanthe triplicata. Not sure what you mean by "hypochile" - my understanding is that the labellum of Calanthe species does not have the labellum divided into a hypochile/epichile. David Jones (and hence the Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Page you refer to) uses C. australasica instead of C. triplicata. According to Jones, Calanthe australasica (hence C. triplicata) has a yellow callus on the labellum. The image in Jones's book and Lewis Roberts illustration show a yellow callus. Perhaps some of the other images on the C. triplicata page (especially the close detail ones) are not what they say they are. The close-up ones may be of one of the 200-odd other species of Calanthe. You could solve the problem by uploading images of your local orchid. C. triplicata is the only Australian species. Gderrin (talk) 10:14, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

References

Thanks for that. Will try to find some photographs of C. triplicata for the article.

Orchid On A Twig (talk) 09:00, 27 December 2018 (UTC)