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  Phil Voice January 21, 2009 at 8:06am

  Hi Sefton
  
  Good idea.
  
  I could create a forum section for plants identification, we could create a specialised group or do both if that helps?
  
  I certainly feel a forum section at least is appropriate and kind of strange I have not added one until now.
  
  Best
  
  
  Phil
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  Phil Voice January 21, 2009 at 8:12am

  This discussion is now categorised under Plant Identification.
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  Sefton Paine January 21, 2009 at 4:21pm

  Personally, I think such a section holds much scope and thank you Phil for confirming the idea.
  
  If at all possible, and this is probably a big ask, but progressively, an idea could be that these are catagorised be genus and species and also native country, and a small write up based on their commercial/economic properties. I feel that there is so much emphasis based on the glamour and fashion of flowers and like Colin has mentioned, an understanding and appreciation of our wild/native flowers...
  
  To be honest Phil, I am sure you have enough on your plate but I do know that no other site has anything similar and I guess, the advantage you have, is that it could/would be serviced to some extent by the members of the network.
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  Craig McGinty January 21, 2009 at 4:51pm

  You could most probably make this work by using this forum category, Plant Identification, as your base.
  
  The site really is just a large database of pages that can be accessed directly, or via search, but also via the tagging option each new forum post offers.
  
  So, for example, when someone adds a plant to this forum category you would write away as normal with whatever info is required, take the opportunity to link to other sources and include images if necessary.
  
  Your discussion title could be the common name and/or the Latin name, and once you have finished you new article include the necessary tags in the available box.
  
  This would then allow anyone to click on a tag and see all plants tagged with this keyword.
  
  It most probably would only take half a dozen new articles to be submitted before you come to a common method, but you would soon have a database of plants to query both at home or out on the road if you have internet connection.
  
  Any questions just shout.
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  Sefton Paine February 2, 2009 at 10:05am

  I am just testing this out. Here are a few shots unknown plants for me
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  Vanessa Langford February 2, 2009 at 11:18am

  Hi Sefton,
  I think the last picture is a chocolate cosmos http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/plant_pages/227....
  
  Hope this helps?
  
  What a good idea to have a plant ID page.
  
  Sefton Paine said:

  I am just testing this out. Here are a few shots unknown plants for me
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  Sefton Paine February 2, 2009 at 3:31pm

  Yes
  
  I think you are right Vanessa. I have only seen cosmos with very fine pinnate leaves, though the leaves of C. Atrosanguineus (Chocolate Cosmos) appear to be oblong... This was a bedding plant used in a roadside bedding scheme outside Lille, France
  
  Vanessa Langford said:

  Hi Sefton,
  I think the last picture is a chocolate cosmos http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/plant_pages/227....
  
  Hope this helps?
  
  What a good idea to have a plant ID page.
  
  Sefton Paine said:

  I am just testing this out. Here are a few shots unknown plants for me