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I'm unfamiliar with the capitalization scheme of ' Bee Orchid', which is used throughout this article. The WP article on Bee Orchids also uses this scheme, but not in the infobox of that article. Britannica's article on the subject puts both words in lowercase. Is the capitalization used in this article simply a carry-over from the Bee Orchids article that went unscrutinized, or is there a convention here that I'm unaware of? The same situation seems to be played out in uses of 'Fly Orchid' and 'Green-winged Orchid'. Entering 'bee orchid' into Google Scholar shows that the term seems to be used in lowercase in academic resources (see http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=bee+orchid) Emw2012 ( talk) 01:08, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
Couldn't the section heading "Fertilisation of Orchids, as presented" be more succinctly conveyed as "Content"? Such a change would add some consistency between this article and the one on Origin of Species. Another possible improvement would be putting the current sections "Interest in insect fertilisation of flowers" and "Research and draft" under a larger "Background" section, and bumping current subsections one level lower. Emw2012 ( talk) 04:58, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
Is there a frontispiece -- or any other illustration from the work -- available? Emw2012 ( talk) 05:01, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
<ri>Many thanks, these are terrific. Will now review how to use them in the article, suggest setting up a commons category Fertilisation of Orchids and that way we can have a commonscat link on the page: the categories don't seem to be working for me right now and it's late a night, so will check that out tomorow. Thank again, dave souza, talk 23:02, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
Discussion in progress at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Fertilisation of Orchids/archive1, sorry if the header caused confusion earler. Any comments much appreciated. . dave souza, talk 12:04, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
I am a little bothered by the headings under "Reception". For example, why is "Natural theology" not part of "Influence"? Also, I temporarily created a new sub section "Aftermath" for biographical information that does not logically fall under "Influence" (or even "Reception" for that matter - probably needs its own section). What do you think? Regards, — Mattisse ( Talk) 20:38, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
There is currently a licensing issue with File:Fertilisation of Orchids figure 29c.jpg which incorporates a commons source image, File:Catasetum-saccatum.jpg, which is authorised for use, per Template:LarsenCopyright, but a request to Cookie to forward the emails on Commons:Authorization to use material from http://www.larsen-twins.dk to OTRS ( commons:Commons:OTRS) has not yet been answered. I have therefore changed the illustration in the article to File:Fertilisation of Orchids figure 29d.jpg which composites two public domain images. If the LarsenCopyright authorisation is fully approved at a future date, the other image could be restored. The replacement image is duller, there is a nice photograph available of Orchis pyramidalis, but not much space to put the image next to the relevant text, so have left that out for now: can review options if desired. . . dave souza, talk 20:22, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
Can the punctuation on this sentence be improved?
SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 22:35, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
Comma followed by a dash: is that the punctuation in the cited source?
SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 22:36, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
Having learnt a bit more about how the mechanism of orchids works, I've tried reconsidering the description in the British orchids section, and having updated my sandbox made these changes to give more detail, and show more info on the illustration with this outcome. Is that worth implementing on the article, or does it lose the simple English advantages of explaining the process to laymen? . . dave souza, talk 12:51, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
The nomination was rejected. [6] [7] -- Ghirla -трёп- 05:22, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
Review relevance of The weird sex life of orchids | feature | Science | The Observer . . . dave souza, talk 22:16, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
Darwin Correspondence Project » Orchids. . dave souza, talk 07:11, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
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I'm unfamiliar with the capitalization scheme of ' Bee Orchid', which is used throughout this article. The WP article on Bee Orchids also uses this scheme, but not in the infobox of that article. Britannica's article on the subject puts both words in lowercase. Is the capitalization used in this article simply a carry-over from the Bee Orchids article that went unscrutinized, or is there a convention here that I'm unaware of? The same situation seems to be played out in uses of 'Fly Orchid' and 'Green-winged Orchid'. Entering 'bee orchid' into Google Scholar shows that the term seems to be used in lowercase in academic resources (see http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=bee+orchid) Emw2012 ( talk) 01:08, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
Couldn't the section heading "Fertilisation of Orchids, as presented" be more succinctly conveyed as "Content"? Such a change would add some consistency between this article and the one on Origin of Species. Another possible improvement would be putting the current sections "Interest in insect fertilisation of flowers" and "Research and draft" under a larger "Background" section, and bumping current subsections one level lower. Emw2012 ( talk) 04:58, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
Is there a frontispiece -- or any other illustration from the work -- available? Emw2012 ( talk) 05:01, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
<ri>Many thanks, these are terrific. Will now review how to use them in the article, suggest setting up a commons category Fertilisation of Orchids and that way we can have a commonscat link on the page: the categories don't seem to be working for me right now and it's late a night, so will check that out tomorow. Thank again, dave souza, talk 23:02, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
Discussion in progress at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Fertilisation of Orchids/archive1, sorry if the header caused confusion earler. Any comments much appreciated. . dave souza, talk 12:04, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
I am a little bothered by the headings under "Reception". For example, why is "Natural theology" not part of "Influence"? Also, I temporarily created a new sub section "Aftermath" for biographical information that does not logically fall under "Influence" (or even "Reception" for that matter - probably needs its own section). What do you think? Regards, — Mattisse ( Talk) 20:38, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
There is currently a licensing issue with File:Fertilisation of Orchids figure 29c.jpg which incorporates a commons source image, File:Catasetum-saccatum.jpg, which is authorised for use, per Template:LarsenCopyright, but a request to Cookie to forward the emails on Commons:Authorization to use material from http://www.larsen-twins.dk to OTRS ( commons:Commons:OTRS) has not yet been answered. I have therefore changed the illustration in the article to File:Fertilisation of Orchids figure 29d.jpg which composites two public domain images. If the LarsenCopyright authorisation is fully approved at a future date, the other image could be restored. The replacement image is duller, there is a nice photograph available of Orchis pyramidalis, but not much space to put the image next to the relevant text, so have left that out for now: can review options if desired. . . dave souza, talk 20:22, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
Can the punctuation on this sentence be improved?
SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 22:35, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
Comma followed by a dash: is that the punctuation in the cited source?
SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 22:36, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
Having learnt a bit more about how the mechanism of orchids works, I've tried reconsidering the description in the British orchids section, and having updated my sandbox made these changes to give more detail, and show more info on the illustration with this outcome. Is that worth implementing on the article, or does it lose the simple English advantages of explaining the process to laymen? . . dave souza, talk 12:51, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
The nomination was rejected. [6] [7] -- Ghirla -трёп- 05:22, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
Review relevance of The weird sex life of orchids | feature | Science | The Observer . . . dave souza, talk 22:16, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
Darwin Correspondence Project » Orchids. . dave souza, talk 07:11, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
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