Talk:Grammatophyllum speciosum

giant orchid
The sentence about the root bundles should be worked into either one of the existing, or a new paragaraph. D Erikson 05:44, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Done JoJan 12:31, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: moved to Grammatophyllum speciosum. Favonian (talk) 17:55, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

Giant Orchid → Grammatophyllum speciosum – Raabbustamante (talk) 15:52, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

Article naming for flora articles differs from standard Tree of Life guideline in the following ways:

Scientific names are to be used as page titles in all cases except the following, as determined on a case-by-case basis through discussion on the WikiProject Plants talk page:

Agricultural and horticultural cases in which multiple different products stem from the same species (eg. brussel sprouts, cabbage & broccoli). In such a case, a separate page with the botanical description of the entire species is preferred (eg. Brassica oleracea).

Plants which are economically or culturally significant enough to merit their own page, using the common name as a title, describing their use. Example: Coffee. (A) separate page(s) with the botanical description(s) of the taxa involved, using the scientific name, is preferred.

Where a genus is monospecific (has only a single species), the article should be named after the genus, with the species name as a redirect. If a family contains only one genus, the article should still be at the genus name, as that is more likely to be commonly recognised.

the article Giant Orchid is mis labeled as such, the title should be grammatophyllum speciousum.other orchid with common name of giant orchid are Pteroglossaspis ecristata  Barlia robertiana — Raabbustamante (talk) 06:31, 27 February 2012‎ (UTC)


 * Comment what is the WP:COMMONNAME ? TOL guidelines are to be used when there is no WP:UCN. I notice several vernacular names listed, if none of these are prominent over the others, then the scientific name could be used, if one of them is prominent, then that one should be used, unless there's some regional bias. 70.24.251.71 (talk) 20:46, 27 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Support move, per WP:NC_(flora). Guettarda (talk) 21:37, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Support per WP:FLORA. Even though one would expect more hits for the general term "giant orchid" the species name provides more hits in reliable sources found in Google Books and Google Scholar. Therefore, the WP:COMMONNAME is the scientific name. Rkitko (talk) 03:42, 28 February 2012 (UTC)


 * = is a false arguement because there are two other orchid species, namely Giant orchid Pteroglossaspis ecristata (Fernald) Rolfe [3] [4]

and Giant Orchid Barlia robertiana therefor this article should be moved to its own unique entry under Gramatophyllum speciosum as there are no other plant species names as gramatophyllum speciosumRaabbustamante (talk)


 * But the guideline dictates that the article should follow the wikified template and should be under Grammatophyllum speciosum Rather than under Giant orchid, which is contentious because two other species of orchids claim that common name, with the spanish species is more often refered to as such and gramatophyllum speciousum is commonly called "Cane orchid"


 * the article does not follow the template for orchid species Raabbustamante (talk) 06:19, 29 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Um, I agree with you. I'm not sure what you mean by "false arguement [sic]." I'd like to see the article moved to Grammatophyllum speciosum. Rkitko (talk) 21:27, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
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