User talk:Spiranthestriloba

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Spiranthes australis/ Spiranthes amoena
Hello Spiranthestriloba,

(I like your username!) You have made a curious addition to S. australis. I know that S. amoena is a synonym of S. australis, but there is no mention of the latter species in the paper by Maia Akhaltatsi et al. Are you suggesting that those authors were referring to S. australis when suggesting a new record for Georgia? If so, reference should be made to that assumption in the S. australis article. (I note the unfortunate loss of the herbarium specimens.) Gderrin (talk) 03:53, 9 May 2020 (UTC)

Spiranthes perexilis
Hey, I see in the Spiranthes article you added "Slender starry ladies'-tresses" as a common name for Spiranthes perexilis - I couldn't find any references for that name but found a reference for a different name I added to the article for now. I assume your name comes from Sheviak's original description in the Native Orchid Conference Journal? Anyway, common names aren't really that important, but just curious now and somewhat worried I used an incorrect name as my reference is only a correction to a book. --Allefant (talk) 05:51, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Hello Spiranthestriloba I don't know who the "you" is in your message above, but "Slender starry ladies'-tresses (Sierra Nevada Mountains, USA)" was added to the Spiranthes article on 7 May 2020 by somebody with the username Spiranthestriloba. I see the article Spiranthes perexilis has the common name "languid ladies’-tresses", but do not see a reference for that name either. I agree with you - "common names aren't really that important", but when included, they should be cited. Gderrin (talk) 07:55, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi @Gderrin, with "you" I wanted to address @User:Spiranthestriloba - the plant in question was originally described in a journal I don't have access to (Native Orchid Conference Journal, in an article written by C. J. Sheviak) and it seems very hard to find copies of that journal, their website says to ask for old issues on some yahoo group that doesn't exist anymore. I assume that @User:Spiranthestriloba has access to it and found the "Slender starry ladies'-tresses" name in there for that 7 May 2020 edit to Spiranthes - it is unclear which reference was used for it though. If the reference is the NOC journal I'd simply like to use the same common name also in the Spiranthes perexilis article and with a proper reference. Currently I do not want to mention that name as I don't know for sure where it comes from.
 * The "languid ladies'-tresses" name is referenced I'm just not sure how reliable that reference is as it's just a list of corrections: --Allefant (talk) 16:12, 28 February 2022 (UTC)