Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Helleborus orientalis. Lenteroos 04.JPG

Helleborus orientalis.
Voting period ends on 13 Jan 2018  at 13:53:01 (UTC)
 * Reason:High quality, very illustrative of the flower.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Helleborus orientalis
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/Plants/Flowers
 * Creator:--Famberhorst (talk) 13:53, 3 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Support as nominator – Famberhorst (talk) 13:53, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Eye-catching image; I have added it as the lead image in Helleborus orientalis because, unless things have changed since I used to be more active at FPC, it needs to have been in an article here for seven days. The previous image there was added by almost two years ago in January 2015 so pinging him to ensure he's aware I've changed it. I would have preferred an article with a bit more substance (regretfully, I don't know enough about the topic to do anything myself) but there is just about sufficient EV provided. Will support if it remains stable in the article.  SagaciousPhil  - Chat 09:39, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Hartelijk dank voor uw hulp.--Famberhorst (talk) 17:04, 4 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Support - clear crisp image of flower, composition nice too. Also better taxobox image....might just have to expand article now. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 10:24, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment Can we be sure that a specimen grown in the Netherlands accurately represents the species? Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:30, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Answer: Helleborus orientalis with dotted flowers (the so-called 'Freckels') are often hand pollinated in the Netherlands because of the spots. This Helleborus orientalis is in my garden.--Famberhorst (talk) 16:51, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Oppose Sorry, but Helleborus orientalis appears to be a commercially developed product in Europe with many different colours and cannot therefore be representative of the native species. The image that previously illustrated the article is green and from Germany so is not suitable either. Charlesjsharp (talk) 18:55, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
 * What about if we change the label to "cultivated variety?" We (presumably) have Featured Pictures of dog and cat breeds (must check). what we have here is an obscure wild plant that has been bred and cultivated for centuries (much like a rose). I was planning on exoanding the article so we could show both pix FWIW...just hard to get info. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:50, 5 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Support -- LivioAndronico (talk) 20:41, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Support - Looks fine, and if Cas ends up expanding this article and covering the commercial/hand-pollinated version, this will have even better EV. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 03:42, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Support - now further over the bar for EV after the expansion so far done by Cas (thanks!). SagaciousPhil  - Chat 11:10, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Support --PetarM (talk) 21:23, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 17:36, 13 January 2018 (UTC)