Prelim Biology Herbarium Assignment (1 Viewer)

[ScienceGuy99]

Hello!

I'm in the process of doing my herbarium assignment and I'm not sure how to identify the flowers I have collected. I've asked everyone I know and they can't think of any names. How do I go about identifying these flowers correctly?


Thankyou

 

[cookie_dough]

post the photos here, im pretty good with flowers, or someone else might be
or if u picked them from someones garden, rock up at their doorstep and be like "yo i stole your flowers what type are they?"

 

[ScienceGuy99]

I can't post them unfortunately. They're too big

 

[cookie_dough]

alter the dimensions using paint/Photoshop so the size in smaller, then upload them in separate posts

or you could try the second option i said before

 

[BLIT2014]

Upload them to imgur then link.

 

[ScienceGuy99]

1) <a href="http://imgur.com/HlEg7AM"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/HlEg7AM.jpg" title="source: imgur.com" /></a>

2) <a href="http://imgur.com/j25x0yx"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/j25x0yx.jpg" title="source: imgur.com" /></a>

3) <a href="http://imgur.com/dsQdAS9"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/dsQdAS9.jpg" title="source: imgur.com" /></a>

4) <a href="http://imgur.com/HlEg7AM"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/HlEg7AM.jpg" title="source: imgur.com" /></a>

 

[ScienceGuy99]

A bit funny looking with the links but they're there hahaha

 

[cookie_dough]

ok you uploaded the last one twice.. but:

1. pretty sure thats a daisy
2. orchid
3. that looks a tiny bit like lavender (it is either a variation of traditional lavender or something very similar- definitely related to it so look that up)

 

[ScienceGuy99]

ok you uploaded the last one twice.. but:

1. pretty sure thats a daisy
2. orchid
3. that looks a tiny bit like lavender (it is either a variation of traditional lavender or something very similar- definitely related to it so look that up)

I don't think number 2 is an orchid. I can't find anything like it anywhere on the internet. Any other guesses as to what 2 is?

 

[StudiousStudent]

I don't think number 2 is an orchid. I can't find anything like it anywhere on the internet. Any other guesses as to what 2 is?

Pretty sure it's an Iris, specifically Iris douglasiana - they come in varying shades.

 

[BLIT2014]

Pretty sure it's an Iris, specifically Iris douglasiana - they come in varying shades.

I would say Iris too.

 

[BLIT2014]

Does the plant that looks a bit like lavandar smell like vanilla? or "custardy"?

 

[BLIT2014]

1. Daisy
2. Iris
3.Heliotrope (If it smells vanillay)
4.

I will come back to this.

 

[ScienceGuy99]

I would say Iris too.

They need to be native to Australia so I can't use it which suckles

Thankyou and StudiousStudent for the help with identifying it

 

[BLIT2014]

They need to be native to Australia so I can't use it which suckles

Thankyou and StudiousStudent for the help with identifying it

Look for Lillypilly's

 

[StudiousStudent]

I'm not 100% sure, but I think number 4 might be taraxacum.

Taraxacum are usually those little yellow flowers that people say will make you wet the bed. I just seen some yellow ones in my school's oval and done a Google image search and there are a few white ones.



It looks similar to me, but the one in your photo looks a bit wilted.

 

[cookie_dough]

nah it looks more like a daisy cos there's only 1 layer of petals (but my bad on the iris thing)
+ its the same as the first one

actually the 3rd does look like a young heliotrope bud

 

[ScienceGuy99]

Can anyone help me identify this flower please?

http://imgur.com/a/02fPQ