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Hyacinthoides non-scripta. Boshyacint.
  • Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Plants Hyacinthoides non-scripta bastard of Hyacinthoides hispanica, #Family Asparagaceae
  •  Info Cracked flower bud of the forest hyacinth.
    The wild hyacinth ( Hyacinthoides non-scripta bastard of Hyacinthoides hispanica, is a plant from the ( Asparagaceae ) The favorite place is in forest and blooms in May. All by -- Famberhorst (talk) 05:09, 11 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Famberhorst (talk) 05:09, 11 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Uoaei1 (talk) 05:53, 11 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Don't think this is among our finest flowers. This side is in shade. Buds are generally less interesting than open flowers, so I think the composition/light needs to be something special to compensate. Here is a rather central arrangement with an oddly narrow aspect ratio. The photo is rather small, like you had taken it landscape format and cropped it hugely. I don't see why the flower couldn't have been photographed to fill the frame and thus be much larger. Also I don't think this is Hyacinthoides non-scripta. I'm no flower expert, but I did research bluebells quite a bit when photographing them, and the vertical flower stalk here is not typical at all (it should be bent over, with flowers on one side like this). This is more like Hyacinthoides hispanica or a hybrid (and looking at your other photos, with pink variants, makes me even more confident this is not the same flower). The common bluebell generally appears in a mass, covering the wood floor, rather than isolated. So it would be more appropriate to have bluebell bokeh like this. -- Colin (talk) 06:58, 11 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    • Looking again at my photos, it is perhaps a bit harder to tell when just in bud (like this). Guides for telling the difference include this, this and this. I'm pretty sure your other photo here is the Spanish one. This photo is the right colour but it might be a hybrid. Until it opens, we don't have all the clues. The thickness of the leaves might help you based on this guide. -- Colin (talk) 07:21, 11 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • If we see a bent stalk or not, may depend on the angle of the photo. Example of plant we all know is usually bent, here at a straight angle. Also, and unusual background can contribute to the wow-factor. --Cart (talk) 09:23, 11 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • True but the other photos here and here were taken at the same geolocation, and those are definitely not non-scripta. They have blue anthers/pollen, the petals gently bend back rather than curl round, and the flowers come from all directions of the vertical stem. Given the multitude of British articles on the easy and unfortunate hybridisation of the native bluebell with the cultivated Spanish one, and that these are co-located, then probably the best one can hope for is a Hyacinthoides × massartiana hybrid. -- Colin (talk) 10:32, 11 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note: There are many of these wild hyacinths in the area. The stems are more or less slightly bent. Almost all of them are blue. With the occasional pink or white species in between. I like to photograph flower buds that almost come true. Is not done that much. But I find photos of flower buds interesting. And also quite difficult to photograph them nicely.--Famberhorst (talk) 11:31, 11 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • If the are "slightly bent" then they are definitely naturalised garden-introduced Spanish bluebells, not "wild" and not non-scripta, which has a very distinctive droop like a shepherd's crook. I think it quite important that it is identified properly, because people look to Commons and Wikipedia to help identify flowers, and this misleads them. -- Colin (talk) 11:50, 11 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done. Name changed. Thank you for your explanation.--Famberhorst (talk) 17:23, 12 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 8 support, 6 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 13:36, 20 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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