"P van Rijckevorsel" wrote in message
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Gramma schreef
I am not sure if this is the correct forum for this question but there
are
surely some botanists who have thoughts on this.

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So it depends on the plants portrayed (and perhaps the level to which
knowledge has advanced of the particular plant portrayed. It does happen
that later it becomes known that a feature disregarded so far by
taxonomists
is critical, after all).


Thank you for replying.

To try and determine my ability against other illustrators, I am thinking
along the lines of entering an illustration into selection for a
competitive exhibition, where the drawings are selected by a panel including
at least one botanist, one scientific member and one research associate
from a botanic garden.

The choice of plant used is up to the illustrator, and this is why I
wondered about a standard format of presentation of just what should be
shown

I guess I will have to use my judgement on the features of whatever specimen
I choose.
This could of course be part of what they are looking for - to see how an
illustrator has looked at the plant

I will take on the method of scale you suggested - it is certainly makes
sense


Gramma