DG Site Updates: PDB Picture upload time?, 1 by treelover3

treelover3 wrote:
I have uploaded a picture, twice, to the PDB, but it has yet to appear (yesterday and again today).

How long does it normally take for a picture to be uploaded? Would I be contacted if "they" didn't accept my picture? (I'm not sure why "they" wouldn't since it's the only picture of a flower for this plant that is in the PDB).

I have attached a copy of the picture below. It's not perfect, but it shows the flatness of the flowers of S. p. var. koreana quite nicely. The flowers of Stewartia pseudocamellia are quite cupped when they are open completely.

There is an entry in the PDB for Stewartia koreana, but from what I have read there is not enough difference between the form from Japan and the form from Korea to give the Korean form its own species designation. The major differences are that the Korean form is one zone hardier (zone 4a instead of zone 5a), the flowers of the Korean form are much flatter and slightly larger than the Japanese form.

Otherwise, the trees are identical and for the few differences noted above, species designation is not deserved for the Korean form.

Thanks for any info.
Mike


This message was edited Jul 26, 2004 9:39 PM