I dont what technical terms 'collectors don't use' means exactly. But you are correct one is scientific and the other is a history picture book.

Actually, I said 'casual collectors don't use'.

We don't say they are morphologically similar, we say they look the same. We never use terms like: involute, lobulate, glabrous, trigonous, connate, sympatric, complanate, obtuse-cucullate, autogamy, geitonogamy...

I suppose that hard core collectors use these kind of terms all the time, and that's wonderful, but I won't impress anybody in my plant collecting circle with that kind of talk. They'll just walk away quickly.

LOL Bromadams!

I know exactly what you mean - and I don't understand or attempt to use that high-brow terminology either...

K

Bromadams,

Why use a big word when a miniscule one will do?

I do prefer the pictures, even the tiny ones :)

Rick