Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Platanthera bifolia

Platanthera bifolia

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Original – Lesser Butterfly-orchid (Platanthera bifolia), in natural habitat (alvar) in Käesalu, Northwestern Estonia. Species belongs to the category III of protected species in the country.

Reason: High quality and good EV
Articles in which this image appears: Platanthera bifolia
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Flowers
Creator: Ivar Leidus

Support as nominator --Tomer T (talk) 10:47, 21 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment It is pity that the pollinia are not cleary shown in this image. They are the main feature to distinguish this species from its sibling Platanthera chlorantha. It lowers the EV considerably IMO. Lycaon (talk) 10:59, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 10:58, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]