19:08 I wondered on the road which model I should understand in order to easilly remember all the plants 19:09 good 19:09 and your conclusions? 19:10 read the Wikipedia page on the history of plantology. 19:11 yes 19:12 but how will you quickly do to recognize a plant? 19:14 thanks to D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson 19:14 (ahh thats why is so tasty and scented in english is called ginger grass) 19:15 (biological) form follows the function 19:15 and remembering that also the entire environment is an entire network of tip to indicate the right plant 19:15 meaning the other plants, the animals interacting with it, the location, the season, etc 19:16 so it's not "a plant" to lookup into the entire existing list of plant 19:16 yes, very true 19:16 which would be indeed impossible to do. 19:18 ? 19:18 what would be impossible to do? 19:19 to recognize all the plants you meet when you go out for a walk? 19:22 if you do so by going through the entire list of existing plants yes 19:22 well yes of course 19:22 first you know where you are located 19:22 so you exlude all the plants from the other environments 19:22 so in order to faclitate the learning, in addition to what was said before 19:23 yes? 19:24 I would start with the 5 most common ones and the 5 most useful ones in my current environment 19:24 as this should be efficient and motivating 19:25 yes 19:25 and from them, assuming you choose 5 different families, you could observe the patterns in other plants 19:26 to be able to group them together 19:26 ex: number 5 in Rosaceae plants 19:26 or the bean in Fabaceae 19:27 or the shape of the leaves long and narrow and the "labia" of the flowers in Labiateae 19:27 such as rosemary and lavender 19:27 step #1 with the Wikipedia page should give the model to infer those patterns 19:27 indeed 19:27 are the families charactheristics 19:28 also each memorization should probably be linked to the cultural aspect thanks to the ethymlogy of the name 19:30 yes 19:30 the common name almost always is linked to the cultural aspect 19:30 whereas the latin name to the plant itself 19:31 adjectives applied as the species name as nigra, alba, angustifolia, odorata, sylvestris, officinalis, rubra 19:32 if you notice all indicates a plant evident aspect 19:32 either of the leaves or twigs or flowers fruits 19:33 even the communis 19:33 indicates that is commonly grown or found 19:33 like Pyrus communis = pear 19:34 and it does look like a Toyota Prius 19:35 :-| 19:35 sorry? 19:35 was a joke 19:35 it has a pear shape? 19:36 or because of the name? 19:36 not really but it doesn't look very aerodynamic either 19:36 it's a "hippie car" not a Ferrari 19:37 don't worry you don't have to laugh 19:38 :) 19:38 was a bit lost 19:39 but I am smiling now 19:39 good 19:39 also when I said "useful" I meant for the person learning so I guess for me Id start with cooking herbs 19:39 absolutely! 19:40 that what I tried to do when I planted herbs to cook at home with their common and latin names in the pot 19:40 they just mocked me 19:40 never use the herbs and last of all read the names 19:40 humpf 19:40 pearl to porks 19:41 (bathroom, brb) 19:41 (sure) 19:41 then I guess maybe the best way is in fact an intersection 19:41 the 5 most common cooking plants I might encounter 19:45 :) 19:46 aromatic herbs as well? 19:47 take a little sample 19:48 so you can take a pic later 19:51 no? 19:56 :) 19:56 :) 19:56 logger!¬ 19:57 :P 19:57 and and 19:57 if it has flowers or fruits better, always better 19:58 I cought you there 19:58 you always chant "no no no logging" and now that it's about plants, it's different! ah! 19:59 :-# 20:00 maybe