Viewing post #269710 by krancmm

dave said:

Ok, I need a lightbulb icon. I now think I see what you mean: vendors are selling this plant using an incorrect latin name and invalid cultivar name, and we want to be able to represent that in the database somehow, and that's where the proposed "Also Sold as" field comes in.

Am I seeing this right now?

But if that's the case, just because a vendor has incorrect information, should we even include that? The only value I see to it is that people searching for this erroneous or mis-spelling information may find it. I can see the value to that, for certain, but it seems like a lot of trouble to go through.

Just asking...

Sorry, I missed your post earlier.

Yes, to your seeing this right now.

If someone at ATP has taken the trouble to research what a plant's "correct" nomenclature is, then she/he has already run across all the "junk" info as well. Thus, it isn't that difficult to add. It didn't take me much longer to add all the synonyms (valid or not) and "sold as" once I'd researched Alocasia 'Poly'. A copy & paste operation.