Proper Way to Write a Caption for Photos
Submitted by disgett on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 16:42.
Proper way to write a caption for photos.
In any gardening reference book we find a few different ways to write up a caption. These are general rules and are not written in stone.
First example:
Lythrum salicaria ‘Blush’ (Pink Loosestrife).
Please note that the second part of the Latin name is not capitalised, and there is no comma after salicaria. Common name in brackets, but this is not really necessary since it is usually the genus that is bracketed if there is no common name available. Adding the genus is not necessary, and you can add the common name as: Common name: Pink Loosestrife without the brackets. If you do not know the name of the cultivar then the caption should read: Lythrum salicaria ‘Pink Loosestrife’
Quite often you’ll come across plants that have no common name.
For example:
Rhoscoea cautleyoides ß In this case you can add the genus to help identify where this plant falls under, which is (Zingiberaceae) which is genus that ginger falls under.
Rhoscoea cautleyoides (Zingiberaceae) but for us, to keep things simple, you can leave out the genus and just use the Latin name Rhoscoea cautleyoides.
Tulips are a fun ones since there are over 100 species and even more hybrids and named cultivars which are divided into 15 Groups.
All we need to do, if we do not know the division they fall under, is to simply label them as Tulip, or Tulipa, and add the cultivar if you know it. You do not need to add the colour as I mentioned before, colour is not a necessary attribute unless it is part of the cultivar name, such as ‘Red Dynasty’, ‘Red Riding Hood’
Garden Here Photo Editors Team
