Orchid ID app
I love the app. One big ask is would it be possible to add more than one picture of each sighting. A whole plant. A closeup of the flower and maybe one of the leaf. I don’t want to make three entries of the same plant if I can help it. Also you cannot zoom into your pictures. If those two features were fixed it would be perfect.
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Resourceful
Any info is good info. The app is worth the download, developer put time and effort into this.
Good tool!
Great little app- easy to use.
The 'Chids Are All Right
I purchased this on the strength of the wild flower and tree apps that I have already. I know very little about orchids, but this contains enough information and clear photos to enjoy.
Great app
Love this app, it's really satisfying for when you completely recognise a flower but can't place a name to it, this app really helps you. Great for natures lovers like me !
Awesome
This is a great app for people who love orchids. I like the fact that you can track your sightings, and it also gives you pictures of the orchids in case you didn't know it. All I all a great app.
Amazing!
This app is great for nature lovers like me and anyone who would like to id flowers and plants.
This app gives you great information about plants and nature and I am loving all of the apps in the id series.
This app gives you great information about plants and nature and I am loving all of the apps in the id series.
Dda
A useful app. It would be excellent if it were extended to include information about each orchid as would be found in a wild flower book.
A visual feast
Some beautiful photos . I'm not an orchid expert but enjoy using this app and find it easy to navigate.
Adequate, but not wonderful
I'm disappointed with this app: I bought it after coming across hundreds of orchids in a meadow and wanted to know what they were, yet they don't appear on the app. The "all species native to the UK are covered" doesn't include any sub-species or hybridisation so none of the three species I could see are featured. :(
An update from 2011 including more photos and colour variants would be really useful. Until then I'll be sticking to carrying an FSC guide.
An update from 2011 including more photos and colour variants would be really useful. Until then I'll be sticking to carrying an FSC guide.
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Orchids
Very good app, like very much. Thank you!
Reasonable App
Very basic. Room for a lot of improvement. For example Fragrant orchid is treated a one, not the three sub/species that are actually present in Britain.
This could be a great app with a few decent updates.
This could be a great app with a few decent updates.
Newby
New to this app. New to identifying orchids Finding it very useful when I take my dogs out for long walks. It could maybe be improved by simplified pen/ink sketches to clarify flower structures, but it is very good as is.
Jacqui Flack, Southampton
Jacqui Flack, Southampton
I just love the searching method
This app (like many) has good pictures and descriptions of orchids. But what sets this app apart is the fantastic searching method. It actually gives you a % probability that an orchid matches. This is fantastic compared to any other app I have tried.
Good app
I should state before I comment that although I provided photos for the app, I had no other input into it.....
The app is reasonably comprehensive and would now benefit from updating the taxonomy to match current thinking, and start to add other forms, to sub-species level at least.
It is clear and easy to use, and perfect for beginner and those with some experience. The sightings section might benefit from avoiding showing exact locations of the really rare species
The app is reasonably comprehensive and would now benefit from updating the taxonomy to match current thinking, and start to add other forms, to sub-species level at least.
It is clear and easy to use, and perfect for beginner and those with some experience. The sightings section might benefit from avoiding showing exact locations of the really rare species
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Excellent clear help to identify these difficult flowers. Wish they did one for other Flowers.
Well done.
Great app!
Great app, with room for improvement in the future as well.
Orchid app
This is just the right kind of orchid app for the birder browsing around the countryside in the summer months when migrant birds have gone through and other wildlife becomes more interesting. There are other apps in this series which are equally useful. The photos and descriptions are good enough to identify each of the species. Fuller details including variations can be had back at the car or home from a paper field guide if required. Considering the price it is good value for money and people new into the orchid field will find this very useful and may not need more detail until they get well into the subject.
Mike
Mike
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Rather minimal information
I want to like this app but find it scant in detail and minimalistic overall.
It seems to have been put together quickly and cheaply with the main intention of getting it on the shelf rather than producing a quality app.
Pyramidal Orchid: I've never seen it spelt 'Pyrimidal' and I've checked many books.
Flowering period is surely part of a plant's ecology, not its anatomy?
Disappointing overall.
Subsequent updates have corrected the errors mentioned above and several other improvements have been made. Still scope for further improvements but now much better and happy to give it four stars.
It seems to have been put together quickly and cheaply with the main intention of getting it on the shelf rather than producing a quality app.
Pyramidal Orchid: I've never seen it spelt 'Pyrimidal' and I've checked many books.
Flowering period is surely part of a plant's ecology, not its anatomy?
Disappointing overall.
Subsequent updates have corrected the errors mentioned above and several other improvements have been made. Still scope for further improvements but now much better and happy to give it four stars.
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