Nina wrote:
> Hi Skeats77 (sorry, I don't know your name), and welcome to The Tortoise
> Table -- and congratulations on getting your tortoise)!
> What you've got there is a Buttercup leaf, and here is our entry for it:
>
>
http://www.thetortoisetable.org.uk/plan ... YIWROmQyM8
> (as you can see, it's a 'no feed')
>
> Luckily we were able to ID the plant from your photo, but often it is
> impossible to ID from just seeing a single leaf, as many plants have
> similar looking leaves and you need to look at small features on the whole
> plant to ID it properly. Here are some guidelines for posting photos that
> we posted elsewhere on the forum -- no need to fulfil every one -- but the
> more the better:
> 1.) Please include as many as possible of the following if you want us
> to ID a plant from photos you have taken:
> a.) The country in which the plant is growing (this
> is very important).
> b.) Was this plant growing in the wild or in a
> garden (it helps is to know the setting in which the plant was growing).
> 2.) A photo of the whole plant, growing in situ will enable us to make
> a more accurate ID (please do not just pull off a leaf and photograph it
> separately). The best angle for this photo is looking at the plant from the
> side -- not looking down from above.
> a.) Close-up photos of flowers, buds, seed heads,
> fruit that might be present, as well as a close up of the leaf axis.
> b.) Any other information. Are the leaves fuzzy or
> smooth, does the plant seem woody or soft-stemmed, is it obviously a
> shrub/tree/vine, etc.
>
> What species of tortoise do you have? We love seeing photos of tortoises,
> so if you want to post any of him and/or his set-up that would be great.
> Please don't hesitate to ask us any questions you might have -- that's what
> we're here for.
>
> Cheers,
> Nina