Talk:Orange petunia

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Did you know... that the petunia carnage of 2017 (cause pictured) led to worldwide economic losses?

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The result was: promoted by Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 06:00, 8 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Orange petunias

... that the petunia carnage of 2017 (cause pictured) led to worldwide economic losses?
- ALT1: ... that orange petunias (pictured) do not naturally exist?
- ALT2: ... that petunias with orange flowers (pictured) were investigated and destroyed in the petunia carnage of 2017?
- Reviewed: AK-47 (cannabis)

Created by Ezlev (talk). Self-nominated at 18:55, 1 June 2022 (UTC).[reply]

ALT0 is interesting and verified. The article is long enough and new enough. No copyright violations, correct inline citations. The image is freely licensed and it is eye catching. The article is neutral and well written and the QPQ is done. Overall great work on the genetically modified organism! I think our readers will love it. I just have a question about the lack of italics for the word petunia. Also there is no mention of the genus of this plant, I think it would apply even though it is not a naturally occurring color in the petunias. So lets work that out. Bruxton (talk) 22:11, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- stalked from ezlev's talk page There is Petunia, a genus of 20 flowers, and there is a petunia, a flower within that genus. The first is italicized, the second isn't – and then there's Petunia Dursley, undoubtedly the nastiest of the three. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 22:24, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- What leek said, Bruxton, on the italicization front (and I agree with her on Petunia Dursley as well). I've added the species (Petunia × hybrida per the sources) to the article and infobox – thanks for catching that! And for the review, of course ezlev (user/tlk/ctrbs) 23:29, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the alacritous response. Bruxton (talk) 00:21, 3 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]