SIFT · Survey of Irregular Floral Traits

Report Irregular Floral Activity

You do not need scientific terminology, a diagnosis, or proof that your flower is unique. Tell us what caught your attention and provide the clearest evidence available.

Reports and original photographs are reviewed privately. Submission does not place a flower in the public Registry.

Reporter information

Required fields are marked with an asterisk.

Grower’s name *Contact email address *

We’ll use this to confirm who submitted the report and to contact you if we have questions or would like additional observations. Your email address will remain private and will not appear in the public Registry.

Public credit preference *Custom credit, if selected

The observation

Plain language is preferred to reluctant silence.

What seems unusual? *

How much do you know about the seed source or variety? * I know I have partial information I don’t know

Seed source, seller, breeder, or person received fromVariety or mix nameGeneral locationApproximate photograph dateApproximate sowing or planting dateWas the plant, cutting, or seed preserved?Growing conditionsAdditional comments

Photographic evidence

Submit one to five photographs, no more than 10 MB each. JPEG, PNG, and WebP are accepted.

Add photographs *

Upload photographs

Click the button to choose one to five images from your device. You can add more photographs afterward.

Different angles, the whole plant, and photographs taken on different dates can be helpful. For each image, tell us whether it shows the same plant as the first photograph.

No photographs have been added yet.

Permissions

These decisions are kept separately and recorded exactly as selected.

I give Project RIFT permission to receive, privately store, and review the information and photographs in this report, and to contact me about the report. This does not give Project RIFT permission to publish my photographs.

May Project RIFT publish your submitted photographs? Yes. RIFT may display them on the Project RIFT website and in RIFT’s educational and documentary materials, with my selected credit. Not yet. Please contact me before publishing any photograph. No. My photographs may be retained for private review and research records only.

May Project RIFT use your photographs as source material for artwork or design? Yes. RIFT may crop, isolate, arrange, or create an illustrated or AI-assisted interpretation based on my photographs. Ask me first about each proposed artwork use. No. My photographs may not be used as source material for artwork or AI-assisted imagery.

I confirm that I took these photographs, or that I have permission from the photographer to submit them and grant the permissions selected above.

You retain ownership of your photographs, plants, seed lines, and breeding work. Submission does not transfer ownership to Project RIFT.

Nothing is published automatically.