Progressive plant/fungi growth images. All in one observation?

[lin-d]

Hello! As an interesting experiment and to aid in sharing photographic references of plants in different life stages, we’ve taken to photographing marked plants(and others) throughout their growth cycle (non-cultivated, wild specimens).
Should these collections of images be put within a single observation, or uploaded as singular individual observations a la date of capture? I’m leaning more towards individual observations due to clarity in growth stage + date, but I’m also worried about over-uploading and spamming the database!

I notice there isn’t a setting on iNat to mark something as the same specimen as observed previously, so I also worry about over-inflating the number of plants in an area if I do it all individually. But if it’s done all in one observation, then data for what stage the plant is at during a certain time wouldn’t really be there, either. Advice? Thank you!

[mrtnlowr]

Upload them as separate observations and link them using the observation field ‘Observation group’.

[annkatrinrose]

I use the “similar observation set” observation field for this. I think it was originally intended for insects undergoing metamorphosis but works for plants in different stages of phenology as well.