How it works
How a reading comes back to you.
Every result starts with your photo and ends with an honest label. Here is the path in between — and where the limits sit.
From photo to reading
Your photo is resized and compressed in your browser, then sent with your optional note to this site’s analysis route. The site’s Worker passes it to Qomza’s private AI gateway, which asks an AI model for a structured answer under a fixed shape: status, summary, observations, next steps, and any identification, possible causes, or care steps. The site shows the result only when that answer validates, and an honest failure state otherwise. Provider and model selection stay with the gateway. The privacy page lists everything a lookup sends and keeps.
The AI part, plainly
Every reading is generated by an AI model — not measured by an instrument or checked by a person before it reaches you. A model can misread a photo, confuse lookalike species, or write something that sounds certain but is wrong. Treat each reading as a starting point for your own observation, not a verdict.
How uncertainty is labelled
Each result opens with a status. The identifier reads “Plant identified”, “Uncertain identification”, “Not identified as a plant”, or “More context needed”; the doctor and care checks use the same scale with their own wording — “Health check ready”, “Uncertain health check”, “Care plan ready”, “Uncertain care plan”. A doctor result also carries a “How to read this” note — routine, watch, or urgent — and a care result can mark light or watering needs as unclear. Sample panels are always labelled “Sample result” and “Illustrative only”.
What the tools do not do
They cannot confirm an exact identity or a cause, rule out lookalikes, see below the soil line, or judge whether a plant is safe for a pet or a person. They do not hand out watering calendars or universal light directions, and they are not a replacement for a specialist when a plant, pet, or person may be at risk.
How the guides are made
Each guide is researched from named horticultural and extension sources, listed under “Sources and further reading” at the end of the page. The “Guidance checked” date shows when the guide was last reviewed. Hero artwork is labelled “Illustrative AI-generated photograph” or “Illustrative AI-generated illustration” to match the piece — it sets a scene and is never an analysis sample — and the diagrams are authored teaching figures. Guides describe observation and avoid fixed watering schedules and universal light rules.
Corrections
We read every report. When a guide error is confirmed, the page is corrected and its checked date changes; reports about wrong results help us find where a tool misleads. Use the report-a-problem section on the help page.