Galanthus in December 2017

[Alan_b]

Deceptive doubles; 'Farringdon Double'.  This looks very like a single snowdrop on the outside



because it only has a few extra inner petals

[Leena]

I like doubles, because they look plump also in cold (or cloudy) weather when singles keep their petals colosed.

[Arda Takan]

Turkey is home to Galanthus nivalis, Galanthus plicatus, hybrids between the two, Galanthus elwesii, Galanthus alpinus, Galanthus peshmenii, Galanthus woronowii, Galanthus rizehensis, Galanthus krasnoviii, Galanthus trojanus, Galanthus fosteri, Galanthus koenianus and possibly some more species that I have forgotten.  It would be a great shame if you could not find some wild snowdrops to look at within travelling distance of where you live.

An afterthought; if you use Facebook then the Türkiye Florası group sometimes pictures snowdrops and there was a recent photo from the Bursa region of Galanthus plicatus in bud.     

Alan today I went to Bilecik and meanwhile I looked around for snowdrops. But havent seen any. There were forests of broad leaves and cyclamens everywhere. It really looked like a suitable habitat for galanthus to me but no luck =/