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Author Topic: Can you help ID this snowdrop?  (Read 1300 times)

ScotsmanInKent

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Can you help ID this snowdrop?
« on: February 18, 2012, 08:24:22 PM »
Found this drop in my garden and didn't recognise it.
The closest thing in size and appearance I have is Brenda Troyle but the green marks are different.
Also the leaves are unusual, they are not plicate and dint look like nivalis leaves either.
The leaves are large and wide like elwesii but don't look like my other elwesii leaves either as elwesiis flatten out but these ones are staying  totally turned in on themselves.
They look more like narcissus leaves than snowdrop leaves.

I like the flowers, a nice size and nice little V mark of very dark green at the bottom.
Also they are the only variety that is fully pulling the petals up at the moment when it is 10oC.

Is this an unusual or interesting seedling, or does anyone recognise it as a variety?

mark smyth

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Re: Can you help ID this snowdrop?
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2012, 08:45:31 PM »
Galanthus elwesii

The hoods on the leaf tips are normal
« Last Edit: February 18, 2012, 08:50:33 PM by mark smyth »
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ScotsmanInKent

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Re: Can you help ID this snowdrop?
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2012, 08:57:39 PM »
Thanks Mark

I am sure you are correct.

Simon

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Re: Can you help ID this snowdrop?
« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2012, 11:03:27 PM »
Also they are the only variety that is fully pulling the petals up at the moment when it is 10oC.

Some do this more than others but Galanthus flowers tend to open wider as they mature so this may be due to the fact that these came into flower a bit earlier than your other snowdrops.
Almost in Scotland.

 


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