Galanthus in March 2013

[ichristie]

Hello all, super pictures, we have had a little sunshine today, wonderfull just raised the temperature and melted some snow we will however still roll Easter eggs in the snow. We now havd both Galanthus Green Mile  and Galanthus Green Tear flowering together they are quite different with G Green Mile being a more solid green with paler green leaf, G. Green Tear has more striped Green marks very close together and the flower has 4 petals might be a first?. I am posting some pictures for interest I think both are very fine forms with no favourite just wonderful to see them flower at last, cheers Ian the Christie kind


Edit : repeated photos removed

[ichristie]

A few more, cheers Ian

[Gail]

Great to be able to compare the two Ian, thanks for posting. Do either of them have a fragrance?

[Alan_b]

The first three pictures in the first post all appear identical and, if the caption to the last picture is correct, are all actually Green Tear.  I note that Green Mile, which I prefer, also has a much longer ovary.

But anyway, thanks Ian.  I really appreciate the opportunity to compare the two side-by-side.

[Brian Ellis]

He has the bug but will not admit it.

I think you may have outted him John 

[ichristie]

Hello again, looks like I did post same pictures had a terrible time trying to post yesterday but hope to get it right. I did not notice any scent but it was still cold even with the sun out, cheers Ian the Christie kind

[Alan_b]

Ian, you don't have a Castle Green Dragon to hand for comparison with Green Mile and Green Tear?

[Gerard Oud]

For green nivalis against green plicatus?

[Alan_b]

Just green against green, irrespective of species.

[ichristie]

Hello Alan, I see Maggie or Ian has removed my double posts , I am posting G. plicatus Green Dragon anf G. plicatus Green Shadow these are now nearly over but the Green Mile and Green Tear are only just open what a winter. cheers Ian the Christie kind.

[Hagen Engelmann]

Hello Ian, fine new greenies in your hands.
Thank you for the comparison of GREEN TEAR and GREEN MILE.
But also the new plicatus GREEN SHADOW looks very interesting.

[Anthony Darby]

Fantastic green snowdrops.

[ichristie]

Hello again, well here is another green snowdrop a G. nivalis flowering very late came from Thomas Huber a few years ago it is very nice don't know much about this Thomas hope you can help, cheers Ian the Christie Kind.

[Gerard Oud]

I go for the Green Dragon
Ian it looks like one of the viridapice "groupe" , i do think Warei because the spathe is not always split with this one.I do find these forms in my "normal" viridapice sometimes.

[Oakwood]

Wow, what a greendrop's carnival!! Thanks Ian! Let me put here my green G. graecus, although it's more olive-colored than all those known real greens...