Galanthus in January 2014

[mark smyth]

Sadly no sign of my Hercules  I'll have to have a wee poke tomorrow

[Brian Ellis]

I was inspired to brave the cold breeze with the lens to see what 'Saraband' was doing this year.  Apart from the one single bulb all the others look to be behaving and have two flowers...sorry about the quality but it was breezy.

[mark smyth]

Yet again my Ivy Cottage Green Tips have very little or no green tips. Does anyone have one or two spare to swap or sell?

[Hagen Engelmann]

Mark, I cannot understand you. Often Ge and hybridsof it  aren`t able to show green marks on the outers every year.
We had a lot of discussion about GREEN BRUSH and others.
I have only IVY COTTAGE CORPORAL, it is also a Ge-hybrid.

[MR GRUMPY]

I was inspired to brave the cold breeze with the lens to see what 'Saraband' was doing this year.  Apart from the one single bulb all the others look to be behaving and have two flowers...sorry about the quality but it was breezy.

Brian,
   This is a new one to me.Do you have any background on it?

[art600]

I see Galanthus elwesii "Don Armstrong" sold for £165 on EBay

[freddyvl]

'Harewood Twin' a beauty; 'Green Zebra' a magnificent virescens !

A few more from the garden:
. 'Mr Blobby':This elwesii has the unusual tendency to make an extra inner and outer segment; overall rounded form (flower and ovary);
. 'Cornwood': A very early flowering nivalis;
. 'Yaffle': Puckered outers, flowers and ovary lime-green;
. 'Llo 'n' Green': A nivalis from the Gorges de Llo (French Pyrenees), mostly with five separate green lines on the outers.

[annew]

(GULP) my Llo'n'green doesn't look like that.....
Anyway,
A few portraits taken today, the first a group of seedlings from my favourite chunky gracilis.

    2960 gracilis open
    Galanthus Bitton
    Galanthus Duxford Giant
    Galanthus Faith Stewart-Liberty open
    Galanthus Greenpeace open

[annew]

More:
    Galanthus North Star
    Galanthus North Star face
    Galanthus Rosemary Burnham rule
    Galanthus koenenianus x fosteri 14
    Galanthus koenenianus x fosteri leaf

[annew]

Am I missing the point about 'David Baker'? Or do I just have a pup? Several pups from different sources. In fact the other 2 pups have ears coming out of strange places...

[Brian Ellis]

The 'Bible' says:

At first the flowers of 'David Baker' resemble'Atkinsii', not only in their narrowly triangular shape but also in their inner segment marking.  As they develop further, however, the margin around the apex reflexes somewhat, producing a slight outward curve that becomes more pronounced in warm conditions

The mark can be stronger in some years than others here.

[Brian Ellis]

Brian,
   This is a new one to me.Do you have any background on it?

Search for SA0902 Steve

[Maggi Young]

Lovely close-ups from David : http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=8483.msg234174#msg234174

[Brian Ellis]

In fact the other 2 pups have ears coming out of strange places...

Hope they're not from my litter Anne

[annew]

  In fact all the bulbs of it I have, from different sources, including yours, are acting strangely. I'm interested to know if they've ever been chipped? Maybe this is responsible for the faintness of the marks. Don't know about the ears though! Descended from James Backhouse or some similar crackpot variety maybe. Not complaining, all the bulbs were kind gifts.