November 2014 snowdrops

[Maggi Young]

Valid points of concern have been made - and zorija has stated that his plant of Berthille is correct.
It is up to all to make up their own minds on the matter

Enough already!  I would be most grateful if you folks could play nicely - as good children do.

The matter is closed. 

[Tony Willis]

two clones of Galanthus cilicicus

The first is a Nutt collection and the second a Kletzing one.

[SnowClock]

Thank you all very much for your warm welcome!

You of course realize this new space means you have officially entered the most serious phase of this snowdrop disease.....

Oh no! I thought I already was at the very bottom of this slippery slope! Could it get any worse? 

(how are my bulbs doing?)

Your crocus flowered about a month ago, Loes. No sign of your snowdrop yet, but I give it lots of TLC!

I think seeing colours that cannot be photographed is probably a manifestation of some sort of mass hysteria - 'galanthomania' if you will. 

This is not the case with "Pink Panther". It is pink tinged. It is due to my camera or, more likely, my limited camera skills that I am not able to post a picture that does justice to it. I made a few attempts, though, against a white background. I think it is only my wishful seeing that the colour can be noticed. Just make your own judgement...

[snowdropcollector]

A new snowdrop named 'Sweetheart' from Michael Broadhurst flowering over here. I has a nice sweet scent , and it can have
 green tips on the outers.

[WimB]

This is not the case with "Pink Panther". It is pink tinged. It is due to my camera or, more likely, my limited camera skills that I am not able to post a picture that does justice to it. I made a few attempts, though, against a white background. I think it is only my wishful seeing that the colour can be noticed. Just make your own judgement...

It's visible, Sven....a slight pink tinge. Glad to see you have the real one after thinking it never was gonna be pink last year => http://www.vrvforum.be/forum/index.php?topic=1243.msg50607#msg50607 

[mark smyth]

Snow, try a plain pale grey background or a clear blue sky. The camera will concentrate on the flowers. I use plaster board.

Looks like you might be too close for your camera to focus while on macro. What's your camera?

plaster board and no plaster board

[Rick Goodenough]

Sven, I can see the pink quite clearly on these shots...thanks for sharing these photos of remarkable cutting edge colored drops. Great fun to see. Rick

[mark smyth]

These two photos, originals just reduced in size, show what I have done. Taken minutes apart and the same flower. For the grey background I just lifted the pot of the sand.

I got my square of plaster board free from the local builders yard

Ian Young explains the grey background in one of his logs
http://www.srgc.org.uk/bulblog/log2006/250106/log.html

[Alan_b]

This is not the case with "Pink Panther". It is pink tinged.

Sorry Sven, my cynical comment was not directed towards you or your camera or 'Pink Panther' in particular.  It's just that the colours in these 'coloured' snowdrops are never strong enough to get me excited.  Way back when, Dulux used to run an advertising campaign for a range of paints that were all 'white with a hint of ...' - well some colour or other.  Now galanthophiles have snowdrops that are white with a hint of orange or white with a tinge of pink but still, fundamentally, white.  Except the virescent ones which can be very green indeed - and those I do find exciting.     

[emma T]

I like to try and imagine if everyone sees colours the same way , I imagine we don't .

I'd like to see 'pink panther ' in the flesh so to speak . I was impressed with Anglesey orange tip .

[Alan_b]

I am a bit red/green colour blind so I know I don't see colours exactly as others do.  For example, if there is a plant with lots of green leaves and red flowers then from a distance the contrast between the red and the green background is not that striking to me.  So when my wife says "Look at those red flowers over there" I have to look quite hard to spot them whereas to her they stand out and are obvious.  However I don't think that is why the 'coloured' snowdrops leave me cold.

[art600]

Like you Alan I am slightly red/green colour blind.  Traffic lights are no problem, but travelling in Turkey I can pass a field of red tulips without seeing them.  It also happens with hedgerow poppies - much to the amusement of friends.

The only 'coloured' snowdrops I like are the 'Yellows' .  I am waiting for the yellow r-o 'Fotini' and the yellow 'Rosemary Burnham'.  Think they might set a new EBay record 

[johnstephen29]

Hi could I have some advice from the expert snowdrop growers on here please, I grow galanthus Cilicicus, peshmenii & Reginae Olgae Tilebarn Jamie, there flowers have gone over, I want to ensure a good seed set so I can increase my number of these loverly plants. How do I treat them?, do they need feeding & when will the seed be ripe? Thanks John

[Tim Harberd]

Hi Mark,
Thanks for the photography examples.
I've messed around with backgrounds, mostly when photographing pleione.
The conclusion I've come to is that sunshine is a significant factor.
In the two examples you post, sunshine is a more obvious component of the 'plasterboard' shot.
Looking at the ovaries in both shots gives some indication as to where the majority of light is coming from.

Tim DH

[Hans J]

here is for all a test with seeing colors...thats the famous Ishihara test 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishihara_Test