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Author Topic: Galanthus graecus "Popcorn" and Galanthus nivalis "Chuhayster"  (Read 2871 times)

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Galanthus graecus "Popcorn" and Galanthus nivalis "Chuhayster"
« on: January 17, 2015, 12:23:29 PM »
So, just a question on a final naming of snowdrop found some years ago here in Ukraine. Does this proposed name reflect a whole appearance and a mood of this cultivar?  ???
« Last Edit: January 18, 2015, 08:57:10 AM by Oakwood »
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Re: Galanthus graecus "Popcorn"
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2015, 12:34:35 PM »
Yes  :-*
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Re: Galanthus graecus "Popcorn"
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2015, 01:11:05 PM »
Certainly , yes - I nearly ate it!
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Re: Galanthus graecus "Popcorn"
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2015, 01:37:46 PM »
Good name picking  :D, it is a good choice for this snowdrop !
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Re: Galanthus graecus "Popcorn"
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2015, 01:51:58 PM »
Great name and great find. But it isn't,  how can I say this tactfully..... the best looking snowdrop I've ever seen. I'm sure there would be a cue of people lining up to get their hands on this little oddity but is a bit too 'different' for me. It must have been great discovering this though and bringing it into cultivation.

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Re: Galanthus graecus "Popcorn"
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2015, 01:58:34 PM »
Certainly the most suitable name for this one.  Nobody could dispute that - surely?
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Re: Galanthus graecus "Popcorn"
« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2015, 02:03:35 PM »
Now I have to disagree.  The name was well-suited whilst the plant was in the wild but I'm afraid in cultivation it is not living up to its name and frankly looks quite disheveled.  Is it possible it will do a turn around a return to its rather snappy appearance?

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Re: Galanthus graecus "Popcorn"
« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2015, 06:48:54 PM »
Great name, just like a popped kernel of corn in the wild photos.  Were the cultivation photos of flowers that had started to go by?
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Re: Galanthus graecus "Popcorn"
« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2015, 08:22:10 PM »
Great name, just like a popped kernel of corn in the wild photos.  Were the cultivation photos of flowers that had started to go by?

the last two photos made in my garden one year after finding
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Re: Galanthus graecus "Popcorn"
« Reply #9 on: January 17, 2015, 09:48:28 PM »
funny name, well done Oaky  ;)
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Re: Galanthus graecus "Popcorn"
« Reply #10 on: January 18, 2015, 08:44:49 AM »
Ye gods, a split-corona snowdrop! Popcorn is just the correct name.
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Re: Galanthus graecus "Popcorn"
« Reply #11 on: January 18, 2015, 08:51:01 AM »
okey! thanks to all!  8) accepted!
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Re: Galanthus graecus "Popcorn" and nivalis "Chuhayster"
« Reply #12 on: January 18, 2015, 08:56:07 AM »
and one more poll, how about this finding G. nivalis "Chuhayster" ? (chuhayster - in the Ukrainian Carpathian epos it is a wood goblin). I think this one also really differs from traditional snowdrop flower form concept  ;D ;D
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Re: Galanthus graecus "Popcorn" and nivalis "Chuhayster"
« Reply #13 on: January 18, 2015, 09:46:56 AM »
I think this one also really differs from traditional snowdrop flower form concept  ;D ;D

I think you are, unfortunately, correct Dimi
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Re: Galanthus graecus "Popcorn" and Galanthus nivalis "Chuhayster"
« Reply #14 on: January 18, 2015, 10:09:29 AM »
Now that I like ................................................and no doubt Emma will also ;D ;D ;D
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