Remarks from the Weekly KAVB Flower Show - Lisse

[Lvandelft]

We do have just a little bit of snow here and it is cold as well, though
not more than -5 during the night, so snowdrop time is arriving here too.
One entry showed 3 pots with Galanthus elwesii and a named one will be registered.
It seems to be a good grower as well.

Galanthus elwesii                            

Galanthus elwesii Else Grollenberg

[Lvandelft]

Another entry showed a nice pot Galanthus reginae-olgae ssp. vernalis                 

and there was a pot Narcissus cyclamineus.

The grower named it originally Narcissus Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
But for the trade and for registration he named it just Llanfair 

Narcissus Llanfair                                         
Lachenalia bulbifera

And for Brian a vase with (still nice) Nerine bowdenii to cheer him up       

[Ragged Robin]

Wonderful vases of Nerines, Luit - they cheered me up too!  It is astonishing in this bitter cold here in UK they are still holding their heads up high outside as the only flowering colour. 

I am not a fan of peachy trumpeted Narcissus but just for the Welsh name in full one has to admire it !!!!

Snowdrops already? Lovely to see 

[Brian Ellis]

And for Brian a vase with (still nice) Nerine bowdenii to cheer him up       

How kind Luit, not only Nerines but snowdrops too

[Lvandelft]

Snowdrops already?

Robin, you know there are pages on this forum where snowdrops seemingly flower all year round and if not,
 those dropaholics make them flower all year

[Ragged Robin]

    I'm only a wee dropaholic then 

[art600]

How do you distinguish bewtween a late Galanthus reginae-olgae and an early Galanthus reginae-olgae vernalis 

[Roma]

How do you distinguish bewtween a late Galanthus reginae-olgae and an early Galanthus reginae-olgae vernalis 

And is Galanthus corcyrensis the same as Galanthus reginae-olgae vernalis?  Mine usually starts flowering in November and goes on till February but was later than usual this year, just starting to show colour when the snow came last week.

[Lvandelft]

How do you distinguish bewtween a late Galanthus reginae-olgae and an early Galanthus reginae-olgae vernalis 

Arthur, don't ask me. I'm a snowdrop dummie 
Maybe you should ask this at the Galanthus pages. The people there will be happy to tell, you I believe

[Lvandelft]

How do you distinguish bewtween a late Galanthus reginae-olgae and an early Galanthus reginae-olgae vernalis 

And is Galanthus corcyrensis the same as Galanthus reginae-olgae vernalis?  Mine usually starts flowering in November and goes on till February but was later than usual this year, just starting to show colour when the snow came last week.

Roma, about Galanthus reginae-olgae subsp.vernalis there is an AGS Plant Portrait,  see:
http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/servlet/articleservlet?command=viewarticle&category1=plantportrait&sitearea=plantportrait&articleid=19&category=plantportrait

Franz Hadacek on his website says this about G. corcyrensis:
Galanthus corcyrensis - Corfu (Greece). This is an autumn-blooming species. F.C. Stern considered G.corcyrensis a separate species on the basis that it flowered with the leaves

Peter Nijssen means that G. corcyrensis is a synonym of Galanthus reginae-olgae subsp. reginae-olgae (Syn.: G. corcyrensis, G. nivalis subsp. reginae-olgae, G. olgae, G. praecox en G. reginae-olgae subsp. corcyrensis)

[Lvandelft]

Just a few entries from the last two weeks.
This first pot of hyacinths started the new bulb season:

Hyacinthus Purple Sensation       

Two weeks a pot with Ipheion was shown repeatedly.
Planted one bulb in 2002.

Ipheion sessile week1                     
Ipheion sessile week2           
Ipheion sessile cl             

and the last picture is of a nice snowdrop:

Galanthus cilicicus

[ashley]

Thanks Luit.  I've never seen Galanthus cilicicus in flower before.

[Brian Ellis]

I echo the thanks Luit, it means I don't have to go up the garden to see mine in the cold glasshouse in this dreadful weather

[Lvandelft]

Ashley, Brian I'm glad you are happy with my snowdrop picture.
Seemingly this is one which is not so often discussed or shown on the Forum pages
I like it too because it is just a snowdrop as one should look for me.

[Lvandelft]

Here are my last pictures of the Weekly Shows in 2010
Normally the hall is bursting of flowers on this last Show of the year, but this early winter makes it
more difficult to get the flowers just in time. Cold outside and less light do give some problems.
The first picture I made yesterday of the garden with about 40 cm. snow.
Then there was only one entry with Narcissus.
Hyacinths were more to see and specially some nice arrangements were shown. 

Tuin 2010.12.20                   
Narcissus Erlicheer                             
Narcissus Erlicheer pot
Hyacinthus Anastasia                             
Hyacinthus Atlantic arr.                             
Hyacinthus Avalanche                                 
Hyacinthus Blue Pearl                               
Hyacinthus Prince of Holland                         
Hyacinthus Red seedlings                         
Hyacinthus Yellowstone arr.