Galanthus in January 2017

[Maggi Young]

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[Ru]

The new trend in the selection of snowdrops 

[Ru]

My ideal! 

[Maggi Young]

You need more rest, Ru !

[annew]

Anne  - Time to pull out a copy of Bullfinch and have a field day.
john

[annew]

My ideal! 

AH - the delights of a fertilised seed pod! A man after my own heart. 

[annew]

When it comes to orange - I can at least see Ru's plant's orange 'armpits'. Anglesey Candlelight is a bit underwhelming - but maybe it gets orangier later?

[annew]

Also a bit underwhelmed by Galanthus 'Phantom'. Am I missing something? I suppose it does have a scary face.
I just noticed that Anglesey Candelight wears a similar expression.

[annew]

On the other hand, Madelaine is pretty and demure, and Little Ben is cutely short and chubby.

[johnw]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulfinch's_Mythology


Over here it was required reading for first level English.  A goldmine but was hell to keep them all straight, let alone how to spell Bulfinch.


john

[Brian Ellis]

Also a bit underwhelmed by Galanthus 'Phantom'. Am I missing something? I suppose it does have a scary face.
I just noticed that Anglesey Candelight wears a similar expression.

I would suggest this is not a mature bulb.  Avon says

A large rounded giant hybrid poculiform which almost always shows two scapes, the second of which resembles G.plicatus ssp. byzantinus, so two different flowers from the same bulb!

and certainly mine did that last year.

You should be able to pick up a Bullfinch from https://www.abebooks.co.uk for about a fiver or from a local secondhand book shop.  It is a delight.

[johnw]

Last year I had a number of fat Galanthus seed pods that were empty.  Is this unusual?


john

[Brian Ellis]

Last year I had a number of fat Galanthus seed pods that were empty.  Is this unusual?

No John I've had that too at various times.

[Blonde Ingrid]

Also a bit underwhelmed by Galanthus 'Phantom'. Am I missing something? I suppose it does have a scary face.
I just noticed that Anglesey Candelight wears a similar expression.

We were underwhelmed by Phantom last year, it is supposed to have two different flowers on the seperate scapes i.e.

"A touch of mystery surrounds this snowdrop as its origins are obscure. A large rounded giant hybrid poculiform which almost always shows two scapes, the second of which resembles G.plicatus ssp. byzantinus, so two different flowers from the same bulb! UNIQUE!"

Ours produced two byzantinus flowers and no Poc. We are waiting to see if there is any improvement this year.

[annew]

My Phantom is still a single nose, so maybe when it fattens?