Re: Winter snowdrops

[steve owen]

Jo
When you bought your snowdrops originally the catalogue or seller should have specified how many pixels that variety took up.

[Paddy Tobin]

Hi Jo,

Welcome to the forum. On your snowdrops, although you say you are a novice you have started with some very nice cultivars.

Re the width of your images: in your photo editing programme you will have an option to reset the size of your photograph, often under the "edit" tab. Resize your photographs to approximately 600 on the long side and then I suggest you save (Edit - Save as)this edited image to a folder for the SRGC so that you will be able to find it easily when you are posting. This also means that your original image will be left in its original folder without being altered. You see, when you resize the image you will be making it much smaller that it was when taken by the camera and so the quality will not now be as good - perfectly good for this forum but not good enough to view at full screen size or for printing.

So, looking forward to seeing some of your images in due course.

Best of luck, Paddy

Just caught Steve's remarks - don't mind him, he's only teasing.

[Maggi Young]

Hi, Jo, welcome to the forum..... follow what the Gang are telling you ( not Steve, he's a bad influence!) and you'll soon get the hang of posting .

[Jo]

Brilliant everyone, thanks for all that, its too new yeary here to do any more tonight.

Probably wait for a teenager to get over a hangover to help me 

I'm a novice on the computer but I've been galanthussing for years.

I've been reading the forum too but just on the sly 

Happy New Year,  Jo.

[Paddy Tobin]

Jo,

Galanthusing and cyclamening for years.

Paddy

[David Nicholson]

Brilliant everyone, thanks for all that, its too new yeary here to do any more tonight.

Probably wait for a teenager to get over a hangover to help me 

I'm a novice on the computer but I've been galanthussing for years.

I've been reading the forum too but just on the sly 

Happy New Year,  Jo.

Welcome to the Forum Jo, nice to have someone else from Devon posting. If you look at the tabs across the top of the Forum page you will see one called 'My Messages' this is where private messages can be sent via the Forum. I will send you a PM with a bit of a ramble about posting pictures that you may find helpful.

[loes]

Happy Newyear to all of you 

best wishes for 2009

[Maggi Young]

And a Happy New Year to you, too, Loes..... may all your snowdrops flourish! 

[Jo]

Jo,

Galanthusing and cyclamening for years.

Paddy

Very true and the cyclamen don't like this weather much either, but they do go well with snowdrops.

Jo

[Maggi Young]

Jo,

Galanthusing and cyclamening for years.

Paddy

Very true and the cyclamen don't like this weather much either, but they do go well with snowdrops.

Jo

Come on, Jo in Devon, let's hear a bit more about you.... here's the very place....http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=12.525       

[Jo]

I was given this snowdrop by a friend last year.

It was flowering on Christmas day. I thought I should post it and see what people think of it

Jo

[mark smyth]

Interesting markings, Jo. It's plicatus _ _ _ _ _?

[Jo]

Yes Mark,

 its plicatus .........? the photos don't do it justice really, and it gets taller as it ages. Also the outers reflex in warm air.

I have no idea whether its a named form or just another oddity, any ideas ? 

[Hagen Engelmann]

The leaves look like a plicatus. The green outer green marks are unusual. Very fine Jo!!! Did it came from a bigger collection?

[Maggi Young]

I believe that I hear the sound of pages of the snowdrop book being frantically turned across the world as Galanthophiles research Jo's flower!

Even I can see that this is a snowie flower that is unusual... very nice it is ,too. The two outer green marks are cute enough but the flaring of the outer petals is even nicer.

Just a passing thought, and lord knows what those in charge of the taxonomic rules would say, but does anyone out there with a fab new snowie fancy naming it " Galanthus 'www.srgc.org.uk'  " ?

Just  thought it would be a kind gesture to the home of so many of those suffering with the white fever        Martin, one of your hybrids??