Author Topic: THIS IS THE REAL "Some Galanthus for Identifying"! (Read 10946 times)

Katherine J · « **Reply #15 on:** February 13, 2009, 02:11:41 PM »

Quote from: mark smyth on February 13, 2009, 02:05:11 PM

7905 - a double with no aberrant outers in the middle. I'd like to see the inside

We will try to go back this year. If some better weather would come.

annew · « **Reply #16 on:** February 13, 2009, 02:19:14 PM »

Nothing to compare with those above, but I seem to have a misnamed pot of snowdrops. These are supposed to be plicatus 'Colossus', but are a nivalis, and the flowers are distinctive enough that I'm hoping someone will recognise the variety. Any offers?

johnw · « **Reply #17 on:** February 13, 2009, 02:20:43 PM »

Katherine - Bravo! Take a bow.

Whew, that was a dizzying tour. I hope you get back to that garden.

7811 is particularly elegant.

johnw

Katherine J · « **Reply #18 on:** February 13, 2009, 02:21:34 PM »

I forgot about this with 4 petals (tepals?):

Luc Gilgemyn · « **Reply #19 on:** February 13, 2009, 02:39:15 PM »

Kata, what have you done

johnw · « **Reply #20 on:** February 13, 2009, 02:41:01 PM »

Luc - I think Katherine has left a few people in a convulsive state.

johnw

Hagen Engelmann · « **Reply #21 on:** February 13, 2009, 02:59:11 PM »

John, do you mean convulsive laughter

johnw · « **Reply #22 on:** February 13, 2009, 03:05:59 PM »

Quote from: Hagen Engelmann on February 13, 2009, 02:59:11 PM

John, do you mean convulsive laughter

Hagen - More like uncontrolled shaking from head to toe.

johnw

Anthony Darby · « **Reply #23 on:** February 13, 2009, 03:43:32 PM »

I feel the need for a darkened room again.

Anthony Darby · « **Reply #24 on:** February 13, 2009, 03:47:50 PM »

Katherine, you owe it to the manager of the arboretum to offer to divide some of these crowded clumps. You should suggest that, as a great favour, you could remove excess bulbs because next year they may be too crowded to flower?

We would be more than willing to help you find suitable homes for these valuable treasures and would only charge a modest fee.

Katherine J · « **Reply #25 on:** February 13, 2009, 03:51:19 PM »

Anthony,
I asked him before, if they knew what species have been planted originally, and he was ABSOLUTELY UNHELPFUL. He told me, "this information is not public".

mark smyth · « **Reply #26 on:** February 13, 2009, 04:24:25 PM »

Anne your snowdrop looks a bit like Washfield Warham
http://www.snowdropinfo.com/plicatus-washfield-warham.html

Anthony Darby · « **Reply #27 on:** February 13, 2009, 04:28:59 PM »

Quote from: Katherine J on February 13, 2009, 03:51:19 PM

Anthony,
I asked him before, if they knew what species have been planted originally, and he was ABSOLUTELY UNHELPFUL. He told me, "this information is not public".

Just he drink malt whisky?

Maggi Young · « **Reply #28 on:** February 13, 2009, 04:42:15 PM »

A post from Martin Baxendale seems to have been lost in the two thread mix up..... see what happens when I go out for a walk?

Anyway, Martin wrote:

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Kata, the leaves (though not very clear in the photos) do seem in one of the photos to be quite green, rather than grey-green, and also quite wide. Also the snowdrops seem to be quite evenly scattered rather than in large clumps. It's possible they are Galanthus plicatus which have seeded around.

Do you remember anything about the leaves? Were they narrow and grey-green or wide and quite green, perhaps with the margins folded back?

Katherine J · « **Reply #29 on:** February 13, 2009, 04:50:07 PM »

Quote from: Anthony Darby on February 13, 2009, 04:28:59 PM

Just he drink malt whisky?

Maybe. And he maltreated me.

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