Strange coloured nivalis - something new?

[Gerdk]

When I came back from a ten days trip I found this strange coloured nivalis -
I am not sure is this something special or is it normal behaviour of the species when the flowers are starting to fade?

Gerd

[mark smyth]

Galanthus nivalis ssp roseus?

[KentGardener]

Gerd,

what a wonderful thing to find - it is good that you still have flowers now that we have started the month of April.   

John

[ranunculus]

That must be a 'First', Gerd!   

[Paddy Tobin]

Certainly an odd one, Gerd. Reminds me of a little demonstration I used do with school children to show that plants take up water etc. We would put some white carnations in coloured water and the flowers would later change colour. Perhaps your G. nivalis drank something unusual and so the petals were stained?

Paddy

[Hagen Engelmann]

Gerd, great! Where did they come from? Long time ago I saw  a galanthus population near the river Elbe here in East Germany. And because we were a little bit red the galanthus had a red shine. I have good memories.

[ian mcenery]

Gerd looks like the hybrid G nivalis x photoshopensis to me. Any chance of a bulb   

[Hans A.]

Gerd,
congratulations to your great find at a first of April. 

[ranunculus]

Gerd looks like the hybrid G nivalis x photoshopensis to me. Any chance of a bulb   

You really wouldn't want it, Ian ... it's very fleeting!

[Paul T]

I read the name of this topic, before I even opened it, and just KNEW it was going to be April 1st related.  A rather nice shade of pink though, and murky enough to be almost believable! 

It also helps that we went through the whole "morning of April 1st" thing hours more than 12 hours ago in most cases, given the time difference to you lot. 

[Hans J]

Gerd ,

ich vermute Du hast diesem Galanthus unanständige Witze erzählt ( evt. von E.P.) .....

[Gerdk]

Thanks a lot for your interest alltogether. I am just starting twinscaling like mad.
I hope next year - same date - I am able to distribute little pink drops

Gerd

[gote]

Gerd,
I think Hans is right. Shame on you.
Göte

[Maggi Young]

Gerd ,

ich vermute Du hast diesem Galanthus unanständige Witze erzählt ( evt. von E.P.) .....

Gerd,
I think Hans is right. Shame on you.
Göte

Gerd, you would not do that ..... would you?  I just thought they had been drinking your wine while you were away 

[Iris]

But Maggi, it was worth it, wasn't it ? Shame on me I never get such reactions of my galanthus, what ever I tell them!