Galanthus winter 2009/2010

[Anthony Darby]

Very grey. Is it really that colour?

[mark smyth]

yes

[mark smyth]

Chas maybe your snow lay for longer

[Diane Whitehead]

From my friend:

Remember one of my twinheaded snowies  that I call Diangle?
 It had stocky scapes that sometimes produced a second flower
on a short stem sticking out from the main one at a rigid angle.  This second
flower's stem is variable, from barely any up to 2 or 3 inches.  

Well, this year, a few of the twinheaded scapes have gone nuts and put out
3 flowers!  The main one is normal, and the secondary ones are fused. Weirder
and weirder. I'll have to call it Tri-Angle.

[mark smyth]

What a find! I hope you will be twin scaling some?

[Oakwood]

Arthur! It's a pure elwesii on your pic, not hybrid.
Mark! Your Marjorie Brown in a large group at least is more likely G. alpinus. Elwesii hasn't so glaucous leaves and the ovary is for typical alpinus. And your rizehensis is more likely G. lagodechianus by ovary form too - but it would be better to see the leaves more closely - I'm not sure with no leaves.


 edit by maggi: see new topic G. rizehensis or lagodechianus for more  on this matter.. ......
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=4893.0

[Brian Ellis]

Well, this year, a few of the twinheaded scapes have gone nuts and put out
3 flowers!  The main one is normal, and the secondary ones are fused. Weirder
and weirder. I'll have to call it Tri-Angle.

Lovely Diane, it's as crazy as us galanthophiles

[art600]

Arthur! It's a pure elwesii on your pic, not hybrid.

Dimitri

Is it quite unusual for elwesii to have twisted leaves?

[KentGardener]

Tri-Angle  - good name.   

It is certainly different.

[mark smyth]

Are you ready for more snowdrops?

First a confusion two labels almost side by side in a trough. One says Fieldgare Prelude and the other Fieldgate Forte. The leaves have are long, narrow, glaucous and have a twist. I'll get a photo of those tomorrow.

[mark smyth]

Sally's Double

[mark smyth]

On a down side I spotted this today. Tomorrow the whole pot will be submerged in Carbendazim for a couple of hours

[Martin Baxendale]

Are you ready for more snowdrops?

First a confusion two labels almost side by side in a trough. One says Fieldgare Prelude and the other Fieldgate Forte. The leaves have are long, narrow, glaucous and have a twist. I'll get a photo of those tomorrow.

Looks like Fieldgate Prelude. Doesn't Fieldgate Forte have a solid green inner and green-tipped outers? I've only seen it once at Colin Mason years ago so my memory may not be 100% accurate.

[KentGardener]

Hi Mark

I believe that Fieldgate Forte is often green tipped - mines not in flower yet to get a pic.

[mark smyth]

Thanks. I must have Fieldgate Forte in the same hole or near by