Galanthus February 2010

[mark smyth]

Alan like you say I dont think that's Narcissus fly damage. They are much neater.

here's Gail's moth

[Maggi Young]

Thanks for resizing Gail's picture, Mark.

I don't know, sometimes I wonder how we gardeners do mange to keep going..... we've adversw weatehr to contend wit, any number of pests and predators attacking our precious plants..... these instances of damage in this thread, the Wilson's report of rot in another thread (Galanthus disease http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=4956.msg134453#msg134453) .....you'd think we could be given a wee window of unadultered joy at the start of the growing season before the critters start back at us?!! I'm off to enjoy the photos from sunnier climes to cheer myself up... the UK is just too dangerous meantime!! 

[Anthony Darby]

Anyone got a pic of Galanthus schahoricus?

[Maggi Young]

Anyone got a pic of Galanthus schahoricus?

Never heard of it , Anthony! 

[Anthony Darby]

Anyone got a pic of Galanthus schahoricus?

Never heard of it , Anthony! 

Yet it does exist as I have one in a pot which will open soon.

[Diane Clement]

Yet it does exist as I have one in a pot which will open soon.  

Kew database has it now as G alpinus alpinus (easier to spell   )

Kew link to Galanthus schaoricus

[Maggi Young]

Thanks, Diane. I found nothing in IPNI.
So this is an Eastern European naming, hanging on ..... another case for a revolving label !

[Maggi Young]

Yet it does exist as I have one in a pot which will open soon.

I reckon that the fact that one is in possession of a plant bearing "a name" is no guarantee that the name is valid...

[Diane Clement]

Thanks, Diane. I found nothing in IPNI.
So this is an Eastern European naming, hanging on ..... another case for a revolving label !  

It's there all right (no central "h"), but IPNI does not have all modern name changes

IPNI link to Galanthus schaoricus

[Maggi Young]

Thanks, Diane. I found nothing in IPNI.
So this is an Eastern European naming, hanging on ..... another case for a revolving label !  

It's there all right, but IPNI does not have all modern name changes

IPNI link to Galanthus schaoricus

Ah, yes, there is often a clue.... the link is to Galanthus schaoricus NOT Galanthus schahoricus  

[johnw]

Alan -  It will stay as Trympostor.  I just thought it would be an easy mistake to read a Trymlet label as Trym when in a rush to pack an order.  The supplier was extremely scrupulous so I assume it is a named cultivar or a self-sown seedling in a clump of Trym.  You're quite correct - the jury is out.

Brian  - Green of Hearts was a thought but since the bulbs were shipped dormant I thought the label or a seedling might be a better explanation. Only I would think Trym when reading a Green of Hearts label, conjuring up a mental image and then walking off to pack it as Trym!

johnw

[Anthony Darby]

Mine came with the label already written, hence the 'h'. here's a Google link: http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://flower.onego.ru/lukov/ena_7387.jpg&imgrefurl=http://flower.onego.ru/lukov/galant_v.html&usg=__D46HbG7tGTCA0eb1dv6LptxaqoM=&h=600&w=800&sz=96&hl=en&start=19&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=2ZZhiH8JgjFEJM:&tbnh=107&tbnw=143&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dgalanthus%2Bschaoricus%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1

[Anthony Darby]

An hour in the kitchen and the flower opened.

[Paddy Tobin]

A very nice inner marking, Anthony.

Paddy

[Brian Ellis]

That's a sweetie Anthony, thanks for showing us.