Gala pics 2010

[Maggi Young]

Great selection of photos, JohnM..... it looks pretty cold and wet, so all the more thanks to you for the pix!

[Gail]

Lovely pictures thank you but the name 'Snogerupi' can't possibly be genuine can it??

[mark smyth]

Gail, it used to be ikariae ssp snogerupii but it has now become a seperate species

[Maggi Young]

Lovely pictures thank you but the name 'Snogerupi' can't possibly be genuine can it??

 Isn't it just a great name?  Named for some chap called Snorgerup, i think....

 I do hope I never meet a Mr Snogerup, I'll never keep a straight face!

[Brian Ellis]

Named after the Swede Sven Snogerup emeritus professor of Botany at Lunds University.

[Maggi Young]

Bless you, Brian; hard to know whether that's a statement or a tongue twister!

[art600]

Better late than never, here are some more photos from Glen Chantry:

1.  The rush to get to the Sales tunnel
2.   The 'White Garden'
3.   Quiet contemplation in the White Garden
4.   Heading towards the marquee and a sit down with coffee and cakes
5.   Another shot of the Forumists

[Tony Willis]

Gail, it used to be ikariae ssp snogerupii but it has now become a seperate species

Interesting comment Mark.

In the 'The Genus Galanthus' book Aaron Davies on page162 clearly states there is no basis for this, having examined populations in the wild and seen their variability. I wonder where it was published and what new information has become available.Perhaps we are moving towards the publication of another expensive revised edition!

[mark smyth]

Rod Leeds told us this during his lecture on Autumn flowering snowdrops.

[Brian Ellis]

Thanks for the pictures Art - very clever how you managed to include yourself in one

[Mavers]

Hi Rob

I went to the Bromsgrove Gala 3 or 4 years ago (the first & only gala I've attended) & I felt very out of place not because of anything anyone had done but just because of my stupid shyness.......I found it very intense & overwhelming, so I empathise with how you feel, though I'm sure it's not true that no-one would want you to go again!!

I hope to go again sometime if the venue is closer to where I live as like you I do not enjoy travelling very much.

Take care fellow plant lover.


Mike

Thank you all for posting these photos it's appreciated very much.