Galanthus anomalies- "wrong" flowers

[mark smyth]

missing green tips will probably come back and probably the tusks. There are only two tusks on one flower. All those bulbs are crammed in to one small round lattice pot 

[loes]

Mark,

looking at your Warei I miss the excepionally large spathe.I grow exactly the same(I think) and those are a good form Viridapice.The spathe with mine are about 5-6 cm long,nothing like 11 cm as can be with Warei.
I also have a Viridapice-like with normal nivalis spathe and those were sold as Warei,they are clearly not but a good doer so they can stay.
I just bought 3 bulbs of Warei( I hope) and am waiting for delivery so I do not know how long those spathes are.When they arrive I`ll  measure the spathes.

[mark smyth]

Of course it isnt Warei but Viridapice Sorry everyone

[loes]

well,I won`t change the labels then

[mark smyth]

Now that I have edited the photo Viridapice doesnt have two tusks on the outers but two tusks on the ovary

[Alan_b]

I've been finding so many of this type this year, a narrow green stripe down the centre of one or two (but never all three) of the outer petals.

[Alan_b]

I was very excited to find this double-flowered nivalis seven years ago, but I've had to wait seven years before it did it again!

[Alan_b]

This is my fictional snowdrop, 'Tommy Thomson'.  There are two anomalies towards the back of the picture - can you spot them?

[Paddy Tobin]

One twin-headed and one with extra outer petals?

Paddy

[Alan_b]

Absolutely correct, Paddy.  Top marks!

And on the same theme, these are growing a few inches apart on a verge close to a road (hence the mud splashes) about half a mile from where I live.  Should I rescue them, or at least move them to a safer location?

[loes]

I`ve got a nivalis with two flowers on one stem.like the nivalis of Alan the stem looks 2 stemms fused,fastigiata ? or something like that.
the first flower is as usual at the top,the second flower is a few centimeters lower on the stem.looks silly.
I must have a ,bad,photo somewhere.must ask my husband to help me get the photo in here.

[Paddy Tobin]

Alan, rescue them.

Loes, this looks like you have two stems fused together - fasciation - giving an interesting result.

Paddy

[mark smyth]

One of my rizehensis had a South Hayes stripe on one outer

[Alan_b]

One of my rizehensis had a South Hayes stripe on one outer

I'm seeing this so frequently on random snowdrops this year that I'm wondering if it is some sort of reaction to last year's weather conditions?

[mark smyth]

Twin Maidwell L - two stems fused