Identification Galanthus

[bulborum]

Some pictures I just took
Large is not the cultivated form
this one was in between the wild collected ones


Roland

[Anthony Darby]

'Elizabeth Harrison' is a big woronowii.

[ashley]

Because?

Don't woronowii leaves typically arch more than this, so that the tips angle downward? 

[bulborum]

This where all the selections come from
there is a lot of difference and variation in the nature
so what is typical

Roland

[Alan_b]

I thought it was not woronowii because of it's size and it's much bigger than the selection called tall form. The leaves are as big as some of my elwesii. All my woronowii have leaves that more horizontal than upright

As the discoverer of 'Marks Tall' and 'Mini Me' I would have thought you would have known that size is not a very reliable indicator of species.  It's raining here at the moment but the woronowii I can see out of my kitchen window has fairly upright leaves. 

[Maggi Young]

Good to know Janet's "Judy's Snowdrops" site is back up and running.... McMark, there are some double pix for you to compare here:
http://www.judyssnowdrops.co.uk/Plant_Profiles/Hybrids_Double/hybrids_double.htm

[ashley]

so what is typical

Never having seen mature woronowii leaves that don't angle downwards I would be interested to see Alan's plants if they are otherwise.

[Alan_b]

Never having seen mature woronowii leaves that don't angle downwards I would be interested to see Alan's plants if they are otherwise.

Viewed from my kitchen window I see the plant looking across from the left where the leaves appear more erect.  But I suppose the leaves are slightly convex when viewed from above so they tend to angle in a way that would point them towards the ground if they grew long enough.  I can see the difference to the leaves of Mark's mystery snowdrop which still seem to be heading skyward, so I was wrong in my previous comment.  However I think the leaves on Mark's plant could still end up pointing downward as they mature and grow.  

    

[Maggi Young]

A nearby garden has a large form of  G. woronowii which is growing through heathers and other quite tight cushiony plants..... it's hard to tell whether the form is bigger in all its parts because it has to be to compete with its companion planting or  if it has survived on account of its larger size! A chicken and egg situation I suppose. Nice form, anyhow.

[mark smyth]

  I will watch the original clump of possible woronowii and see what the leaves do. My plant's leaves will fall because they no longer have a good water pressure. Tomorrow I will take a photo of the bulb.

[bulborum]

Is this an ordinary G.nivalis ??

it was found  in between wild collected bulbs
from Corydalis bulbosa syn. C.cava from Romania

Roland

[Alan_b]

Is this an ordinary G.nivalis ??

I take it you mean the marks on some of the inners are almost absent, just two little spots?  This is certainly within the range of what you can find in a 'wild' population of the UK G. nivalis.  Which is not to say it isn't a nice snowdrop worth keeping an eye on.

[Paddy Tobin]

Is this an ordinary G.nivalis ??

Roland

Roland,

Markings such at you show are common in garden plantings of G. nivalis.

Paddy

[bulborum]

I mean also the very long peduncle
in one of the flowers

Roland

[Owe_Jaktlund]

I got this nice snowdrop from a friend a couple of years ago but we cant find any reference to the name Galanthus 'Mauerbach' and he is nut sure from whom he got it. Do anyone of you recognize it?