Galanthus January 2011

[Paddy Tobin]

John,

I've had a look back at Brian's photograph of 'Sutton Courtenay' and the colour on the markings are a little different - due, I imagine, to the different lighting for the photographs. Brian's seems more an olive green on the basal section of the mark.

Lovely snowdrop. Paddy

[mark smyth]

I dont know this one. The eyes must be joined with the sinus mark

[johnw]

I dont know this one. The eyes must be joined with the sinus mark

Mark - The book I think said one of the original descriptions of Whittallii mentioned no eyes.  Whatever it is it is huge and may be the biggest here and incredibly robust.

johnw       

[mark smyth]

It does look good.

[johnw]

John,

I've had a look back at Brian's photograph of 'Sutton Courtenay' and the colour on the markings are a little different - due, I imagine, to the different lighting for the photographs. Brian's seems more an olive green on the basal section of the mark.

Lovely snowdrop. Paddy

Paddy   - I wonder if I omitted the pinch of lime from my mix the upper marking & ovary would be yellower.  I notice my Sandersii is quite disappointing this year, more lime than yellow.

[johnw]

It does look good.

Here's Steve shot of the same Whittalli and actually it was last year.

johnw

[mark smyth]

I might do a video list of snowdrops this year. Here's a trial
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXpcG8m1EzU[/youtube]

[mark smyth]

Brownie points if you can name the two birds in the background.

[Alan_b]

I might do a video list of snowdrops this year. Here's a trial

You would do posterity a great service if you zoomed out to give the viewer a look at the leaves.  It is relatively easy to find pictures of the flowers of snowdrop cultivars but hard to find pictures of the whole plant.       

[mark smyth]

I never though of that. When the wind and rain stops I'll do another.

[johnw]

I never though of that. When the wind and rain stops I'll do another.

Mark - I'm with Alanb, it would be super to have a library of "live" footages and I bet your site would be the first to do this with the cultivars and species of any Genus.

Also good to see the Ronald MacKenzie video - link just below the Three Ships video.

johnw - a chilly -4c at 21:53

[Gerard Oud]

Brownie points if you can name the two birds in the background.

They look like 2 Wrens!
I do hear some siskins!

[mark smyth]

I should have said the background sound

[Maggi Young]

If I might make a suggestion.....for record/ID purposes, I would like photos of flowers, inside and out, leaves and taken with a ruler to show size and scale.
However lovely a photo may,if is it not accompanied buy full size details (and even if it were, it can be separated from those in time) it is not really useful in the long term. Pictures such as I suggest will forever be a more complete record of the plant.
Without such refinements most photos are just pretty pictures. In a world such as that of the Galanthophile, such details are the meat and drink of the whole obsession., as I see it. The on going doubts about so many tpyes might be clarified at least somewhat by  careful photography.  I'm not saying it is always ( ever? ) possible to ID a plant ( any plant) purely by a photograph but for sure it would be easier to avoid doubt when sometimes one has never seen the "real" plant in question and all one has to go on is a vague description and a photo that does not tell the whole story........

That being said, I do not decry the beautiful snowdrop shots that we see on the Forum, which are delightful, and really works of art.... my point is particularly about making a record of reference.

[annew]

I think my ears must be going - I could only hear the traffic!
I took the following photos at a relative's house on Friday. She bought them about 20 yrs ago from Pottertons, but has forgotten the name. They are obviously slow to increase, there being only a dozen or so after all that time. Any ideas as to identity? An elwesii of some kind, but can we get a cultivar?