Galanthus fosteri with bulblets

[Oakwood]

Could somebody who cultivates G. fosteri tell me, did you ever observe such mass bulblet genesis for this species?? This one is new for me obtained from Melvyn Jope, so when planting last fall I saw many bulbils around bulb basal plate and this spring they all vegetate in mass around mother bulb. Thank you! 

[bulborum]

Maybe a part from the bulb was damaged
and produced these bulblet's
if the plant goes dormant
you can see

Roland

[Oakwood]

Maybe a part from the bulb was damaged
and produced these bulblet's
if the plant goes dormant
you can see

Roland

Apparently not, Roland. You can see the mother bulb that vegetates well. When planting the bulbs were in excellent conditions but already with bulbils as I wrote above. This is one of my 4 bulbs of this species and for all of them the pattern is the same!!!!  

[Brian Ellis]

Dimitri could it be a result of chipping the bulb?  I have noticed the same sort of growth pattern on some elwesii and nivalis hybrids that have been bought from growers who have chipped their bulbs.  I don't know whether Melvyn will have done so.

[art600]

If you are lucky it also occurs with 'Spindlestone Surprise'.  Melvyn shoed pictures last year I think and I am happy to say the bulb he gave me did exactly the same    I was pleased that I could then pass on this lovely snowdrop to some more friends.

Hope it happens this year.

[Melvyn Jope]

Dimitri could it be a result of chipping the bulb?  I have noticed the same sort of growth pattern on some elwesii and nivalis hybrids that have been bought from growers who have chipped their bulbs.  I don't know whether Melvyn will have done so.

  Quite possibly the result of chipping Brian but not during my ownership.
I grow a few different selections of Galanthus fosteri but the one sent to Dimitri had a collection reference P256830 which I originally bought at Wisley. Mine are all in pots so I took a photograph of one this morning to show the foliage and as they are starting to go dormant I shook off the grit to show the bulbs, as usual there is a proliferation of smaller bulbs from natural increase too.

[Oakwood]

Hi Melvyn! Many thanks for your pictures and your G. fosteri bulbs growing now at me. That is intriguing, this your fosteri accession is quiet similar by multiplying strategy to G. rezehensis, that gives such small bulbils too! You could see on photo the mother bulb surrounded by bulblets!