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Bulbs => Galanthus => Topic started by: Hannelore on October 05, 2020, 10:10:48 AM
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The autumn proceeds:
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The first 'Pink Panther' is open.
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Reginae-Olgae is raising its head.
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I have finally been convinced that Pink Panther does have some pink pigment in it.
John's blog post (http://www.johnjearrard.co.uk/archive2020/2020.10.04/index.html) has a picture, but in 'the flesh' it is more obvious.
Does anyone know if the pink pigment has been characterised?
Or, has anyone got a big enough clump that we could sacrifice the flowers to do an extraction and chromatography?
I'm guessing it is the same pigment as in Acis rosea, but I don't think that has been characterised either!
Chad
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Lovely photo from John Jearrard of 'Pink Panther' - I definitely saw mine as pink when I got it last year so I am anxiously awaiting this year's bud- which is almost ready to open - to show its true colour soon! I'll ask the Bulb Despot to photograph it for me when it does - it, and the 'Blanc de Chine' in the pot beside it have both got roots out though, so getting a decent shot may be tricky. The BD had to wriggle a lot to get a shot of 'Blanc de Chine ' for tomorrow's Bulb Log!
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I'm guessing it is the same pigment as in Acis rosea, but I don't think that has been characterised either!
Chad
I was guessing that too and as an aside wondering if anyone has tried crossing Acis with Galanthus...
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Galanthus, Acis and Leucojum hybrids have been repeatedly attempted and as far as I know none have succeeded.
From first principles it is a big [but not impossible] ask.
Chromosome counts, though with some variability, suggest Galanthus 2n=24, Acis 2n=16, and Leucojum 2n=22.
So a 'new' intergeneric hybrid would probably need to go for polyploidy at the same time as hybridity to be viable.
That isn't impossible, but you would need to do an awful lot of the cross to be likely to get a viable offspring.
Chad
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Thanks Chad, interesting but I suspect it is one of those things I'll put on the "if there were but time enough" list...
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Yes, it's pink. My Group of Pink Panther today:
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Last year some two friends in the forum, very kindly, have sent me Galanthus reginae-olgae bulbs - I wanted to try this species since it is supoused to be better suited to my climate. They have now competed full circle in my garden and they are starting to flower for the first time. I think this was a success. New noses are coming through from the ground and they look healthy!
Thank you to @Ashley and @Gail for 'Blanc De Chine'.
'Tilebarn Jamie' is also producing at leats two noses, still developing. ;D
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"Blanc de Chine" will definitively be the next on my wishlist!
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Well done Jaime 8)
They're flowering at the same time here, but under glass.
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'Pink Panther' is always the first G. reginae-olgae to flower here. I find that the pink hue shows particularly well in older flowers.
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G. reginae-olgae 'Ruby's Green Dream' is clumping up nicely
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G. Reginae-olgae
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G. Reginae-olgae 'Casper' with what is left of pink panther.
Still waiting for g. Bursanus to open to try and sample the smell.
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G. bursanus opened, couldn't smell so much actually.
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Perhaps it needs a warmer day?
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G. peshmenii
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Galanthus reginae-olgae is doing well in the rock garden at Wisley, photographed last week;
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I bought a snowdrop labelled G. reginae-olgae 'Cambridge' from the Wisley plant centre which has slight green smudges on the outer petals.
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This one is G. reginae-olgae 'Uranium', difficult to photograph but there is a distinct green glow to the petals. 'Adamite' is similar and looked very green when it first opened but faded quicker.
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Rainbow Farm Early on 19 October, I don't think it's flowered this early before.
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Galanthus
elwesii Naomi Slade
Gerd
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Galanthus elwesii Naomi Slade
Gerd
'Naomi Slade' is a selection of G. reginae-olgae Gerd not elwesii, described as "an early flowering form appearing in September/October and has very large, wide-petalled flowers with a solid green mark on the inner petals". My plant is flowering now so not particularly early and I wouldn't say the flowers are any wider than other forms although perhaps they will increase with age?
And whilst on the subject of Galanthus that are not elwesii - last month I posted a picture of my Galanthus 'Kinn McIntosh' which had been sold to me as an elwesii cultivar but the leaves didn't look right - more like reginae-olgae but with a slightly folded back plicatus edge. Last week I spoke to Bob Brown (who in reference to Maggie's comment "I've read that Bob Brown of Cotswold Garden plants found this in the garden of the person for whom it is named - in 1946 !! Bob must be older than I thought!!" says he was only one year old then). He says that he was told it was a form of G. byzantinus. This is now considered to be a subspecies of G. plicatus which makes more sense looking at the leaf characteristics. Bob's plants weren't up but he is going to have a look when they appear and see if they are the same as mine;
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Thank you Gail - it seems I have to have a closer look at my labels!
Gerd
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Some Galanthus in the garden this week:
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G. reginae-olgae flowers opened nicely with 20 degrees Celcius earlier this week.
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G. reginae-olgae 'Casper'
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G. bursanus opened up and yes, it actually did smell very sweet up close.
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Just a bunch of normal g. reginae-olgae.
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Newly acquired g. peshmenii about to flower. Looking forward to 'Green flight'.
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Some autumn-flowering snowdrops out now. I'd rather be indoors photographing today!
These show variation in one batch of seedlings from G. reginae-olgae x peshmenii
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These two are maybe my favourites with large flowers
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Autumn Beauty is performing well this year after taking a few years to bring it back to health from a dodgy start in a garden centre
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Galanthus reginae-olgae Eleni came into the house bearing a passenger!
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Galanthus reginae-olgae Tilebarn Jamie is another fine cultivar.
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These two are the same species - both G. peshmenii. The more compact, small-bulbed form on the left, and the bigger, beefier Kastellorizo form on the right.
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Some early blooms in Virginia, USA, on All Hallows Eve
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Nice to see these do well for you outside, Timothy - I'm not so lucky here in Aberdeen.
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Reginae-Olgae in the second year form a nice group:
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Galanthus peshmenii came again too:
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Remember Remember freshly planted some weeks ago is lurking:
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Hannelore
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Thanks for all the lovely photos,does anybody know what’s going on with this peshmenii.
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A different angle