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Black Sea Snowdrops 2024
Leena:
Gail, thank you for the pictures. You had a wonderful trip!
G.shaoricus was new to me, but when I googled it, I found Alan's pictures of it from 2017.
G.platyphyllus looks fabulous in it's natural habitat. In pictures I have seen of it earlier, I haven't been impressed, but now I see how it could look.
Maybe it could grow well also here.. :)
Alan_b:
Galanthus platyphyllus is a snow-melt plant that likes moist conditions once it emerges. I'm not sure if it stays moist as the weather moves on into full summer; it's certainly exposed without shade in pictures I have seen of a typical locale. Maybe you can manage the right conditions, Leena? It's a beautiful snowdrop in-situ.
Mariette:
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However we were really lucky to find a roadside stop with G. shaoricus on one side of the road and an absolutely lovely colony of platyphyllus on the other.
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For me, this one was the absolute star of the trip - beautiful foliage, an exquisitely marked flower and fragrant...
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No wonder - a fabulous specimen! But I like the G. shaoricus You showed, as well! Thank You for letting us partake in Your trip!
Jan Jeddeloh:
I've also seen platyphyllus on a trip with Kurt Vickery to Georgia and thought it was fabulous. I wonder if someone could collect from anthers from it, dry them, and then use them for hybridization or pass them onto a hybridizer. Most pollen will survived dried and stored in a freezer. Lily breeders do this all the time.
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