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Bulbs => Galanthus => Topic started by: Natalia on March 09, 2011, 07:21:39 PM
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I do not so many Galanthus species found in nature, but the fact that she had seen I want to share with forum participants.
Basically this photo Galanthus species growing in the Caucasus Mountains.
Galanthus woronowii
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Continuation...
Galanthus woronowii
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And more photos ...
Galanthus woronowii
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And more photos :D
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And more photos
Galanthus krasnovii valentina
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And some more ...
The general structure of Galanthus plicatus came from the Crimea.
I do not know, whether are green stains, the various form of a petal and a flower-turban morphological infringements or forms - will observe - time will show.
Galanthus krasnovii_valentinae
Galanthus krasnovii_valentinae
Galanthus krasnovii_valentinae
Galanthus caucasicus
Galanthus plicatus
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I like the long pedicel and green woronowii. Both are worth bring in to cultivation
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Mark, in the spring of hope will remain visible signs of a culture or not ..
Again soon in the mountains, so hopefully I will see again blooming Galanthus. And try to take pictures of interesting forms.
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Natalia,
How good to be able to see all these beautiful snowdrops growing in the wild. Beautiful plants.
Many thanks for showing them to us.
Paddy
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Natalia, thank you for these pics from the green leave galanthus world. I never saw such a diversity in the flowers of G. woronowii or krasnovii
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Natalia, such interesting photos, many thanks for showing them.
Melvyn
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They are most interesting variations Natalia, the green stains are really nice. Thank you for showing us snowdrops in the sun :D
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Lovely photos Natalia
I love species Galanthus and it is very interesting to see the natural variations. They look so beautiful growing in their natural habitat as nature intended with their perfect growing conditions. The woronowii with the long pedicel is very nice indeed. Thankyou for sharing your photos.
Jennie
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Natalia - what a wonderful array of diverse flower forms you have found. I have glanced at the pictures today but am sure I will find myself coming back to look at them again and again. Beautiful. 8)
Thank you.
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Colleagues, thanks for kind words, I am very glad that you liked photos. :)
Some of the shown plants already live in a garden, two years white form Galanthus krasnovii_valentinae blossoms completely. As the others will behave - will show time.
I worry because of last hot and dry summer. Galanthus krasnovii_valentinae grows along water, and sometimes almost in the tideway of streams. :(
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Very nice photos Natalia, i do like the Krasnovii very much.I know its hard to keep it growing but i keep trying. I wish i could explore those regions once too.
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Gerard, thank you!
Can to you still it will be possible to visit these edges. We will hope...
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Dear Natalia ,
many thanks for your really special pictures ...fantastic !!!
Best wishes from Germany
Hans
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Thank you Natalia; what a great series of pictures :o
It's always fascinating to see these plants in their native habitat.
Did you see them toward the western end of the Caucasus Mountains (Karachayevo-Cherkessiya region, Карача́ево-Черке́сская Pеспу́блика) or further east?
The variation in woronowii is wonderful; you show some very fine forms. I like krasnovii very much too 8)
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Ashley, these kinds Galanthus grow on the western Сaucasus, in Krasnodar territory.
Galanthus woronowii has many variants, one of the valley plant may be very different from other plants in the overall size and spots on the flowers.
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Ashley, these kinds Galanthus grow on the western Сaucasus, in Krasnodar territory.
Ah, further west again and presumably easier to visit. One day perhaps ... ;D
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:)
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Last sunday I had the opportunity to visit with a group of naturalists one of the few places, where Galanthus nivalis is indigenous to South West Germany. It is in the mountainous region of the Suebian Alb in a dry side valley of a contributor of the Danube. The altitude is app. 700 m. There they grow in the shade of decidous trees, mostly beeches. These snowdrops are considered by our botanists to have survived the ice ages there.
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And here are their companions, growing under the same conditions in leaf litter on jurassic chalk: Leucojum vernum, Gagea lutea, Helleborus foetidus and, without a pic, Corydalis cava:
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I believe that the Beech leaf litter is the best environment for them Thomas ;D
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Thomas,
How wonderful to be able to visit such an area. It is very beautiful.
Paddy
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Thomas,
Very interesting, what more diverse forms of spots on the tube.
2011-03-20_10 - excellent shape(?) Leucojum vernum.
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Natalia,
2011-03-20_10 shows two flowers of Leucojum vernum fused to one. This does sometimes happen, but I do not think that it is stabel.
Maybe the variations of Leucojum are even more interesting there than those in Galanthus nivalis. Though there were differnet forms as well, from globular to elongated ones, but nothing really spectacular.
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Thank you for posting the photographs from this woodland Thomas. It is nice to see the flowers that are growing there.
Here it felt like summer had arrived yesterday! Any late flowering snowdrops are fading fast.... :'(
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Thomas, I have just returned from travel to Crimea.
In this trip we with colleagues managed to find population Galanthus plicatus in which meet klamps blossoming accrete fused double flowers - such flowers were at large bulbs, at small bulbs - double flowers absent.
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Some photos Galanthus plicatus in nature, the shape of flowers are very different.
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Some amazing variation there Natalie, thanks for showing us.
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Brian, thank you :)
And some more photos of Galanthus plicatus
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Natalia - 7816 is a marvellous tubby little plicatus! :o :o :o
johnw
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Fascinating the range of variations you found, Natalia. Thank you very much!
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Nice variety of plicatus Natalia.
I particularly like the interesting shape shown in picture 8233 8)
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Thank you!
This result, together with colleagues examination of several populations of several thousand plants ...