What is it?

[art600]

Two unknown Galanthus growing in the bulb house.  Origin totally unknown.

Would appreciate your best guesses

Thanks

[Alan_b]

I think the reason you have not had any replies yet is because we cannot see the leaves and their vernation.  This makes it much more difficult to identify a snowdrop.  Usually you start with the leaves and finish with the flower.

[Martin Baxendale]

The slender flowers with the two separate marks look like Gal. gracilis. If the leaves are applanate (flat, not wrapped around each other at the base and not folded back at the edges) as I suspect they are then it's gracilis. If the leaves are rolled around each other at the base then it's elwesii, but I think you'll find it's gracilis.

The other plant I'm not so sure about. It looks like Gal. plicatus but the leaves aten't very typical for plicatus. If the leaves are folded back at the edges, then it's plicatus. If they're flat on some edges but folded back on  others, then it could be a hybrid. Can't say more than that. Were they from seed?

[mark smyth]

The top image shows flowers a bit like shortened 'Ding Dongs'

[art600]

Alan

Will take some more photos showing the leaves.

Martin

If you look closely, my label says gracilis as this was my best guess.  No idea of origin - I try to be methodical and record on the label where I bought a plant, from seed, given by a friend etc etc, but I am not the tidiest person and fail.
Will post a close up of the first snowdrop's leaves.

[art600]

Picture taken when it first emerged, plus one taken today that shows the whole plant.