Galanthus in March 2017

[WimB]

'Nobody's Prank' is an elwesii without any inner petals.  It came from the village of Kencot in Oxfordshire.  Several other snowdrops of the same type have been found recently.  Perhaps after peoples' minds became open to the possibility of this type of snowdrop, they started to see them?

Possibly...Hagen has a named form (Dreisporn) like that too: http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=5090.msg143241#msg143241 and http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=11549.msg312573#msg312573

[Alan_b]

Possibly...Hagen has a named form (Dreisporn) like that too ...

and a second one as well, I think, Wim.  I don't like to boast but I even have one myself with very diminished outer petals, no longer than the anthers; I hope I can hang on to it.   

[Brian Ellis]

Our season is long here ...
you can see another of the Schorbuser Lichter (lights).
The color  turns from green to yellow orange ...
no name
still in trial

I am liking them more and more Hagen thanks for sharing them with us.

[Rick Goodenough]

I haven't seen a variagated form of Galanthus. I saw yellow-leaved "semi-albino" forms or how they are properly called, but never something like that. It was not made due to something laying on this clump, because it was in the middle of the forest and there was no trace of anything giving any problems for this plant to grow. I noticed that there were three plants in the clump and even a single-leaved individual, all had that specific marking on the leaves.

Chris, Quite interesting color variation pattern on these leaves you have shown. Just yesterday, a gentleman from British Columbia Canada posted a photo of a recent find of his with very similar markings as these. I will ask him permission to use his photo here to show you.

Fun to see this one and I hope it is not some pathogen.

Best,

Rick

[Rick Goodenough]

Chris,

Cal Mateer of BC, Canada is fine with me sharing his photo of a rather similar find. To Alan's point on another snowdrop, 'Nobody's Prank', these finds seem to come in waves. And in looking at some of our plant explorers findings over the past couple of years, these new forms and features seem to cross species boundaries quite often. Interesting question Alan, is it a heightened awareness of new features or something else at play? I find it odd the quantity of virescent or semi virescent varieties that have been discovered in the recent few years. Twenty years ago there were only a few good examples of them. Same point could be made of poculiforms and more recently inverse poculiforms. We could add yellows to the mix. Interesting to noodle this one.

Do you think Cal's find is an elwesii? That is what he most typically finds, though this one seems to have some plicatus hints in the leaves. Curious about the species of the one you have found, Chris?

Fun stuff.

Rick

[emma T]

Some drops still looking good in my garden. G. elwesii 'Chicken Wire' , G. nivalis 'Prague Spring', G. nivalis 'Hedgehog ' and G. 'Starling'

[emma T]

Some more from yesterday G. elwesii 'Mandarin ' , 'The Wizard', 'Funny Justine' , 'yashmack' and ' Valentine's Day ' with fosteri in the back ground .

[Maggi Young]

G. elwesii 'Mandarin ' has a rather nice shape.

[emma T]

Findling no.1

[emma T]

Findling no.3 thought I'd left this one in Dorset when I moved , found it hiding yesterday

[emma T]

Findling no.2 , my cousin has named it 'Freve'

[emma T]

And then there is this freaky thing , first spotted in 2015, happen across it again on Friday, it might get a name and up in Matts new book

[Maggi Young]

Still as much happening with you as there is "up here", Emma!

[emma T]

The majority are almost over . But things are still to come too

[Mariette]

Findling no.2 , my cousin has named it 'Freve'

This one has a very special mark, which I like ! Hope YouŽll propagate that one.