galanthus wanted

[Frans IJsselstijn]

Hello everybody

My name is Frans IJsselstijn and I’m from the Netherlands
I collect Galanthus specially Galanthus species and sow and grow hardy and semi hardy terrestrial orchids.
I would love to get Galanthus ikariae ssp ikariae and Galanthus transcaucasicus.
Does someone know how to get those Galanthus species?
I have G.cilicicus, G.reginae olgae, G.reginae olgae vernalis and G peshmeni to exchange

Frans

[Maggi Young]

Hello, Frans, welcome to the forum! You will find a lot of snowdrop lovers here, they will be able to offer a lot of advice I am sure.

[Anthony Darby]

I'm sure I saw Galanthus transcaucasicus at the Early Bulb Day last weekend? Wish I'd bought it now.

[mark smyth]

Frans I dont grow any of those two and havent seen them for sale. I bought a pot of ikariae from a supplier and they turned out this year to be woronowii

[Anthony Darby]

I have seedlings of Galanthus ikariae ikariae sown last year. My other bulb of this form (from Ikaria in the eastern Aegean) has divided in two this year. Not quite open yet. I don't have G. cilicicus and real G. platyphyllus is another that seems to be difficult to come by.

[Hans J]

Hi Frans ,

You can have from me Gal. ikariae ( true plants ) ,I grow also Gal. transcaucasicus but I have in this time not material enough to give it away -may be in some time .
I would be interestet for Gal. cilicicus

Please contact me private .

Hans
from Germany

[Susan Band]

Mark, is this Galanthus ikariae? I was meaning to ask you. If so I will go and put it on my website, was wanting it confirmed before I listed it.

[mark smyth]

before I can say for sure how big/small is the inner mark? That of ikariae takes up at least a third of the inner petal. woronowii usually has a very small mark like a capital B

[Susan Band]

It has a small inner mark, so I it must be woronowii then. The plant finder (an old copy) has it listed as G. ikariae - Woronowii Group. What are your views? Do I list it as a seperate species or with the group name?

[Hans J]

Hi Susan ,Hi Mark,

You can G. ikariae recognosize if you cut a leaf and look for the cells ( this is written in the Galanthus book of A.Davis - page 160 ) the air cells are good visiable .
The plants on the picture  from Susan loks more like G.woronowii -the color is not so dark like G. ikariae .
The inner mark helps not always real -there are also some G. woronowii with bigger marks.
Here are some pics made by me on a trip to Ikaria

Greetings
Hans

[mark smyth]

Susan list it as Galanthus woronowii if it is that.

Hans your reply is still a little misleading. Do you think it's woronowii or ikariae?

[Susan Band]

Hans, the leaves do not look the same as in your plant, mine are wider with 3 distinct ridges. I wouldn't say that the air cells were very obvious so I think it will be woronowii. Thanks for your help. Mark also. Will go and list it now.

[Hans J]

Susan ,

Here is again a scann of my garden G. ikariae ,there is visible the bulks on on surface of the leaves .
Here is a other pic from a real G. woronowii from a trip in Turkey

Greetings
Hans

[Susan Band]

Hans,
It certainly looks more like G. woronowii. Here is a picture of the whole plant, its such a dull day here that I can't get a photo of the inner markings.
Mark/Hans let me know if you change your minds. now about a price

[Frans IJsselstijn]

Thank you for all the anwers

Frans IJsselstijn