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Bulbs => Galanthus => Topic started by: Oakwood on January 17, 2015, 12:23:29 PM
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So, just a question on a final naming of snowdrop found some years ago here in Ukraine. Does this proposed name reflect a whole appearance and a mood of this cultivar? ???
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Yes :-*
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Certainly , yes - I nearly ate it!
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Good name picking :D, it is a good choice for this snowdrop !
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Great name and great find. But it isn't, how can I say this tactfully..... the best looking snowdrop I've ever seen. I'm sure there would be a cue of people lining up to get their hands on this little oddity but is a bit too 'different' for me. It must have been great discovering this though and bringing it into cultivation.
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Certainly the most suitable name for this one. Nobody could dispute that - surely?
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Now I have to disagree. The name was well-suited whilst the plant was in the wild but I'm afraid in cultivation it is not living up to its name and frankly looks quite disheveled. Is it possible it will do a turn around a return to its rather snappy appearance?
johnw
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Great name, just like a popped kernel of corn in the wild photos. Were the cultivation photos of flowers that had started to go by?
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Great name, just like a popped kernel of corn in the wild photos. Were the cultivation photos of flowers that had started to go by?
the last two photos made in my garden one year after finding
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funny name, well done Oaky ;)
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Ye gods, a split-corona snowdrop! Popcorn is just the correct name.
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okey! thanks to all! 8) accepted!
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and one more poll, how about this finding G. nivalis "Chuhayster" ? (chuhayster - in the Ukrainian Carpathian epos it is a wood goblin). I think this one also really differs from traditional snowdrop flower form concept ;D ;D
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I think this one also really differs from traditional snowdrop flower form concept ;D ;D
I think you are, unfortunately, correct Dimi
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Now that I like ................................................and no doubt Emma will also ;D ;D ;D
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Ha ha ha you called !
And yes I do love it :-* :-* :-*
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Dimi,
I like your popcorn drop, 'Popcorn' as it appears in the wild, and this nivalis 'Chuhayster' is a delight to my eye. I also noted the presence of what appears to be pollen on one of the photos.
If this is considered a green spikey, then it seems to have at least two distinctives, one being very green and the second that it appears to bear pollen. This 'Chuhayster' seems to have replaced its petal flower segments with something half akin to leaves, a bit hard to tell, but I am curious about your own observations on these "petals". Curious if they persist longer as a leaf might or if they collapse in about the same time as would a typical flower? A terrific find.
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I think you are, unfortunately, correct Dimi
Wood goblin seems too benign and even cute. Perhaps it should be named the Ukranian word for a changeling: "an ugly or strange child left by fairies in place of a pretty, charming child." However, I hasten to add that I would grow it :D.
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Oh that one's a cracker!
johnw - +3c after a cold night & 1" of rain on the way
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Dimi,
I like your popcorn drop, 'Popcorn' as it appears in the wild, and this nivalis 'Chuhayster' is a delight to my eye. I also noted the presence of what appears to be pollen on one of the photos.
If this is considered a green spikey, then it seems to have at least two distinctives, one being very green and the second that it appears to bear pollen. This 'Chuhayster' seems to have replaced its petal flower segments with something half akin to leaves, a bit hard to tell, but I am curious about your own observations on these "petals". Curious if they persist longer as a leaf might or if they collapse in about the same time as would a typical flower? A terrific find.
Rick, it's stable morpha, all springs it appears like this, I suppose it should be a phytoplasmosis, so why we have phyllodes instead of normal perianth segments....
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Are you sure you did not find these a 100km from Kiev! :o
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Dimi,
Thank you for your response...I hope the "in the wild popcorn look" returns. Best, Rick
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Both are amazing and would be highly treasured in everyones collection - personally I live spikey drops and green ones so that's a double tick and as for popcorn - love it and so aptly named.
Well done in your finds - please keep the photo's coming they are brilliant.