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Bulbs => Galanthus => Topic started by: Olga Bondareva on April 03, 2008, 03:24:59 PM

Title: 6-petaled Galanthus
Post by: Olga Bondareva on April 03, 2008, 03:24:59 PM

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One bulb is with flowers of 6 petals. Is it something interesting or sometimes it happens with Galanthuses?

Title: Re: 6-petaled Galanthus
Post by: mark smyth on April 03, 2008, 05:01:22 PM

Olga is happens. Is it in your own garden or in the wild?

Title: Re: 6-petaled Galanthus
Post by: Hagen Engelmann on April 03, 2008, 05:06:21 PM

Hi Olga, may be, that the one Flower of the 6-petaled Galanthus is a mutation for only this year. It looks so, because the other flowers are normally. You should trial the plant for some years.
I have some 4-5 petaled Galanthus. they are flowering the third year with the same number of petales. I hope they will be stable.

Title: Re: 6-petaled Galanthus
Post by: Olga Bondareva on April 03, 2008, 05:23:50 PM

Thanks!

Mark yes it is in garden. I've never seen such flowers before.

Hagen it would be interesting if it was the same every year.

Title: Re: 6-petaled Galanthus
Post by: Hagen Engelmann on April 03, 2008, 06:35:41 PM

Olga,

are there only 6 outer petales and no inners? So it`s pokuliforme. Or there are 6 outers and 6 (no seen) inners? Than its a double!