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Bulbs => Galanthus => Topic started by: RichardW on March 03, 2010, 10:25:07 AM

Title: odd Nivalis? problem or interesting?
Post by: RichardW on March 03, 2010, 10:25:07 AM

in my daily trawl through the masses these jumped out at me today.

there are two small clumps both displaying the same feature, the inner segment is translucent, for want of a better word, so appears green with the anthers creating an orange "glow"

the plants appear healthy but wonder if this is a sign of poor health? or a natural but very attractive oddity? Not seen anything like it before here but maybe it is quite common?

Title: Re: odd Nivalis? problem or interesting?
Post by: mark smyth on March 03, 2010, 10:35:58 AM

Richard we saw something similar last week on the forum. It looks like the anthers are shining through due to a damaged inner

Title: Re: odd Nivalis? problem or interesting?
Post by: Alan_b on March 03, 2010, 11:53:14 AM

I've seen this and been excited by it but I fear it is just a phenomenon that sometimes happens as the flower is about to go over.

Title: Re: odd Nivalis? problem or interesting?
Post by: Hagen Engelmann on March 03, 2010, 12:15:56 PM

John, this is a bad sign. Hope for you, it`s only a normal plant. If the flowers look  glassy, often the plant is infected.

Title: Re: odd Nivalis? problem or interesting?
Post by: RichardW on March 03, 2010, 04:53:46 PM

eek, infected with what?

is growing amongst the masses on the edge of the garden so well away from any specials.