Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum

Bulbs => Galanthus => Topic started by: johnw on February 14, 2011, 02:27:03 PM

Title: Galanthus lagodechianus vs G. kemulariae
Post by: johnw on February 14, 2011, 02:27:03 PM: The Book is temporarily in storage so I am unable to consult it.

Rareplants says of lagodechianus "From the gardener’s point of view, the fact that it is readily grown and flowered without making too many rice-grain offsets, marks it out as desirable." Chris Brickell at The Garden House says of kemulariae "It does not flower readily in cultivation."

In the very early 1990's I received bulbs labelled kemulariae from Don Armstrong. They have multiplied at a fantastic rate but have never flowered, the offsets can be described as rice-grains. A German galanthophile who saw the same plants reported to me that they were in fact lagodechianus and subsequently I relabelled them lagodechianus. Now I am not so sure I have done the right thing given the above statements. I must phone him to see if he has flowered them or the i.d. was done by leaf and vernation solely.

Two autumns ago I planted some deeply so it will be interesting to see if any flower this Spring. It will be sometime before the vernation and foliage can be examined outdoors as we are still deadlocked in winter. A high of only -4c yesterday, +2c now but a bit of cold to return later in the week. The ground is frozen and covered in several centimeters of ice plus 20cm of snow. We are not likely to match the early start to Spring as seen last year.

johnw
Title: Galanthus lagodechianus vs G. kemulariae
Post by: Lesley Cox on February 14, 2011, 09:51:23 PM: Could we please have the genus name in the topic title?
Title: Re: Galanthus lagodechianus vs G. kemulariae
Post by: Maggi Young on February 14, 2011, 10:53:54 PM: Good idea, Lesley... I have made that change.
Title: Re: Galanthus lagodechianus vs G. kemulariae
Post by: johnw on February 15, 2011, 12:58:12 AM: Quote from: Lesley Cox on February 14, 2011, 09:51:23 PM
Could we please have the genus name in the topic title?

There's another Genus at this time of year? ???

johnw
Title: Re: Galanthus lagodechianus vs G. kemulariae
Post by: Brian Ellis on February 15, 2011, 09:17:35 AM: Quote from: johnw on February 15, 2011, 12:58:12 AM
Quote from: Lesley Cox on February 14, 2011, 09:51:23 PM
Could we please have the genus name in the topic title?

There's another Genus at this time of year? ???

johnw

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Galanthus lagodechianus vs G. kemulariae
Post by: Lesley Cox on February 15, 2011, 09:54:59 AM: Quote from: johnw on February 15, 2011, 12:58:12 AM

There's another Genus at this time of year? ???

johnw

:P :P :P That's not a licking my licks in anticipation smiley. It's a poking my tongue out at you smiley. :D
Title: Re: Galanthus lagodechianus vs G. kemulariae
Post by: daveyp1970 on February 15, 2011, 10:55:25 AM: Quote from: Lesley Cox on February 15, 2011, 09:54:59 AM
Quote from: johnw on February 15, 2011, 12:58:12 AM

There's another Genus at this time of year? ???

johnw

:P :P :P That's not a licking my licks in anticipation smiley. It's a poking my tongue out at you smiley. :D
licking my licks ooooohhhh my thats so funny i'm laughing my head off i wish there was a smiley for that.