Galanthus in February 2014

[Ru]

Few new snowdrops

[Ru]

[Hagen Engelmann]

Congratulations Ru, you create the next green world of Galanthus.

[Brian Ellis]

Thank you for showing us Ru, I continue to be amazed, especially by those incredible variegated leaves and PP-S-14-0583.  Nice start to our day

[Mavers]

Great to see your new snowdrops Ru.

[Sean Fox]

Wow Ru 

[annew]

I need some help with identifying this snowdrop. I got it as Kite, and I remember it had twin flowers when I bought it. Now I notice that the mark on the flower is not correct according to other peoples' photos, and I'm wondering whether I've got some labels mixed up. The flower has heavy ridging on the outers. It's quite tall with a large flower.

[Tim Ingram]

Not 'Kite' Anne - this is our plant of 'Kite'; full marking, very glaucous leaves and pointed tepals. Carolyn asked about this earlier with reference to twin flowers, but I haven't noticed this with our plant. It has been quite slow to build up with us but does have a 'quality' about it in my eyes.

[Sean Fox]

Flower looks similar to Fieldgate Tiffany but maybe too pale a green.

[Brian Ellis]

Here was a real treat today, two visitors homed in on it straight away!  'Chantry Green Twins', a gift from Wol and Sue, the information I have is that it was found about 2007.  It has "similarities to a well grown G. elwesii 'Comet' reliably producing a darker green tipped marking on the outer segments and a beautiful heart shaped inner sinus mark. Unlike G.elwesii 'Comet' a percentage of a mature, well grown clump will have twin green tipped flowers on each scape.   Possibly a cross between Comet and Kite."

Beginner's luck, the first flowering and you can see that it is doing it's thing!

[Maggi Young]

RHS photo of the crowds at the London Show today :

- you will see the snowdrops in the foreground 

(Some pictures in the Reticulata Iris thread of the J.Amand stand at the show which has been awarded a gold medal - no word on other medals yet...... )

[Alan_b]

Is that Emma's hat I see on the far side of the stand or am I imagining it because I know she is there somewhere?

[Maggi Young]

For the green lovers :
a photo  by Jim Almond of Galanthus 'Witchwood' from Ronald Mackenzie at the recent Caerleon Show, on the AGS site - this plant was awarded a Certificate of Merit.

[Maggi Young]

Is that Emma's hat I see on the far side of the stand or am I imagining it because I know she is there somewhere?

At about "11o'clock'  at the round stand, Alan?  I believe you may be right - dark coat, strap of shoulder bag - it's all saying Emma to  me

[snowdropcollector]

Ruslan, amazing fine green coloured finds again. Great to look at after a day hard working  .
Thank you for posting !!