Snowdrops for identification, please.

[johnralphcarpenter]

Probably a description. See "Snowdrops" page 167: "Some clones of G. elwesii regularly produce three leaves in each shoot. One such was named 'Three Leaves', and should have only a single inner segment mark..." I probably got it from John Morley but wouldn't swear to it.

[Alan_b]

It's not that hard to find elwesiis with three leaves and a bit silly to try to name one entirely on that basis.

[mark smyth]

Can anyone recognise this lost name 'drop from Tom Mitchell:

You mean its your plant Maggi? I don't know it either

[Chris Johnson]

Can anyone put a name to this snowdrop? It came north with us from an unnamed clump.

As far as I can ascertain, only straight species were planted.

[Alan_b]

Chris, we can only see a glimpse of the leaves which are the most useful means of telling the species apart.  But I can see nothing to suggest that it is not the common snowdrop, Galanthus nivalis.

[Maggi Young]

You mean its your plant Maggi? I don't know it either

No, it's Tom's drop - he's been looking for the name for it, he thinks it is a named variety as far as I know.

[Chris Johnson]

Chris, we can only see a glimpse of the leaves which are the most useful means of telling the species apart.  But I can see nothing to suggest that it is not the common snowdrop, Galanthus nivalis.

Thanks Alan.

I've always treated them as a spectacle and only recently potted some up for closer adulation.

[mark smyth]

One from me for identification - short and very fat. 10cm high and going by the leaves its a plicatus hybrid

[annew]

Don't know but it's nice!

[mark smyth]

Don't know but it's nice!

It is! Going through all my elwesii and plicatus photos I cant find a matching photo.

As these are growing in a pot in the green house they must be new to me. I didn't buy much in 2013 but did buy at the gala and East Anglia bulb sale in 2012. At the gala I photograph all new purchases on the day or day after. These must have failed to flower in 2013 which makes me think I got them at the 2012 bulb sale as dry bulbs. The packets on sale usually contain bulbs of various sizes but why did I write a label that simply says "elwesii 5"? I wouldn't buy ordinary G. elwesii.

[MR GRUMPY]

One from me for identification - short and very fat. 10cm high and going by the leaves its a plicatus hybrid

Dodo Norton,without a shadow of doubt,Mark

[mark smyth]

Thanks very much. Looking at my photos of Dodo Norton I see some will have to be relabelled Might Atom group but way back in 2008 I have a photo of a very similar plant

[Gordon Cottis]

Can anyone recognise this lost name 'drop from Tom Mitchell:
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I'd normally be very reluctant to get into identifying snowdrops from photos - especially when I've never seen the plant in question but Tom's plant could be 'Trumpolute'.
North Green listed it in 2011 as 'the first significant hybrid between G.plicatus 'Trym' and G.elwesii to have convolute leaves and flowers reminding us of both G. 'Trumps' and G.plicatus 'Trym'. Perhaps someone who could afford to bid for it in 2011 can confirm.

[Brian Ellis]

Trumpolute is flared like a pagoda.

[Gordon Cottis]

Yes Brian I've just seen the picture on the back of their catalogue. There must be another convolute 'Trym' type out there.