Snowdrops for identification, please.

[Pauli]

Thanks, Alan - that was also my first suggestion. But I am a newby to the world of snodrops!

[johnstephen29]

Hi could anyone identify this snowdrop for me please, I know it is past it's best, but I am hopefull someone will know what it is. Myself I think it could be Ikariae.

[Alan_b]

Bit difficult without a picture, John, but woronowii and ikariae are often confused.  Woronowii are much more readily available so statistically it is likely to be that one.

[johnstephen29]

There is a picture there Alan, can't you see it?

[mark smyth]

Hi could anyone identify this snowdrop for me please, I know it is past it's best, but I am hopefull someone will know what it is. Myself I think it could be Ikariae.

They are G. elwesii but the leaves are very strange

[johnstephen29]

In what way Mark?

[Alan_b]

There is a picture there Alan, can't you see it?

Now I can.  But it looks very odd; was it taken with a flash?  I would try again and get some close-ups.  The leaves look too glaucous (or mostly do) to be anything other than elwesii.  Although there might be some gracilis in the mix.   

[Gerard Oud]

elwesii with a touch of gracilis they would say.

[johnstephen29]

Oh right I'll have another go. I took the pic with my iPhone.

[johnstephen29]

Hi guys are you saying it could be a hybrid between elwesii & gracilis? Here are some better photos I hope.

[Alan_b]

Still very difficult to see much from those photos, John (they are more like thumbnail images).  Many of the leaves seem to have strange discoloured blotches and I cannot tell what that is.

[johnstephen29]

Ok Alan I'll try again

[johnstephen29]

Here are the photos again

[johnstephen29]

Here are the photos again, I've tried not to get too close in case they come out blurred

[Alan_b]

Maybe the plants were in dappled sunlight and that gives them a blotchy appearance.  But the impression from the leaves is those the plants are rather worn.  Perhaps they were stressed somehow but they don't really look entirely healthy.