Test your skill........

[Martin Baxendale]

I'll have to look at these tomorrow. Some you still can't see the marks properly, others it's difficult without the leaves as well, and a few are really quite undistinguished snowdrops. For example, there's one with a mark like elwesii monostictus Mrs MacNamara but without seeing if the leaves are elwesii or nivalis types, it's literally impossible to say, it could just as easily be a nivalis. And that big one in the middle, without the leaves you can't even tell if it's an elwesii or a hybrid.

[Martin Baxendale]

I think one is Sir Herbert Maxwell (sixth pic from bottom), and another (14th pic from bottom) looks like Atkinsii and possibly Mrs MacNamara, but that's my lot for tonight.

[Maggi Young]

Much better, that's the spirit, don't let the identical little white flowers get you down.... I'm off for a gigglecup of hot chocolate and then to bed, to dream of Crocus and the returning BD... see you all tomorrow!

[Martin Baxendale]

Much better, that's the spirit, don't let the identical little white flowers get you down.... I'm off for a gigglecup of hot chocolate and then to bed, to dream of Crocus and the returning BD... see you all tomorrow!

Oh I didn't say they were identical, Maggi. They're all different to my eye. It's just that some of them aren't very exciting.

[Martin Baxendale]

And without leaves, some of the nicer ones are difficult to pin an exact name on. Anyhoo, sweet dreams (I hope you dream of snowdrops. Ha-hah! Think snowdrops...think snowdrops...have you read this? Think snowdrops...think snowdrops...read that? Right, now you'll dream of snowdrops...nothing but snowdrops all night long...no crocus...no BD...no chocolates...just SNOWDROPS. It's all in the power of suggestion. Night, night.   

[Maggi Young]

I  heard that.... bet you dream of Smurfs!
By the way, I think the really big one is either Sickle or Washfield Colebourne... they are both there somewhere!.... Night night!

[Martin Baxendale]

Right! I can see 'Sickle' now, on the right, about 3 o'clock behind a load of others. And the big one must be Washfield Colesbourne then, as per my original guess - but it's a very big, well-grown one!

[Martin Baxendale]

I think I'll dream about some nice crocus and erythroniums while you're dreaming about SNOWDROPS!!! Nice white SNOWDROPS!!! Oh, the power of suggestion is amazing. (I'll actually be dreaming about Keira Knightley).

[mark smyth]

one might be elwesii Brodleigh form/Donald Simms

[hadacekf]

BTW - there are only 2 types of crocus .... easy ones for the garden which everyone can grow and tricky ones which specialists kill slowly 
Tony,
I agree with you, dead right!
Franz

[Maggi Young]

This must be how a cat feels, after playing with a wounded mouse for ten minutes...bored 
 Here is the list of snowies in the vase.... it's up to you if you can put the names to the faces now!
Galanthus   elwesii   G.F. Handel
Galanthus   elwesii   Sickle
Galanthus   elwesii   Hiemalis ex Br.G.
Galanthus   imperati   "ginn,s form"
Galanthus   nivalis   
Galanthus   nivalis   plena
Galanthus   nivalis   Anglesey abby
Galanthus   nivalis   viridea-piece
Galanthus   plicatus    
Galanthus   plicatus    Gerard Parker'
Galanthus   rizehensis   
Galanthus   woronowii   type 1
Galanthus   woronowii   type 2
Galanthus   X G 71   
Galanthus   X Galatea   
Galanthus   X John Gray
Galanthus   X Lady Beatrix Stanley
Galanthus   X Magnet
Galanthus   X Mrs. Thompson
Galanthus   X Washfield Colesbourne
Galanthus   X Sir Herbert Maxwell
Galanthus   X Straffan
Galanthus   X Wisley Magnet
Galanthus   X Bertram Anderson
Galanthus   X Desdemona
Galanthus   X Brenda troyle
Galanthus   X Atkinsii
Galanthus   X  ??

[Anthony Darby]

Anthony we will try and chip this if possible and as for Whisky well any malt that is wet?? cheers Ian the Christie kind.

Not too wet I hope?

[Martin Baxendale]

This must be how a cat feels, after playing with a wounded mouse for ten minutes...bored 
Here is the list of snowies in the vase.... it's up to you if you can put the names to the faces now!

Looks like I got 10 right. A lot of the others you couldn't see properly, or (without leaves) were impossible to put a definite name to (unless you wanted a list like "if that one has elwesii leaves, it's...., but if it has nivalis leaves its....and if it has....)

Did that giant snowdrop you dreamed about catch you, Maggi?

[Maggi Young]

Did that giant snowdrop you dreamed about catch you, Maggi?

No, Martin, I drove over it in my little tank and sprayed the remains a nice blue colur, like spuds not for human consumption

[mark smyth]

I dont believe Gerard Parker is there