Galanthus March 2016

[Josh Nelson]

One of my (very) long pedicel plicatus byzantinus.  Second photo is from today after heavy rain; first shot is from 22 March. Outers measured at 43mm on 24th, which gives an idea of the length of the pedicel (not measured as keep forgetting but will confirm; one from this group had a pedicel of 45mm last year and this may be that or more).  This one has the most outward projecting pedicel; other clones have more arched pedicels of a similar length (can't recall if this one hung in a similar fashion last year or not but believe so).

[Mariette]

A very elegant and impressing selection, Josh!

[Roma]

Yesterday I noticed this Galanthus 'Magnet' with two flowers on one scape.  It was too windy to photograph yesterday and not much better today hence the blurry picture and the withered flowers.

[johnw]

A number of years ago I received 'Trym' from Colesbourne, when it flowered it was not 'Trym' but nick-named Tramp here.  It could very well be a named snowdrop, some thought 'Trymlet', 'Trumps' or 'Queen of Hearts'.  Nevertheless we grew seedlings of open-pollinated (in retrospect & given the uniform results it was most likely selfed) Tramps and a number, all very simlar, are still in flower here.  Here are seven of them.

johnw

[johnw]

And the last three Tramp op.

john

[Alan_b]

John, is the split mark (in the second photo) always split like that?

[johnw]

Alan  - This is where precise documentation & numbered seedlings accompanied by photos would be helpful.    I'm certainly hoping that split mark will be stable!

john

[Roma]

Just one miserable flower on Galanthus platyphyllus this year.  Leaves appeared on most of the bulbs in January. The leaf tips were frosted frosted and the flowers aborted.  This one did not appear till March which is usual.
Last flowers on Galanthus plicatus 'Warham Group'.  I got this from Broadleigh many years ago and it is a prolific seeder.  The flowers are unremarkable but I do like the broad leaves with their silver stripe.

[pehe]

I found a strange Galanthus nivalis in my garden today

Poul

[Bailey]

Hello, this is my first post.I was reading an old thread recently about hybridization and growing from seed, and am wondering given how old the thread is, what happened with the endeavours,they were discussing.                          There was a suggestion as to how long a wait it was for flowers, and that species took quite a long time to do so .       This is not very exciting but it is the first thing I have grown from seed and it flowered in three years,it is different from its parent, which is just some kind of nivalis, bought from a time when you purchased simple snowdrops, there wasn't much else to be had, and probably little galanthomania.                                                                                 Apologies if its too big and not a good picture, still learning.

[Alan_b]

I found a strange Galanthus nivalis in my garden today

Quite a few snowdrops sometimes throw extra petals from behind the receptacle (ovary) but are not usually consistent from one year to the next.  As you probably know, the snowdrop formerly known as 'Atkinsii' but now split-off to become 'James Backhouse' does this quite frequently, as well as tending to produce extra outer petals in their normal location.  You need to keep your one under observation for a few years.   

[Leena]

As you probably know, the snowdrop formerly known as 'Atkinsii' but now split-off to become 'James Backhouse' 

This is new to me, so is 'Atkinsii' now 'James Backhouse'?

[Alan_b]

Atkinsii was an historic well-established snowdrop renowned for its vigour, stature and a tendency to throw extra petals, sometimes from behind the receptacle.  But, apparently, it was possible to isolate a form that was regular and did not produce the extra petals.  In their wisdom, the powers that be assigned the name 'Atkinsii' to the regular form and gave the name 'James Backhouse' to the irregular form with which most of us are more familiar.  In my opinion continuity would have been better-served by assigning the name 'Atkinsii' to the aberrant form that most of us knew.  But it didn't happen that way.

[Leena]

Thank you Alan. 
I have 'Atkinsii' from four different sources, and at least one of them has a flower with four petals when I looked yesterday.
One bulbs which I got as 'Atkinsii' are not so good at multiplying and also they seem to flower a little later, their origin is from Estonia.
This clump has regular flowers, and multiplies well, so 'Atkinsii'. I will have to keep an eye on them in the next years to see if they are stable.

[Leena]

Some other snowdrops from yesterday.
G.lagodechianus has multiplied also well.
The second picture is 'Rosemary Burnham', planted last summer
In the third picture there is 'Lady Elphinstone' which last spring has yellow markings, and now green!
In the last picture on the right there are 'Jaquenetta' and the clump on the left is 'Cordelia'. I find it very difficult to tell them apart from the markings, I only know that J comes up earlier and is taller, and C comes up later and remains shorter.