Galanthus March 2009

[hadacekf]

Could anyone help with an ID please from this Galanthus? G.woronowii,  ikariae, or   platyphyllus                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
I would be very grateful for your help.

[Hans J]

Franz ,

Thats shure G.woronowii

Best wishes to Austria
Hans

[Anthony Darby]

Bill Clarke with the "e", Thomas, according to the Snowdrop Book (Bishop, Davis and Grimshaw)

Isn't the book wrong this time? I thought Bill Clark spelt his name without the 'e'?

[Brian Ellis]

If so it's wrong here too Anthony

http://www.wt-woods.org.uk/clarkscorner/description.asp

[vivienr]

Could anyone help with an ID please from this Galanthus? G.woronowii,  ikariae, or   platyphyllus                                       

I would say woronowii too - ikariae has a much longer green mark and platyphyllus does not have the notch on the inner.

There is quite a variation in the size of the marks on your clump and you appear to have a green tipped one on the left of the photo. I am not an expert, but I do not think that green tipped woronowii are very common so you might want to keep an eye on that one.

[Thomas Seiler]

Hi Thomas

many thanks for posting the pictures - I have only seen 'Sarah Dumont' once before and that was last year on SRGC - I hadn't realised that it was a yellow as last years picture showed it as green.

Now that I have seen 'Sarah Dumont' in her full glory I have really fallen for her - one to add to my search list.

This was last years picture - looks the same flower from the shape - but I guess a much older flower as I have noticed some of the yellows can change to a green colour as they mature.

Cheers

John

Hello John
when I received 'Sarah Dumont' last year from Joe Sharman, the ovary was green, the inner marking yellow. I was slightly disappointed, but now in my garden it turned up as a perfect yellow! And there is still no sign of getting greenish. If one might think, that acid soil might influence the colour of the yellow ones: I am gardening on alkaline soil...

Cheers
Thomas

[Thomas Seiler]

Bill Clarke with the "e", Thomas, according to the Snowdrop Book (Bishop, Davis and Grimshaw)

Isn't the book wrong this time? I thought Bill Clark spelt his name without the 'e'?

Joe Sharman always listed 'Bill Clark', and I should think, he knows the right spelling. But what is more important: The right spelling according to the name of Mr. Clark, or that it is published as 'Bill Clarke' in the book?

[Maggi Young]

Well, I think it is more important now Mr Clark spelled his name... and I think it is a pity when books get these things wrong. 

Edit : I'm told that the book I consulted was  the first edition and that the spelling mistake was corrected in the econd edition to be 'Bill Clark'.

[wolfgang vorig]

Hello Thomas,

Trio yellow Snowdrops is super!
Regard  wolfgang

[wolfgang vorig]

some pictures

Regard   wolfgang

 G. ladogechianus
 G. nivalis green tipped
 G. nivalis Poculiformis
 G. wendy's gold

[wolfgang vorig]

Could anyone help with an ID please from this Galanthus? G.woronowii,  ikariae, or   platyphyllus                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
I would be very grateful for your help.

Hello Franz,
your Galanthus is Galanthus woronowii

Regard   wolfgang

[Anthony Darby]

If so it's wrong here too Anthony

http://www.wt-woods.org.uk/clarkscorner/description.asp

No, it's correct here as, just as I suspected, Bill Clark has no 'e' in his name.

[Thomas Seiler]

Thank you, Maggi and Anthony. Now we know, that the correct spelling is 'Bill Clark' and I am no longer irritated when reading that. I have the first edition of the book like most of us ...

[Thomas Seiler]

Thank you, Wolfgang.
Your green tipped nivalis and the poculiform one with three green lines are looking nice and distinct. Are they your own finds?

[hadacekf]

Could anyone help with an ID please from this Galanthus? G.woronowii,  ikariae, or   platyphyllus                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
I would be very grateful for your help.

Thank you very much for your help.