[pbs] Galanthus reginae-olgae, was New Jersey Weather
Mark BROWN
brown.mark at wanadoo.fr
Tue Feb 3 14:46:27 EST 2009
Dear Rodger,
I would place bets that it is a form of Galanthus elwesii var. monostictus.There are a great many of these flowering early in november thru to december.Could you post a photo somewhere for identification purposes?
Mark ,in only 7cms of snow melting fast.
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> On 2 Feb 2009, at 10:46, Jane McGary wrote:
>
> > [Galanthus reginae-olgae] increases fairly well but doesn't seem to set
> > viable seed, perhaps because I have only one clone.
>
> I have two forms of this, both grown from exchange seed. One has flowers
> accurately described by the Farrerean epithet "squinny": rather narrow petals
> with little substance to them, more nearly the ghost of a plant than a plant of
> beauty.
>
> However, the other form has nice dumpy flowers of good substance, and is a
> welcome site in late fall.
>
> Locally, there is a rather large snowdrop grown that usually flowers in early
> December regular as clockwork, later than my G. r-o forms but earlier than all
> the rest. It appears to have been passed from hand to hand in a single small
> neighborhood, though it occurs spottily elsewhere. I have some specimens of
> what appears to be the same form. Can anyone suggest the proper name of this
> form?
>
>
>
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> Rodger Whitlock
> Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
> Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate
> on beautiful Vancouver Island
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