Snowdrops!

[davidbr]

Having spent the last few days battling to identify a whole load of snowdrop photos of various naturalised species, here's a final few that have defeated me and on which I need some help!


This one, I was thinking along the lines of Pleated Snowdrop (Galanthus plicatus), but I can't find a clear photo online anywhere


Are these just Common Snowdrop, (Galanthus nivalis)


And this last one I reckon might be Caucasian Snowdrop, (Galanthus caucasicus)?

[leifus]

1 looks like a hybrid between common and green to me

2 common snowdrop

3 i think you are right but im unsure

[Tiggrx]

1. I wonder if this is G. valentinei (G. nivalis x plicatus) - I can't see any obvious pleats on the leaves. I don't find G. plicatus easy to ID from pictures
2. Yes, G. nivalis
3. Sort of right... The plant that has long been grown in gardens (and escaped from them is now thought not to be the real G. caucasicus but in fact a form of G. elwesii called var. monostictus

[Tiggrx]

Originally Posted by davidbr

I was thinking along the lines of Pleated Snowdrop (Galanthus plicatus), but I can't find a clear photo online anywhere

I will try and photograph mine from the garden when I get a chance. It hasn't flowered this year, but it is the leaves that are the distinctive part

[Pippa]

This thread is fascinating.I had many snowdrops in my last garden and had no idea there were different ones.

[Tiggrx]

Originally Posted by Pippa

This thread is fascinating.I had many snowdrops in my last garden and had no idea there were different ones.

Worldwide there are 18 species and there are well over 500 garden varieties/hybrids!

[Pippa]

Originally Posted by Tiggrx

Worldwide there are 18 species and there are well over 500 garden varieties/hybrids!

Thankyou Tiggrx.Amazing.

[Cheryl]

That's very interesting - I had no idea there were so many varieties. I was interested to see the pictures with the different leaves - I'm used to seeing the different flower heads but had never considered the leaves before which made me think of the lone snowdrop I saw the other day ............

Here is a picture it, it was growing within sandy heathland, it was the only flower but there are other leaves in the view.

The leaves are very broad

[Tiggrx]

Originally Posted by Cheryl

That's very interesting - I had no idea there were so many varieties. I was interested to see the pictures with the different leaves - I'm used to seeing the different flower heads but had never considered the leaves before which made me think of the lone snowdrop I saw the other day ............

Here is a picture it, it was growing within sandy heathland, it was the only flower but there are other leaves in the view.

The leaves are very broad

It looks as if the leaves are bright green rather than the more usual greyish colour of snowdrop leaves. This would mean it is Green Snowdrop (Galanthus woronowii)

[Tiggrx]

Here are the promised pics of the G. plicatus leaves from my garden


notice the central glaucous stripe and green edges, relatively broad leaf and pleated folds (try not to notice the grass and weeds it is struggling to grow through)

This a pic of the underside of the leaf tip

again notice the pleats but also the leaf edge rolling under at the tip (in a younger leaf this would run much further down the leaf)

finally the underside of the leaf-tip of G. nivalis

narrower leaf, no pleats and no rolling under of leaf-edge

hope this helps