Galanthus elwesii

Plant Characteristics

Origin:	✈	?

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	?"?" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property.
Water:	◍	?"?" is not in the list (wet, moist, moderate, dry, less when dormant) of allowed values for the "Water" property.

Scientific Names

Read about Galanthus elwesii in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Galanthus elwesii, Hook. Giant Snowdrop. Fig. 1616. Bulb larger and fls. more globose than in G. nivalis: outer segms. oblong-spatulate, 9-15 lines long, 6-9 lines broad; inner segms. green in the lower half and also around the sinus. Mountains of Asia Minor. B.M. 6166. R.H. 1880, p. 148. G.C. II. 11:236. G.M. 34:154. Gn. M. 2:117; 12:112.—The inner segms. are narrowed suddenly just below the apical lobes, which are square and much larger than in G. fosteri. They also form a. narrower tube than in any other species. Dealers have advertised vars. Cassaba (A. F. 3:471. C.L.A. 5:135. Gng. 5:180. Gt. 48, p. 225. Gn. 55, p. 206), ochrospilus (has pale yellow coloring on the inner segms.), unguiculatus has a long claw at the tip of each outer segm. (G.C. III. 17:361), and Erithrae. Var. globdsus has almost globular fls., larger than in the type, and very broad lvs. Var. whittallii (Qn. 57, p. 45; 59, p. 262) seems to belong here. Var. poculiformis, a large and robust form with the inner and outer segms. both pure white. Perhaps not in Amer. and rare in England.—G. robustus, Hort., seems never to have been accounted for by Baker. It may perhaps be G. elwesii Var. robustus which is a trade name. It is broad-lvd and glaucous. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Cultivation

Do you have cultivation info on this plant? Edit this section!

Propagation

Do you have propagation info on this plant? Edit this section!

Pests and diseases

Do you have pest and disease info on this plant? Edit this section!

Gallery

If you have a photo of this plant, please upload it! Plus, there may be other photos available for you to add.

• 

  photo 1

• 

  photo 2

• 

  photo 3

References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

External links

• w:Galanthus elwesii. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
• Galanthus elwesii QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)