Galanthus

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Galanthus (Snowdrops) in Antalya

There are basically just 2 types of Galanthus expected in Antalya, both with greyish leaves. In the following the features are chosen to bring out the contrasts, and whilst links are provided to iNaturalist RG photos, not all the IDs there should be treated as correct.

• elwesii - Leaves broad (10+ mm at flowering) without a mid-long white channel, which emerge with one enveloping the other (look at plant base), and mature stiffly upright with usually a hooded tip (like a rowing boat end). Tepals (petals) are on the broader side (1-1.5 cm wide). Green patch on the inner tepal is a fairly solid U at the tip, just that in the case of var. monostichus, or also with a large patch at the tepal base (rarely divided in two longitudinally) for var. elwesii. Fruiting capsule 10 mm (fairly spherical). Flowering (Dec)Feb-Apr.
A P Davis writes: "I have observed two collections of G. elwesii, of known wild provenance, that have changed from having two marks on each inner perianth segment to one! Both these plants were in cultivation for several years before changing in this way; each was collected in a different part of southern Turkey; and each was growing in a different location (in the same garden)." (The Genus Galanthus, 1999).

• pesmenii - Flowers emerge before the leaves (if leaves present then, then poorly developed). Leaves narrow (to 5 mm) with a mid-long white channel, which emerge with one pressed against the other (look at plant base), and mature are flaccid and curve across and down, with a flat tip. Tepals (petals) are on the narrower side (1 cm wide). Green patch on the inner tepal is on the outside an inverted U (sometimes merged), but inside extends much further (usually about halfway to tepal base). Fruiting capsule 10-20 mm (elliptic to spherical). Flowering Oct-Nov(Dec).

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