Common Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis)(18/02/2024) New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (bank near entrance to New Hall). This is Common rather than Green Snowdrop because the inside of the flower, the green stripes extend all the way along the inside of the flower - in Green Snowdrop they are shorter. Also the leaves are very different, see later.
Common Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis)(18/02/2024) New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (bank near entrance to New Hall). Closeup of the classic green chevron (Green Snowdrop instead has a flatter chevron, soemtimes simply two green spots).
Common Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis)(14/02/2022) New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (bank near entrance to New Hall). This is Common rather than Green Snowdrop because of these thin leaves - Green Snowdrop has much broader, greener and shiny leaves.
Common Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis)(14/02/2022) New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (bank near entrance to New Hall).
Common Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis)(18/02/2024) New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (bank near entrance to New Hall).
Common Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis)(18/02/2024) New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (bank near entrance to New Hall). Again playing with flash exposures to capture the incredible sparklyness of the petails - that you'd never know was there.
Common Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis)(18/02/2024) New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (bank near entrance to New Hall). I discovered this sparklyness of some species' petals by sheer accident on a Cranesbill flower when I had the flash set technically wrongly, and the exposure set wrongly. When I loaded them up on the computer, I couldn't believe my eyes! So this type of photography has become a bit of an obsession!
Common Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis)(18/02/2024) New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (bank near entrance to New Hall). The anthers - stigma is poking up in the middle.
Common Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis)(18/02/2024) New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (bank near entrance to New Hall). This image doesn't really do justice to the sparkly petals.
Common Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis)(11/03/2023) New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (bank near entrance to New Hall). Green Snowdrop instead has bright green and wide leaves.
Common Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis)(11/03/2023) New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (bank near entrance to New Hall).
Common Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis)(18/02/2024) New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (bank near entrance to New Hall). They greyness seems to be due to these presumably stomata that control the rate of gas exchange (CO2 in, O2 out).
Double-Flowered Common Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis) (14/02/2022) New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (bank near entrance to New Hall). Double-flowered versions are pretty common.
Double-Flowered Common Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis) (14/02/2022) New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (bank near entrance to New Hall).
Double-Flowered Common Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis) (14/02/2022) New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (bank near entrance to New Hall). They are quite easy to spot as the larger number of petals makes the outer petals splay out more than the normal version.
Double-Flowered Common Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis) (14/02/2022) New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (bank near entrance to New Hall).. Showing the way that the outer petals splay out compared with normal snowdrops so the inner extra petals can fit in!
Double-Flowered Common Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis) (14/02/2022) New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (bank near entrance to New Hall). Unfortunately one of the petals broke off!
Double-Flowered Common Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis) (11/03/2023) New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (bank near entrance to New Hall).
