Talk:Galanthus

message: Can this be updated to take into account global warming. I have One fully in flower now, at 57 degrees North.--Jirate 17:03, 2005 Jan 9 (UTC)
^^^^ Also at 51 Degrees north
1000 decrees wakes  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.42.166.134 (talk) 01:32, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I have photographs of Galanthus taken 14 March 2024 in Skeppsholmen, Stockholm, Sweden. 59°19'36.3"N  18°04'54.1"E Msierchio (talk) 19:48, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Climate 

message: Is this article about the genus Galanthus or the species Galanthus nivalis? Parts of the article say one, parts the other, and they both redirect here. - Andre Engels 09:39, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: They are two separate things, 'Galanthus' is the species of flower the 'Galanthus Nivalis' is a variety of the species, this should be edited really. We will need as much information on the Galanthuis Nivalis as possible if we are going to make species pages. JMRH6 (talk) 11:55, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: There already is a far more detailed page for Galanthus nivalis, which is linked to from this page where appropriate. (By the way, Galanthus is actually the genus, and Galanthus nivalis is the species.) The top parts of both pages look similar, but they don't (or shouldn't) redirect to this page. SiGarb | (Talk) 00:37, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Galanthus or Galanthus nivalis

message: The list of species is obsolete. It has to be adapted according to A.P. Davis, as I did on fr.wiki and nl.wiki. --Réginald (To reply) 11:51, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It has been updated to the list in the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Peter coxhead (talk) 09:23, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of species 

message: I found some snowdrops in my garden earlier this year, and was wondering if somebody could give me advice on how to look after it.  Not sure if any instruction on the matter belongs in the article, but I figued this was a good place to ask! -  Jim Michael 11:53, 3 February 2012
: They don't really need much looking after. Don't meddle with the leaves after flowering; they will die down in early summer – try to remember where they were so you don't dig them out by mistake! If you need to move them, or split them up if the clumps get too congested, many books say do so "in the green", i.e. when the leaves are still on them, but more scientific sources say this is wrong; they are better moved when the leaves have died down – however they are then hard to find. I generally try to move mine when the leaves are yellow but still there so I can see where the bulbs are.  The bulbs don't like being dried out; unlike say tulips, snowdrops are woodland bulbs.  So if you dig up the bulbs, replant them straight away. Most kinds like good light in early Spring when they flower, but appreciate shade later – under a deciduous shrub can be a good place. Peter coxhead (talk) 11:27, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: How to look after snowdrops

message: In the Caucasus elder people often eat a small amount of Galanthus bulbs for health reasons.-- 178.115.249.147 (talk) 21:39, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: This should be added to the article, if a reliable source can be found as personal knowledge is not enough for Wikipedia. Peter coxhead (talk) 00:10, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Traditional uses 

message: The following was recently added to the article:
Notes from the book, Seeds of Deception by Jeffrey M. Smith, Page 17.  "Most critical among his mistakes was the type of lectin the research team had used.  They had engineered a potato to produce a lectin from the snowdrop plant, called GNA, known to be completely harmless to rats and humans.  The lectin James described, however, was ""concanavalin A""---a well known toxic immune suppressant.
Although this may well be relevant to the request for citations, it's not in a suitable format for a Wikipedia article, and I don't have access to the book to sort it out. If anyone does, please add back appropriately. Peter coxhead (talk) 13:30, 5 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Addition re lectin 

message: I am reverting the deletion of this link, which is an important place in the history of the genus and contains important information on Galanthus and Elwes in particular.--Michael Goodyear (talk) 15:20, 10 October 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: content is now fine, with an independent source.  thx Jytdog (talk) 16:54, 10 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Colesbourne Park 

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message: How do they survive such cold temperatures?
Which insects are alive when the start to bloom?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:908:108C:86C0:A1FB:1842:503D:7595 (talk) 12:55, 7 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Obvious questions left after reading the article: