Yes generally and for gardening purposes it is Galanthus elwesii var.monostictus Heimale group.It is only an horticultural selection.There is an area in southern Turkey where November var.monostictus grows if it is that.I don't know what the situation is regards genitic decoding,or how this plant is elated to G.elwesii.It is quite variable.All of the excellent and desirable variations have been found amongst it ,virescent and yellow etc. Could you post somewhere an image of your other large autumn snowdrop? Mark W. Brown In freezing Normandie.Incredible sunrise just now but some fishscale clouds arriving so freezing rain soon to follow.First Eranthis up just before the snow fell. > Message du 03/02/09 23:24 > De : "jamesamckenney@verizon.net" > A : pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Copie à : > Objet : [pbs] Galanthus elwesii monostictus; was Re: Galanthus reginae-olgae, was New Jersey Weather > > > Several of us here in the greater Washington, D.C. area grow both > monostictus and Galanthus elwesii monostictus 'Hiemalis' (or is it Hiemalis > Group?) both of which are early and which might fit Roger's plant. > > Typical Galanthus elwesii (by typical I mean with two spots) also sometimes > blooms as early as late November here. It's blooming now, too. > > I notice that hiemalis is not recognized in ipni. > > Jim McKenney > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web.com What can On Demand Business Solutions do for you? > http://link.mail2web.com/Business/SharePoint/ > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > >