Keywords: Poculiform snowdrop (Galanthus plicatus).jpg This is a scan from a 35mm transparency which I took in c 2000 at a private garden in Essex England It shows a poculiform snowdrop of the species Galanthus plicatus in which poculiform plants are extremely rare It is an unusual flower formation in which all six segments “ the inner and outer petals “ are the same length and white instead of being marked with green or yellow A normal flower can be seen in the background This scan is in the Public Domain however I retain ownership and copyright of the original transparency and any higher-resolution scans derived from it If this image is used outside Wikipedia a photographer's credit Simon Garbutt would be much appreciated SiGarb 18 40 11 December 2005 UTC 2005-12-11 own assumed SiGarb Galanthus plicatus |