Ornament. Queen Olga's Snowdrop, Galanthus reginae-olgae, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
'Ornament of Greece' was how Theodoros Georgios Orphanides (1817-1886) described his new-found Snowdrop at the International Botanical Congress of 1874 at Florence, Italy. It hails from the Taygetus Mountain Range (Laconia), the middle finger of the Peloponese pointing southward. He gave it the name of much-beloved Olga Constantinova of Russia (1851-1926), Queen Consort of King Georgios I of Greece.
Many snowdrops grow in late Winter or at least after snow has fallen. This one can already flower in October, as here in our Hortus.
Ornament. Queen Olga's Snowdrop, Galanthus reginae-olgae, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
'Ornament of Greece' was how Theodoros Georgios Orphanides (1817-1886) described his new-found Snowdrop at the International Botanical Congress of 1874 at Florence, Italy. It hails from the Taygetus Mountain Range (Laconia), the middle finger of the Peloponese pointing southward. He gave it the name of much-beloved Olga Constantinova of Russia (1851-1926), Queen Consort of King Georgios I of Greece.
Many snowdrops grow in late Winter or at least after snow has fallen. This one can already flower in October, as here in our Hortus.