This crocus is one of a number of species to survive in pots in a neglected bulb frame which was used as a sun-lounger by the family cat. Unfortunately almost all of the pots have now lost their labels.
I had thought it would be easy to name the bulbs as they come into flower but.......
In flower now, this is a small pale-flowered crocus that is paler in life than the enclosed images suggest. One of the "spare" labels is Crocus danfordiae "blue form" (which came from Kath Dryden) -could this be C. danfordiae blue?
Unfortunately I did not think to photograph the corm when I re-potted it so I cannot provide a description of the corm. One feature that I noted is that the base of the yellow anthers appears to be black -this can only be seen in one of the images below (the poorest one).
I would be grateful for any help you can give to name this crocus ....and if possible your reasons why.
Many thanks,
Steve.
A very poor quality image which shows the blackish base to the anthers (I think).
