Crocus February

[Armin]

But there are others for the moment ...Crocus baytopiorum e.g. .....

Kris,
nice to see C. baytopiorum. A pity this species tends to develop elongated stems due lack of light.
The C. nubigena is lovely.

[art600]

I bought 100 mixed Crocus korolkowii from Augis bulbs for €100.

The corms were large and I have planted them around the garden.

The following was obviously selected at random - I am delighted that all are the same and an outstanding colour.  I will try to photograph other clumps as they develop.

[Gerdk]

Gerd,
why don't you bring your pot indoors and put on the window sill to open the flower?

Do you think this will shorten the elongated tube of the flowers? 

- but, seriously. I don't believe even open flowers would look superior.

Gerd

[pehe]

Do you think this will shorten the elongated tube of the flowers? 

- but, seriously. I don't believe even open flowers would look superior.

Gerd

Gerd, I feel with you - we suffer from lack of light here in the north. I have the same problem with both crocus and narcissus flowering at this time of year.

An advantage of bringing your pot of C. michelsonii indoor could be to get a better pollination and hopeful some seeds.

Poul

[tonyg]

I have this as Crocus biflorus.  Can anyone identify the subspecies please

I once had a biflorus like this.  It came from David Stephens ex wild many years back.  Now lost.   We labelled it biflorus ssp ?  which is no help!

[Gerdk]

Gerd, I feel with you - we suffer from lack of light here in the north. I have the same problem with both crocus and narcissus flowering at this time of year.

An advantage of bringing your pot of C. michelsonii indoor could be to get a better pollination and hopeful some seeds.

Poul

Thank you, Poul!
Indeed, collecting seeds is a reason. I'll do that immediately.

Gerd

[Janis Ruksans]

I have this as Crocus biflorus.  Can anyone identify the subspecies please

Had some time and checked all my pictures of annulate crocuses. Single one from which I have pictures with so expressed yellow color on flower's outside base is C. atrospermus. But then seeds must be black colored. I didn't check other features, but they are not visible on picture. But it is only quick look through my picture files.
Janis

[art600]

Janis

I took this shot of the inside on a slightly warmer day.

Hope your hand continues to improve.

[Janis Ruksans]

Janis

I took this shot of the inside on a slightly warmer day.

Hope your hand continues to improve.

Attached 2 pictures of atrospermus, but I want accent again - seeds must be black! to confirm possible identification.
Janis

[ArnoldT]

(Dipidren disease/viking finger)

I just saw the thread.

Dupuytren's contracture (also known as morbus Dupuytren, Dupuytren's disease or palmar fibromatosis[1]) is a fixed flexion contracture of the hand where the fingers bend towards the palm and cannot be fully extended (straightened). It is an inherited proliferative connective tissue disorder which involves the palmar fascia of the hand.[2] It is named after Baron Guillaume Dupuytren, the surgeon who described an operation to correct the affliction in the Lancet in 1831.

  People of Scandinavian or Northern European ancestry;[3] it has been called the "Viking disease" or "Celtic hand",[4] though it is also widespread in some Mediterranean countries (e.g., Spain and Bosnia) and in Japan;[5]

I imagine there's all kinds urban legend for  possible reasons for the common names.

[Maggi Young]

(Dipidren disease/viking finger)

I just saw the thread.

Dupuytren's contracture (also known as morbus Dupuytren, Dupuytren's disease or palmar fibromatosis[1]) is a fixed flexion contracture of the hand where the fingers bend towards the palm and cannot be fully extended (straightened). It is an inherited proliferative connective tissue disorder which involves the palmar fascia of the hand.[2] It is named after Baron Guillaume Dupuytren, the surgeon who described an operation to correct the affliction in the Lancet in 1831.

  People of Scandinavian or Northern European ancestry;[3] it has been called the "Viking disease" or "Celtic hand",[4] though it is also widespread in some Mediterranean countries (e.g., Spain and Bosnia) and in Japan;[5]

I imagine there's all kinds urban legend for  possible reasons for the common names.

  We Scots are so straightforward - we call it  "tucky finger" 

[David Nicholson]

  We Scots are so straightforward - we call it  "tucky finger"

Any excuse for not getting their hands in their pockets

[Maggi Young]

Any excuse for not getting their hands in their pockets

Not an 'excuse', David- its a reason - there's a difference!   

[jnovis]

A few of my recent flowerings
1.Attica from Didima 03-09
2.Attica tri-color?
3.Attica firefly CS seed 06
4.4 petalled Attica Peloponnese 03-07
5.dark form of Attica

[Armin]

Jim,
nice crocus images brighten the dull days

Your No. 1 looks to me like a late flowering C. leavigatus (white pollen/anthers) instead of C. (sieberi ssp.) atticus.
Do you have a picture from outside markings and a closer image of the style, too?

The 4 petaled crocus is a curiosity but assume will grow normal next season again.