Crocus October 2013

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I've lifted and potted my extra-large C. nudiflorus to grow on and see if it continues to produce huge flowers and two flowers to a corm in future years. Since no-one has commented to say that they've seen nudiflorus producing two flowers to a corm, I'm assuming I was right in thinking this was unusual. Matthew describes it as having solitary flowers. Hope the twin-flowered characteristic proves stable.

Martin, one of my Crocus nudiflorus JMH.8149 has two flowers from the same corm.

Poul

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Different Crocus speciosus from my garden and greenhouse

1. Crocus speciosus xantholaimos
2. C. speciosus Albus
3. C. speciosus Cassiope
4. C. speciosus Oxonian

Poul

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1. Crocus kotschyanus leucopharynx from SRGC seed exchange 2010 flowering for the first time
2. C. kotschyanus HKEP.9205
3. + 4. C. gilanicus
5. C. pallasii

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1. Crocus banaticus Snowdrift
2. C. banaticus seedlings
3. C. banaticus seedlings with nice variations
4. C. ligusticus virused. The typical trade form 'Crocus medius'. Does anyone have a spare corm of Crocus ligusticus without virus?

Poul

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Great show Poul !

[ian mcenery]

Nice plants Poul

Here in the garden tournefortii, kotchyanus and pul. zephyr. They get a bit battered but still look nice

[Rimmer de Vries]

Hi Poul,
very nice crocus.
is the "Snowdrift" much larger than the type banaticus?

what are the green pellets on top of your pots?

[Armin]

Different Crocus speciosus from my garden and greenhouse

Hi Poul,
you have a lovely crocus collection. I like your C. banaticus seedlings and the C. kotschyanus HKEP9205. The latter is a very nice form, larger in growth then many commercial forms and has a lovely light purple colour. It is a pity I've lost mine by black frosts.
No. 2. C. speciosus Albus -> looks more a C. pulchellus albus

Armin

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Hi Poul,
very nice crocus.
is the "Snowdrift" much larger than the type banaticus?

what are the green pellets on top of your pots?

Thank you all for the nice comments!

Rimmer, the Snowdrift is the same size as the average blue banaticus. However a few of my blue seedlings are almost of double size. The green pellets are slug pellets.

Poul

[ian mcenery]

Here my first flower on karduchorum raised from JJA seed from 2010. Not a good flower and a bit dishevelled but I am pleased.

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Hi Poul,
you have a lovely crocus collection. I like your C. banaticus seedlings and the C. kotschyanus HKEP9205. The latter is a very nice form, larger in growth then many commercial forms and has a lovely light purple colour. It is a pity I've lost mine by black frosts.
No. 2. C. speciosus Albus -> looks more a C. pulchellus albus

Armin

Hi Armin,
If you remind next spring I will send you some offsets of HKEP.9205.
C. Speciosus Albus is a new one to me, it is from a commercial supplier, so you might be right.
I was suspicious myself, it does not have the same characteristics as speciosus, and opens in a different way.

Poul

[Rimmer de Vries]

Crocus goulimyi is finally blooming here. from NARGS seed started Sept 2009.
same iPhone pic. with different crops

[fenius]

I love crocus, too! Ok I'll start my first official post (second really because the first was a seed request) with my little crocus which have been blooming for a week. I lost the label to the wind since last year so I'm not sure what they are, could you help me there too? I might have planted ligusticus around there but it looks  different to me...

[tonyg]

Here my first flower on karduchorum raised from JJA seed from 2010. Not a good flower and a bit dishevelled but I am pleased.

A quick result and it looks super.  I also flowered this for the first time this year.

[tonyg]

Happiness is .......

Crocus mathewii