Crocus February 2014

[udo]

Udo , I am afraid this is the best I have at the moment.

I would like to join to the opinion of Tony and Janis. Yellow in the throat was on him the first picture not recognizably.

[udo]

Outside in flower (in my peatbed ) : Crocus cjivicii

In the greenhouse : C. olivieri .

Kris, your Crocus cvijicii looks more like a Crocus herbertii.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Kris, your Crocus cvijicii looks more like a Crocus herbertii.

Hello Dirk ,  I am thinking now .......you can hear  my brains working .....
I think that I planted both species in this bed .....maybe I mixed the labels ....
I wil check , thanks for the reply !

[krisderaeymaeker]

The last today - C. reticulatus from Slovenia.

I like them Janis . After this postings I even start to like more the reticulatus group ....
But the Slovenian form looks very good to me ! 

[uvularia]

I would like to join to the opinion of Tony and Janis. Yellow in the throat was on him the first picture not recognizably.

Thank you Udo, Tony & Janis. Crocus are mystery to me, but very beautiful all the same

[krisderaeymaeker]

Kris, your Crocus cvijicii looks more like a Crocus herbertii.

Hello Dirk , I did check the labels and the label says Crocus gargaricus .Crocus cvijicii is coming very soon , it is only few centimeters from gargaricus away ......

 

[udo]

Hello Dirk , I did check the labels and the label says Crocus gargaricus .Crocus cvijicii is coming very soon , it is only few centimeters from gargaricus away ......

 

Hello Kris, With me Crocus cvijicii is about 2-3 weeks after gargaricus and herbertii in the blossom. Unfortunately, one can make a distinction both last hardly in the blossom.

[udo]

Too cool for open flowers, but the outside nicely points the variability:
Crocus nevadensis
three forms from Crocus bornmuelleri

[art600]

Dirk

Your Crocus bornmueller 1 and 3 are wonderful, especially No.1 

[Janis Ruksans]

Hello Kris, With me Crocus cvijicii is about 2-3 weeks after gargaricus and herbertii in the blossom. Unfortunately, one can make a distinction both last hardly in the blossom.

With me cvijicii blooms as one of last, gargaricus and herbertii are much earlier. The shape an position of flowers are different, too. Gargaricus and herbertii has a minor waist at flowers bottom and you can see flower tube bringing flower well over soil surface, in cvijicii flowers are funnel shape and tube is hided underground at least at start of blooming and it is same - both in wild and in cultivation. Later tube elongates but remain generally shorter than in both other.

[tonyg]

Despite often challenging weather (and light for photographers) there are some nice crocus in flower now.

Crocus chrysanthus / flavus on a Norwich City roundabout ... yes, I did have fun crossing the road to get the picture 

Crocus cvijicii - new seedlings in flower

Crocus reticulatus - a very nice form.  Seed raised - original plants ex Greece?

[udo]

Dirk

Your Crocus bornmueller 1 and 3 are wonderful, especially No.1i

Many thanks, Arthur.
It is to be increased over and over again interesting Crocus bornmuelleri from seed. A part flowers like isauricus, another part like chrysanthus, but many become like the mother.

[Janis Ruksans]

Today again brought pots inside for some more pictures, herbariums etc.
At first Crocus alexandrii from Turkey in Europe and

[Janis Ruksans]

Now Crocus atrospermus - this corm accidenrtally at collecting was placed between C. crewei found at next stop
An Crocus crewei form named Hot Chocolate

[Janis Ruksans]

Crocus chrysanthus is described from Greece (Macedonia). Those are from approximate locus classicus by Brian Mathew