Crocus February 2014

[Janis Ruksans]

Crocus chrysanthus from W Turkey - it was regarded as type  by G. Maw

[Janis Ruksans]

Crocus crewei and
Crocus reticulatus Greece

[Janis Ruksans]

And last entry
Crocus kesercioglui and
Crocus chrysanthus from near Akseki

[Steve Garvie]

Wow!!!
Crocus kesercioglui is a superb looking plant!

[Cyril L]

Wonderful crocus Janis, especially C. crewei Hot Chocolate and C. kesercioglui.

[Maggi Young]

For more on C. chrysanthus subsp. kesercioglui and some other chrysanthus subspecies :

http://www.sekj.org/PDF/anb50-free/anb50-423.pdf

Crocus chrysanthus s. latu in Turkey Feyza Candan & Neriman Özhatay   
Annales Botanici Fennici 50(6):423-430. 2013   

New taxa in Crocus are described from Turkey:
C. chrysanthus subsp. chrysanthus var. bicoloraceus F. Candan & N. Özhatay var. nov. and  C. chrysanthus subsp. chrysanthus var. atroviolaceus F. Candan & N. Özhatay var. nov.; C. chrysanthus subsp. punctatus F. Candan & N. Özhatay subsp. nov., C. chrysanthus subsp. kesercioglui  F. Candan & N. Özhatay subsp. nov. and C. chrysanthus subsp. sipyleus F. Candan & N. Özhatay subsp. nov.  A new classification of the species is based mainly on the colour of flowers and anthers, type of pollen grains, seed surface ornamentation, and chromosome numbers.

[tonyg]

For more on C. chrysanthus subsp. kesercioglui and some other chrysanthus subspecies :

http://www.sekj.org/PDF/anb50-free/anb50-423.pdf

Crocus chrysanthus s. latu in Turkey Feyza Candan & Neriman Özhatay   
Annales Botanici Fennici 50(6):423-430. 2013   

New taxa in Crocus are described from Turkey:
C. chrysanthus subsp. chrysanthus var. bicoloraceus F. Candan & N. Özhatay var. nov. and  C. chrysanthus subsp. chrysanthus var. atroviolaceus F. Candan & N. Özhatay var. nov.; C. chrysanthus subsp. punctatus F. Candan & N. Özhatay subsp. nov., C. chrysanthus subsp. kesercioglui  F. Candan & N. Özhatay subsp. nov. and C. chrysanthus subsp. sipyleus F. Candan & N. Özhatay subsp. nov.  A new classification of the species is based mainly on the colour of flowers and anthers, type of pollen grains, seed surface ornamentation, and chromosome numbers.

Thanks for that reference Maggi.  I do find all these new taxa taxing though 

[Maggi Young]

 I find them pretty bewildering , Tony - I do try to keep up but I can't say I understand some of the reshuffles.
I do find them all equally captivating though , so that's a comfort!

[Janis Ruksans]

Oh this chrysanthus article. Interesting research but absolutely unusable key - impossible to identify any without locality etc., etc... One of leading crocus authorities wrote me "I feel better not commenting this..." and I can agree with him. Useless publication and only one taxa could be accepted. Plants with features used to separate new taxa you can find in almost any population. I agree that there are several subsp. included in C. chrysanthus and kesercioglui is real. But I don't want to follow Balkan botanists - here small fragment about new taxa inside Crocus reticulatus...

[YT]

Wonderful crocus Janis, especially C. crewei Hot Chocolate and C. kesercioglui.

Me too! So sweet

[WimB]

Me too! So sweet

Hear, hear!!

[WimB]

Some Crocus in flower here today.

Crocus angustifolius
Crocus tommasinianus 'Roseus'
Crocus x veluchensis 'Rainbow Gold'
Crocus chrysanthus 'Gaudeamus'
Crocus 'Fantasy'

[WimB]

And a few more:

Crocus antalyensis
Crocus chrysanthus 'Skyline'
and Crocus sieberi 'Tricolor'

[omereser]

I photographed Crocus crewei my homeland (1 February 2014)

http://dogalhayat.org/property/endemik-guzel-crewei/

[Steve Garvie]

I photographed Crocus crewei my homeland (1 February 2014)

http://dogalhayat.org/property/endemik-guzel-crewei/

Nice images of this stunning Crocus!