Crocus February 2008

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Dirk

Gorgeous cross - what was the pollen parent?

[ian mcenery]

Dirk lovely hybrid. It seems similar in colour to the hybrid between scardicus and pelistericus which is also very striking

[Maggi Young]

I've never been keen on the  C.scardicus x pelistericus colour... bit sickly for my liking but either I'm mellowing in my old age ( Check out the "Test Your Skill" page....  you'll see I am NOT!) or the colour of this Cr.veluchensis x cvijicii from Dirk IS a much nicer mixture ! I like it, good shape too.
Only Crocus visible outside here is still C. sieberi atticus! Flowers are a good size on some but no chance of opening yet... no sun

[Ian Y]

Thanks all for the lovely pictures.
What a delight to see all these crocus pictures - a trailer for what I will see when I get home.
All there is here in a hot Singapore airport are thousands of orchids.

[Maggi Young]

Well, i hope you are photographing  those orchids so I can see them!

[mark smyth]

I would like to see the orchids

I have both parents of that beauty in bloom just now

[Maggi Young]

Mark,  do you mean C. veluchensis and cvijicii ? So, have you tickled them, as you pormised yesterday?!!

[udo]

Thanks for the compliments,
the mother from this cross is Cr.veluchensis from Rila, Bulgaria
Cr.cvijicii is the father

here one of the first Cr.biflorus
Cr.biflorus ssp.crewei

[Tony Willis]

I tickled mine today both ways and also with sieberi so will wait and see for the results. I am hopeful that my first pot of pelistericus x scardicus will flower this year.I agree it is not the most beautiful but it was something to do on a cold afternoon a few years ago.

Two very different coloured sieberi in flower today. The first pale one is the one which has been tickled

[mark smyth]

Today was a stunning day- no heat in the car, no coat on and only a summer jumper. Did I get home early? Not a chance. I did sneak home at lunch time for about 5 minutes snowdrops and Crocus wide open then my mother dropped me in it at work. My brother phoned home looking for something and my mother blurted out "Mark's here so he can bring it to you" That was my visit cut very short. I'm going out now to bring both Crocus parents inside to get them in the mood. I did have time to get some galanthus photos

[mark smyth]

Here are a couple from the garden today
tommie roseus
minimus
unknown in a trough - species unknown
and a crocus that may be an albino - species unknown

[tonyg]

Mark - both the unknowns look like C tommasinianus to me.  I have a white form with slight purple flecking and creamy outers.

[mark smyth]

OK thanks. I would never have put a tommie in a trough. My guess is the purple one was put there by the kids who visit the garden. I know for sure the mix in the trough with the pale Crocus was partly recycled compost

[mark smyth]

The cross was done last night and the 3 year wait

[Paul T]

Dirk,

That crewei is just glorious!!  Fantastic combination of colours in that, and if memory serves me it has dark outer petals doesn't it?  I'm only rmember from previous pics here, becuase I've never seen it before the SRGC forums.  Great Stuff!! 

(and after posting and looking again at the pic I can see the outer markings showing through the petals.)