Crocus May 2015

[johnw]

Visiting friends on this warm day and they ask is 'Ruby Giant' a tommie? Whatever they're showy.

And a patch of seedlings looking quite blue near RG but not so when shot solo.

johnw

[HClase]

Yes I think so John, although it is a rather large one - I prefer the silvery-mauve forms.  I guess that your warm weather has moved up here now, 14C today an 15C forecast for tomorrow.

[johnw]

Good to see you back Howard!

Yes the weather has turned around dramatically, I had to turn on the car's ac as we hit 20c. The car was sweltering after an hour long garden tour to Rockburn. We may get to 16-18c today though overcast at the moment (09:32Atl).

john

[pehe]

Visiting friends on this warm day and they ask is 'Ruby Giant' a tommie? Whatever they're showy.

And a patch of seedlings looking quite blue near RG but not so when shot solo.

johnw

Yes Ruby Giant is a beautiful, dark tommie cultivar.
If the seedlings comes from these plants, it is not Ruby Giant as this is sterile and never set seeds. But I do not know if it's pollen is viable.

Poul

[Oron Peri]

I have been on quite a few trips in the last two months,
these are some Crocus i have photographed a week ago in North Greece, in the Rhodope Mountains.

Crocus veluchensis can be seen in open grounds but defiantly prefers forest clearings where it was growing in astonishing numbers.

[Oron Peri]

more C. veluchensis

[Maggi Young]

Any trip which includes  such visions of nature is a triumph, Oron.   We can say these Crocus are "locally plentiful" there, I guess.

The C. veluchensis is a fine colour, for sure.

[Tony Willis]

Wonderful pictures Oron,I saw them in somewhat lesser numbers yesterday on the Katara Pass in Central Greece

[Matt T]

Fantastic! That's a sight to rival a British bluebell wood in May.

[Oron Peri]

Thanks Maggi, Tony and Matt

Here is a new one for me;

Crocus orphei from Mt. Falakro, only a small group was in flower.

Thanks Janis for the ID.

[ian mcenery]

Thanks Maggi, Tony and Matt

Here is a new one for me;

Crocus orphei from Mt. Falakro, only a small group was in flower.

Thanks Janis for the ID.

Oron it is amazing to see orphei as we saw these in the first week of March this year also on Falakro. These were at the time what was almost the snow line just goes to show how long the flowering period can be with slowly receding snow. The sheets of veluchensis are marvellous.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Amazing Oron , thanks for sharing  .

[fermi de Sousa]

Those mass "plantings" are amazing!
Here's my humble offering, an autumn crocus I received as C. cancellatus but Ottos tells me it is a form of Crocus niveus,
cheers
fermi

[Yann]

Oron i've just discovered your post, what a Crocus forest!!!

[Tony Willis]

Some crocus in Greece last week. It appears a late spring with still lots of snow. The C pelistericus on Mt Kymachalan were in countless thousands and at their peak.

Crocus veluchensis on the Katara Pass

Crocus cvijcii on Mt Vermion

Crocus pelistericus on  Mt Kymachalan