Crocus July 2015

[fermi de Sousa]

This morning a flower opened on Crocus rujanensis grown from seed from NZAGS 2008; it has flowered in previous years as well
cheers
fermi

[Otto Fauser]

Fermi , C. rujanensis  is starting to flower here too, a vigorous species for the garden and it self sows in slightly different shades of colour . I grew it from seed col. in locus classicus  : Mamince , Presevo , Jugoslavia   by Dr. Novica  Randjelovic , who I believe described it as a new species .

[fermi de Sousa]

Hi Otto,
can you post a pic of yours?
Does this one look similar?
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

Crocus imperati ssp.....?
In bud as there was no sun that day
cheers
fermi

[Otto Fauser]

Fermi , here is my C.rujanensis  on a sunny winter's day today which also warms my ageing aching back . -also a delight today is C . sieberi 'Midas Touch'.

[fermi de Sousa]

This crocus was grown from seed from Marcus Harvey in 2003; Crocus olivieri ssp olivieri (Steno)
cheers
fermi

[Janis Ruksans]

THE FIRST AUTUMN CROCUS BLOOMS!!!
Today noted some yellow blotch on outside placed pots. First idea "some sternbergia??? - so early?" and then I understood - this is Crocus scharojanii. After bad experience in last season when Crocus scharojanii flowers were burnt in greenhouse, I reserved place for two pots of scharojanii - one Caucasian, another Turkish - my two last pots of typical scharojanii - and left them outside. That is all what left from my earlier quite large collection of scharojanii. This one is Turkish plant. At replanting two weeks ago it had long shoot.
Last week I finished with repotting of autumn blooming crocuses. Crop was quite good. There were some losses, but not important. Very interesting was comparing of species. There were placed side by side C. cartwrightianus and C. tournefortii. C. cartwrightianus formed good bulbs but died bulbs really nullified increasing rate. Reason was various fungal problems - most likely Fusarium and losses were generally in stocks received from other growers. Mine own seedlings were perfect. C. tournefortii - placed side by side - grew perfectly - each corm replaced by two, huge size, perfect condition and no one loss.
Yesterday started replanting of biflorus group. There crop is much smaller, corms in average are smaller than usually. Seems that this spring's weather conditions when temperature jumped up and down gave some bad influence. But it is only start of spring crocus harvesting.
Janis

[pehe]

Janis, What a good start on the Crocus season! I hope it continue that way.

Here are no sign of any autumn bulbs yet. But there was shoots on Crocus scharojanii flavus, when I  repotted some weeks ago.

Poul

[ruben]

Very nice crocus Janis! But yes VERY early this year!
Good to see allready crocusses in flower 

[Janis Ruksans]

Janis, What a good start on the Crocus season! I hope it continue that way.

Here are no sign of any autumn bulbs yet. But there was shoots on Crocus scharojanii flavus, when I  repotted some weeks ago.

Poul

Here Colchicum parnassicum in full bloom (still in box).
Janis

[Anthony Darby]

Here's my pot of Crocus vallicola, seed (from Lesley Cox) sown October 2012, so it seems to cope with the Auckland climate. Except for the pic, it will get little or no sun, as it's against a south facing wall.

[Maggi Young]

For  any Croconuts feeling withdrawal symptoms, have a cruise through the  "August 2015 in the Southern Hemisphere"  thread -  www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=13427.0 -  it's Crocus time "down under " 

[Maggi Young]

Crocus tomm. Taplow Ruby - is this extinct in Europe?

Cheers, Marcus

It seems to be very seldom mentioned, Marcus, so I fear it may well be, if not extinct, then barely hanging on.
I think they still have it on North America ( Carolyn Walker in Pennsylvania, for instance, mentions it) - so it appears that it is up to you folks in Australasia and North America to keep it going ! 

It would be lovely to hear if  there are still people growing it in Europe.

[Maggi Young]

For  any Croconuts feeling withdrawal symptoms, have a cruise through the  "August 2015 in the Southern Hemisphere"  thread -  www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=13427.0 -  it's Crocus time "down under " 

Crocus pix from Marcus Harvey and others  http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=13427.msg339734#msg339734