Crocus november 2015

[Yann]

26°c in the greenhouse, i was like a lizard

Crocus biflorus ssp melantherus.

Here're the black anthers melantherus form and seedling from seeds exchange.

[Thomas Huber]

Just came back from Western Liguria in Italy and thought I might share some photos with you.
Crocus ligusticus was flowering on top of every mountain :

[Thomas Huber]

Some close-ups and a special one for which I was searching very hard - found only this single one (sorry, only a fuzzy photos in the dark corner where it grew):

[Thomas Huber]

Chris searching for more whites:

[Cyril L]

Some close-ups and a special one for which I was searching very hard - found only this single one (sorry, only a fuzzy photos in the dark corner where it grew):

Thomas, the white Crocus ligusticus is very special.
The much divided stigma makes this very appealing.

[Cyril L]

A multi-petalled flower on Crocus nerimaniae

[Steve Garvie]

A stunning crocus Cyril!
Perhaps our cool summer followed by the very mild autumn is encouraging these aberrant flowers as I have a C. melantherus with extra petals/sepals and an extra stamen:

[tonyg]

Just came back from Western Liguria in Italy and thought I might share some photos with you.
Crocus ligusticus was flowering on top of every mountain :

Wonderful Thomas - thanks for sharing!

[tonyg]

A stunning crocus Cyril!
Perhaps our cool summer followed by the very mild autumn is encouraging these aberrant flowers as I have a C. melantherus with extra petals/sepals and an extra stamen:

Maybe so - certainly a higher incidence of such seasonal mutations here this year.

[ruben]

Stunning pictures Thomas! And found the white grail!  sooo nice!
It looks you have had some nice weather too. Thanks for sharing those nice pictures! Very instructive to see them in there natural habitat.

Very nice nerimaniae Cyril. One of my favorite autumn flowering Crocus.

Some of yesterday:
Crocus ligusticus 'Millessimo'
Crocuis ibrahimii
Crocus pallasii C440 - Karaman Turkey (Crocus group)
Crocus speciosus 901-6 from Eric Breed
Crocus hadriaticus white form

[Luc Gilgemyn]

A multi-petalled flower on Crocus nerimaniae

A real stunner, Cyril ! 

Just came back from Western Liguria in Italy and thought I might share some photos with you.
Crocus ligusticus was flowering on top of every mountain :

Wonderful pictures, Thomas !  Thanks for sharing !

[Maggi Young]

Chris searching for more whites:

 So, was it Chris who found the first white?

[Thomas Huber]

  No, but he was animated to find another one, after he saw how beautiful mine looked ....

[Janis Ruksans]

Just came back from Western Liguria in Italy and thought I might share some photos with you.
Crocus ligusticus was flowering on top of every mountain :

Phantastic pictures, Thomas. Thank you!

[Jörg]

A stunning crocus Cyril!
Perhaps our cool summer followed by the very mild autumn is encouraging these aberrant flowers as I have a C. melantherus with extra petals/sepals and an extra stamen:

very beautiful