Crocus February 2016

[jrd]

A belated photo of a way-too-advanced pot of Crocus pelistericus (from MESE380 sown in 2000) taken on 8th January 2016.

In a more normal year I'd expect it to flower from February to early March.  The flowers usually open sequentially rather than in a single burst, but in this crazy winter the first flowers emerged at the end of November and the final ones last week, a span of some 13 weeks which is taking it to extremes!

Apologies for the rather rushed photo, the pot was hurriedly left in the kitchen before I dashed off to work so that the pollen would be ready for the paint brush later... 

John

[ian mcenery]

Crocus cvijicii JJA 343.600, ex Greece.  Flowers are scented and in chrome-yellow to orange yellow, different colour to other forms I grow.

Cyril that is really lovely. Cvijicii can be the nicest of them all. Perhaps it's the  combination of the darker tips and the goblet shape which I like

[ian mcenery]

A belated photo of a way-too-advanced pot of Crocus pelistericus (from MESE380 sown in 2000) taken on 8th January 2016.

In a more normal year I'd expect it to flower from February to early March.  The flowers usually open sequentially rather than in a single burst, but in this crazy winter the first flowers emerged at the end of November and the final ones last week, a span of some 13 weeks which is taking it to extremes!

Apologies for the rather rushed photo, the pot was hurriedly left in the kitchen before I dashed off to work so that the pollen would be ready for the paint brush later... 

John

Nice pot

[Maggi Young]

Cvijicii and pelistericus are two of the very best, aren't they?  So beautiful.

[Steve Garvie]

Sadly I've missed many of my crocus at their best. Here are a few that were recently in flower:

Crocus vaclavii


Crocus sieberi -a form from Mt. Parnassos


Crocus roseoviolaceus


Crocus abantensis

[Matt T]

I probably said it last year, but Crocus roseoviolaceus is stunning!

[David Nicholson]

Cracking images as usual Steve

[Steve Garvie]

Many thanks David.

Roseoviolaceus is indeed a wee cracker Matt. It is slowly clumping up in a pot and seems to benefit from being kept on the cool side over summer (a relatively simple task here in Scotland! ).

[Janis Ruksans]

Oh, this sweet sweet retirement. Finally came day when I can all my time dedicate only to crocuses and some other lovely things. Last 2-3 days were incredibly rich in new discoveries. I feel as botanist of old times, who sitting in his Herbarium browsing sheet after sheet, and then suddenly stopping! Yes, it is something really new! Only instead of Herbarium sheets I'm browsing crocus pots of old gatherings with whom I never had time for identification. And during those days I three times cried "YES - it is new one!" And separable not by number of hairs in flower's throat visible only by microscope, but separable by real features, which every one can observe even without clock-masters lance. Some soon will be published.

Here I'm giving two pictures from one of that trio - note the length of filaments - they are longer than anthers! Look in throat - it is deep purple in centre. Look on colour of filaments!  Of course, about that one I still must to check all new species from HKEP - may be I forgot about some, but my first opinion - it is really new one.

The other pictures are more ordinary things - two unusual colour forms of C. abantensis, and marvellous C. baytopiorum pictured at Liga's Nursery.

Janis

[pehe]

Crocus cvijicii JJA 343.600, ex Greece.  Flowers are scented and in chrome-yellow to orange yellow, different colour to other forms I grow.

Cvijicii is lovely in general but this more orange form is outstanding!

Poul

[Janis Ruksans]

Many thanks David.

Roseoviolaceus is indeed a wee cracker Matt. It is slowly clumping up in a pot and seems to benefit from being kept on the cool side over summer (a relatively simple task here in Scotland! ).

With me it stay in greenhouse all the year round - no problems, but it really is heart-braker.

[Janis Ruksans]

Cvijicii is lovely in general but this more orange form is outstanding!

Poul

It is quite typical for Greece colour, at type localituy in Republic of Macedonia it is much paler.

[pehe]

A belated photo of a way-too-advanced pot of Crocus pelistericus (from MESE380 sown in 2000) taken on 8th January 2016.

In a more normal year I'd expect it to flower from February to early March.  The flowers usually open sequentially rather than in a single burst, but in this crazy winter the first flowers emerged at the end of November and the final ones last week, a span of some 13 weeks which is taking it to extremes!

Apologies for the rather rushed photo, the pot was hurriedly left in the kitchen before I dashed off to work so that the pollen would be ready for the paint brush later... 

John

A well grown pot of this difficult, but very beautiful Crocus. Congratulation!

Poul

[pehe]

Oh, this sweet sweet retirement. Finally came day when I can all my time dedicate only to crocuses and some other lovely things. Last 2-3 days were incredibly rich in new discoveries. I feel as botanist of old times, who sitting in his Herbarium browsing sheet after sheet, and then suddenly stopping! Yes, it is something really new! Only instead of Herbarium sheets I'm browsing crocus pots of old gatherings with whom I never had time for identification. And during those days I three times cried "YES - it is new one!" And separable not by number of hairs in flower's throat visible only by microscope, but separable by real features, which every one can observe even without clock-masters lance. Some soon will be published.

Here I'm giving two pictures from one of that trio - note the length of filaments - they are longer than anthers! Look in throat - it is deep purple in centre. Look on colour of filaments!  Of course, about that one I still must to check all new species from HKEP - may be I forgot about some, but my first opinion - it is really new one.

The other pictures are more ordinary things - two unusual colour forms of C. abantensis, and marvellous C. baytopiorum pictured at Liga's Nursery.

Janis

Very exiting with these new species! We all benefit of your retirement. I wish you luck with your new discoveries. The first one is really different.

Poul

[Janis Ruksans]

Very exiting with these new species! We all benefit of your retirement. I wish you luck with your new discoveries. The first one is really different.

Poul

It something resembles two species of HKEP - multicostatus, but at present leraves are too small to be cut for checking of ribs, and another is incognitus - but the mine hes deep purple in throat, anthers are shorter than filaments and filaments are of different colour. So may be too early to cry - hurrah. Still must to check. In any case it would be fantastic addition to my collection.