Crocus March 2016

[Janis Ruksans]

Some more crocuses.
The first is Crocus antalyensis approximately from where subsp. gemicii is published. Is it correctly named, I'm not certain, but looks very similar.
To compare - typical antalyensis from not far from type locality.
From 10 collected corms of new Crocus duncanii - 4 bloomed with me. Very good, because was collected just at blooming time.
Crocus kosaninii this spring looks fantastically, completely changed my opinion about this species
And the last picture of visitor to birds feeding place, pictured through window where I'm working on computer.

[Janis Ruksans]

Few more from today.
Will start with leucostylosus. It really is true species. This year started blooming seedlings and all as one has white styles (they are grown from open pollinated seeds). There was discussion long ago on forum - is this real species or only occasional mutation. Now its status is confirmed weithout DNA checking.
Then Crocus from biflorus group - still unidentified/unnamed ? from near Sivas in Turkey
And last in this entry - crocus vernus (former albiflorus).

[Janis Ruksans]

Regardless of frost and snowing all the day (during day snow level raised up for 12 cm) in greenhouse some flowers stay open and it was possible to make few pictures.
The first is Crocus sublimis, easy separable by its hairy throat pictured on the second slide.
Then most unusual Crocus veluchensis from Macedonia in Greece
And as last two today - a pair different genetically, but difficult to identify if you don't know exact origin of stock
Crocus neapolitanus
and
Crocus neglectus

[de.da.]

A gift of shar mountains- south kosovo.

[udo]

Crocus cvijicii 'Albus' from Vermion Mts. in Greece

[Cyril L]

Lovely C. cvijicii 'Albus' Dirk.  Mine is also flowering.

Crocus malyi
Crocus minimus Bavella
Crocus vernus v. leucorhincus in shade, about to open
Crocus vernus v. leucorhincus fully open in sun
Crocus vernus

[Tony Willis]

Some lovely crocuses,a somewhat less inspiring one .I think it is only a white form of C. cvijicii but has been written up as a species.

Crocus jablanicensis

[Maggi Young]

Interesting white , Tony.

For  those interested, it was  published  as "Crocus jablanicensis (Iridaceae), a New Species from the Republic of Macedonia, Balkan Peninsula"  in an article in Annales Botanici Fennici 49(1-2):99-102 · April 2012 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235660562_Crocus_jablanicensis_Iridaceae_a_New_Species_from_the_Republic_of_Macedonia_Balkan_Peninsula

Abstract
Ranđelović, N., Ranđelović, V. & Hristovski, N. 2012: Crocus jablanicensis (Iridaceae), a new spe-cies from the Republic of Macedonia, Balkan Peninsula. — Ann. Bot. Fennici 49: 99–102. Crocus jablanicensis N. Randj. & V. Randj. sp. nova (Iridaceaeis described from the Balkan Peninsula. It is found on Mt. Jablanica in the western part of Macedonia, where it grows in alpine grasslands around snowmelts. It is compared with the morphologi-cally similar C. cvijicii and C. veluchensis. In contrast to these species, C. jablanicen-sis has white styles and stigmas and a glabrous, white perianth throat. According to Maw (1886) and Mathew (1982, 1983) the largest number of species from the genus Crocus occur on the Balkan Peninsula. Of the 31 species of Crocus now known from the peninsula (Mathew 1982, Ranđelović et al. 1990), 18 occur within the territory of the Repub-lic of Macedonia. Seven of them are Balkan endemics, including four species in the Scardo-Pindian mountains: C. pelistericus, C. scardicus, C. cvijicii and C. sublimi. The populations of C. pelistericus and C. scardicus (ser. Scardici) and C. cvijicii and C. veluchensis (ser. Reticulati) are found in the alpine and subalpine regions at altitudes above 1800 m (Ranđelović et al. 2007). On the Krstač, Strižak and Čuma peaks of the Jablanica mountain (Fig. 1), large populations of an unknown species of Crocus with white flow-ers were found in 2007. On the basis of compara-tive analysis with the congenerics, these popula-tions are here described as a new species in the section Nudiscapus and the series Reticulati. Crocus jablanicensis N. Randj. & V. Randj., sp. nova

[udo]

Crocus veluchensis, Rila Mts. Bulgaria x Crocus thirkeanus, NE-Turkey

[Yann]

Crocus? a new currency 
https://blogs.mediapart.fr/helenenivoixlapostenet/blog/080116/shortest-way-soft-and-smart-revolution-crocus-currency

[Roma]

Pleased to see the voles did not eat all the crocuses in this part of the garden last year.  These three are flowering and there are a few small leaves where some of the other varieties were planted.

Crocus dalmaticus
Crocus 'Shock Wave'
Crocus 'Ruby Giant'

[Yann]

The moss give a nice background

[ruben]

A new named Crocus heuffelianus. A cross made by Juris Egle (called heuffelianus Nr x 4) but he gaved this seedling to me. Its a honor to name it Crocus heuffelianus 'Rubjur' (Rub(en) and Jur(is). Its special cause of its allmost black flowering tube and tips.

[Maggi Young]

A new named Crocus heuffelianus. A cross made by Juris Egle (called heuffelianus Nr x 4) but he gaved this seedling to me. Its a honor to name it Crocus heuffelianus 'Rubjur' (Rub(en) and Jur(is). Its special cause of its allmost black flowering tube and tips.

Very nice it is, too.

[de.da.]

'Rainbow Gold'

 (edit by maggi to add  simple photo file )