Crocus March 2008

[Armin]

Karl,
beautiful pix.

Like special your C.biflorus ssp. alexandri.
It is still on my wish list.

[Lvandelft]

My collegue from Estonia Svetlana Polonskaya grows both 'Flower Record' and 'Purpureus Grandiflorus'. That's what she told
'Flower record' has purple flowres darker at the base from outside;
'Purpureus Grandiflorus' has medium-sized uniform purple flowers, darket at the base from outside, and its flowers are slightly darker than those of 'Flower Record'.
She's sent its photo, which I attache to this meesage

Thank you Zhirair and all others for your comments.
I wasn't able to answer earlier. Yesterday I could not go to the field, because we had winds of over 100 Km.h.
Today I was lucky to meet the owner of the collection so we could make clear that te Cr. Negro Boy and  Cr.
Purpureus Grandiflorus on the pictures are both Cr. Negr Boy, caused by false delivery!
In the Collection is no Cr. Purpureus Grandiflorus and he would love to acquire it somehow.
Maybe your collegue in Estonia could spare some corms?

[Boyed]

Luit,

I will write to Svellana today and ask if she could help that person with sharing some corms of cr. 'Purpureus Grandiflorus' with him.

Will let you know when I get the answer.

[Viola]

Armin, thanks for the compliments, your lawn and crocus are simple beautiful.

[Thomas Huber]

Karl, are the biflorus ssp alexandrii wild collected or is this the trade form "Major"?
Also the korolkowii's do not look like the standard Dutch clone - Bondarenko?

[Viola]

Thomas, have both Crocus from friends, the C.bifl.ssp.alexandri is wild collect, C.korolkowii not.

[Viola]

Sorry Thomas, C.bifl.ssp.alexandri is not wild collect, is from England, Fa.Poterton & Martin, 1997 bought.

[Lvandelft]

Luit,

I will write to Svellana today and ask if she could help that person with sharing some corms of cr. 'Purpureus Grandiflorus' with him.

Will let you know when I get the answer.

That would be great Zhirair!

[I.S.]

   Thomas! What I think that form of C. b. alexandrii is only a trade form. I spend one whole day in three locations to find a dark form like that but I could not seen at all.

[udo]

few from my last crocus for this spring,

Crocus candidus and candidus x olivieri
          versicolor in several forms
          vernus`Fantasy`, a cross between vernus and tommasinianus

[Tony Willis]

Just got back from Houston,no crocus there to find the pelistericus has flowered and flopped but I may have manged to pollinate them.So here is a picture from last year

[Maggi Young]

My word, Tony, those very dark ones are yummy.......guess who will be begging seed if your pollinating goes well?? 

[johanneshoeller]

A day with sun and the first Crocus vernus are open in the wild. This means I have to take some pics because we expect a week with rain and snow and this will not be good for the Crocus! A wonderful view of the Crocus to the mountains, isn't it?

[Gerdk]

A day with sun and the first Crocus vernus are open in the wild. This means I have to take some pics because we expect a week with rain and snow and this will not be good for the Crocus! A wonderful view of the Crocus to the mountains, isn't it?

Of course - it is? Thank you for this picutures - enjoy them during continuous rain here.

Gerd

[johanneshoeller]

And the last 3 Crocus before the rain came. The last one is heuf. or so (Thomas H.)