Crocus september 2016

[Matt T]

Here's something else. Crocus pulchellus from the SRGC 2014/15 Seed Exchange, sown on 20 Jan 2015 and two plants flowering today. From seed to flowering in 20 months.

[ruben]

Nice pics Matt!
Oh thats a quick result, superb!!

Here the crocus also restart thanks to the colder weather
Crocus vallicola
Crocus cancellatus ssp. cancellatus - any idea whats the reason of the brownish filaments?

[Maggi Young]

Is there good pollen on those brown anthers, Ruben? 

[ruben]

The answer from Janis: "Not virus! Keep it and check next year. Could be very iteresting, but could be only one-season phenomenon".
I keep you informed next years..

[David Nicholson]

The first this season of my much reduced stock of Crocuses. Crocus longiflorus.

[Yann]

Crocus kotschyanus kotschyanus in the garden
Crocus suworovianus lilacinus is now fully opened

[sokol]

Seeing your excellent Crocuses this morning I decided immediately to join this Forum. Crocus vallicola and especially Crocus scardicus are my dream Crocuses but till now I only dream of it.

My main interest are orchids in the wild and fritillaries in the garden. But I often came along with seedpods of Crocuses and Colchicum in spring and I gathered them since 2009. So I have now a good stock of Greek crocuses and I show the first two that are in flower now.

[ruben]

Welcome to the forum 'Sokol'.
very nice to see you're pictures. Are you from Greece?

Love the mazziaricus! Really nice colout combo
Please post more of you're stunning crocusses and other plants!

[Yann]

yep for sure, mazziaricus is really dark colored here.

[sokol]

Sorry ruben, I have forgotten to tell. I have completed my Profile just now. I am from Southern Bavaria, Germany, not far from the Alps. I have been to Greece very often during the last ten years.

I have read about Janis' Problems with mazziaricus in Greece. That was exactly what I had, when the seed all over Greece turned out to look similar to mazziaricus.

[Boyed]

The answer from Janis: "Not virus! Keep it and check next year. Could be very iteresting, but could be only one-season phenomenon".
I keep you informed next years..

My opinion: it just has not developed pollen, which carries temporary character. This happens with many bulbs. Next year it will be normal. With virus it can't be related anyway.

[Janis Ruksans]

Some crocuses from today

[Maggi Young]

Ian's Bulb Log 39/16 is now online click the link to see some of autumn's jewels in flower.



http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2016Sep281475064109BULB_LOG_3916.pdf

[ruben]

woow janis! Allready so much in flower!
Here in the bulb frame not even one flower to see - but MANY noses. We suffer from a very dry and hot summer followed by and extreme dry september.

Crocus mazziaricus from Athos pen. looks even more beautiful then the one you posted the 17th september of this year.

[Michael J Campbell]

Crocus cartwrightianus Hyb ? , seed from the cc 29-09-10. There has been a comment  to this  pic by Antoine Hoog who says it is a Hyb.  Thomas Huber thinks it is with  hadriaticus, and  Antoine Hoog thinks it is with Niveus, take your pick.