Crocus October 2016

[sokol]

I have got Crocus seed from some general seed exchanges, from V. Pilous and from nature when looking for flowers in spring.

[ruben]

Superb!

Some crocusses of today

Crocus nerimaniae
Crocus pulchellus 'Michael Hoog'
Crocus armeniacum

[Yann]

again a nice collection.
No time to check in the greenhouse....

[sokol]

Ruben, Crocus nerimaniae is really stunning. I like these Crocus with black anthers.
Crocus armeniacum seems to be close to C. speciosus?

[ruben]

Thx Yann!

Stefan, nerimaniae is also on of my favorites. Yes Crocus with black anthers, stunning!
Armeniacum is close related with speciosus group. Its a new named species from Janis.

[ebbie]

I agree also. Crocus nerimaniae is really exceptional and beautiful.

Fine crocusses can be seen here.

[Yann]

Crocus oreocreticus with a yellow host 
Crocus wattiorum, one of my favorite autumn crocus
Crocus lycius

[Cfred72]

Verry beautiful  Yann.
Here are two Crocus which are open to the garden as soon as the sun appeared. It rained all last night until mid-morning.
Correct me if not just please. Crocus speciosus would be the first.




The second Crocus ligustus.

[Cfred72]

The saffron harvest season begins at home with the first flower of Crocus sativus that shows its face.

[Janis Ruksans]

After long interruption nice sunny day with autumn crocuses in fill bloom, so I turned to nursery to make some pictures between work on computer checking for mistakes in my new Crocus book, repotting and replacing the pots to new place near home. If God wants to punish someone - he arranges replacing...  Every day around 100 pots goes to my new place, but this autumn I still want to replace at least 3000 pots to arrange next years Crocus Festival at new spot (mid March).

But now to plants.
The first 2 pictures are Crocus nerimaniae from 2nd generation. First autumn when they all are virus-free. In wild almost all are infected. It took 2 generations from resawing to clean stock.
Crocus banaticus from Mukachevo, W Ukraine - collected in spring 2015 - spotted early morning in beech forest by Dima Zubov.
The best form of Crocus mathewii 'Brian Mathew'
Crocus melantherus stippled form

[Janis Ruksans]

Few more pictures
Crocus robertianus 'Tricolor'
Crocus tournefortii from Rhodos Island
On Chios Island grows beautiful form of Crocus pallasii s.l (different from true pallasii described from Crimea). Another beauty growth near Labranda in SW Turkey. I pollinated Labranda plants with 'Homeri' pollend. Pollination was succesfull and here are the first flowers of this cross.
The next picture are seedlings from selfed 'Homeri'.
And the last picture - bed with autumn crocuses today in afternoon.

[Gail]

Wonderful images Janis - particularly love the very elegant Crocus melantherus stippled form

[sokol]

I fully agree, I haven't seen such nice melantherus before.

[ruben]

Very nice crocus wattiorum Yann! Its one of the only ones i never get in to flower :-(

Stunning pictures Janis! Happy you found some time to post some pictures of you're superb collection! Very good stippled melantherus and stunning robertianus 'tricolor'

[Yann]

Ruben to make it bloom it need a very warm and dry summer. I let the pot underglass without shading during the july/august period and then place the pot under tables to drop temperature a bit. wattiorium is the first i water once end of august.
I've made several trails before it works, always learning with plants.

I don't remember if these STAPFIA reports were already linked in this forum

http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/LBB_0038_1_0165-0187.pdf
http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/STAPFIA_0099_0159-0186.pdf