Crocus November 2016

[sokol]

Crocus goulimyi var. leucanthus, JJA345.220

I'm not sure its a true type or hybrid

It looks neither like goulimy nor like leucanthus. Sorry, but I no this problem.

[YT]

It looks neither like goulimy nor like leucanthus. Sorry, but I no this problem.

Hmm... thanks in any way, sokol 

[YT]

Crocus wattiorum
It drizzled today and all crocus flowers closed but wattiorum's

[Matt T]

Crocus wattiorum
It drizzled today and all crocus flowers closed but wattiorum's

Tatsuo, they are gorgeous! I have some young plants coming along and hope one day they may look like this.

[Matt T]

Crocus goulimyi var. leucanthus, JJA345.220

I'm not sure its a true type or hybrid

Tatsuo, this does look like C. goulimyi to me, but it is not var. leucanthus, which is much paler in colour.

[tonyg]

Crocus goulimyi var. leucanthus, JJA345.220

I'm not sure its a true type or hybrid

In my experience var leucanthus hybridises freely with the blue forms in cultivation.  The offspring vary.  With careful hand pollinating I have achieved white and pale offspring but if pollen from blue flowering goulimyi gets in the offspring are usually blue.

Many years ago I had seed known to be from Mani White.  I was told it would breed blue the first generation but I could expect whites among blues in later generations.  This has proved to be the case.

[YT]

Tatsuo, they are gorgeous! I have some young plants coming along and hope one day they may look like this.

Thanks, Matt. Hoping your wattiorum flower soon!

[YT]

Tatsuo, this does look like C. goulimyi to me, but it is not var. leucanthus, which is much paler in colour.

In my experience var leucanthus hybridises freely with the blue forms in cultivation.  The offspring vary.  With careful hand pollinating I have achieved white and pale offspring but if pollen from blue flowering goulimyi gets in the offspring are usually blue.

Many years ago I had seed known to be from Mani White.  I was told it would breed blue the first generation but I could expect whites among blues in later generations.  This has proved to be the case.

Thank you, Matt and Tony. The blue seedling must be a hybrid with var. goulimyi. I found a white flower came out from another seedling in the same pot today

[ruben]

Stuning group of wattiorum Tatsuo!

Crocus laevigatus is the star of the day here

3x Crocus laevigatus gold back form
Crocus laevigatus dark form
Crocus laevigatus ssp. pumilus

[Yann]

I like the creamy colors of the 2nd photo. is it a locus form?

[ruben]

i don't know Yann! I got it out of a swap. But i also really like those colouring . Something else than blue and white in autumn flowering crocus.

[Maggi Young]

I like the creamy colors of the 2nd photo. is it a locus form?

See more about C. laevigatus  'Goldback'  here :
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=12424.msg316617#msg316617

" Crocus laevigatus GOLD BACK - plant with amazing history. I think it was sent from United Kingdom by Roger Poulet some 20 years ago to "down under" - to Marcus Harvey in Australia. Last summer Marcus very kindly sent me corm of it. So it returned from "exile" to its native hemisphere and now made first flower here. I'm shocked by its color!
Janis "
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=6194.msg172484#msg172484
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=6194.msg172901#msg172901
 
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=7934.msg217470#msg217470 - where Janis suggests that the shape suggest  more C. boryi

http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=8043.msg219835#msg219835 here Janis shows a yellow- backed form he found in Greece

[ruben]

Woooww, that's a lot of information Maggy!
Thanks for that!

I'm happy to grow this gem and hope is do well in the coming years

[Maggi Young]

Of course, Ruben - the forum and SRGC site is FULL of such great information!!

[Yann]

great Maggi! thx