Crocus December, 2016

[Tony Willis]

Crocus orphei

[Luc Gilgemyn]

You don't stop producing these marvels, Tony. 

[Tony Willis]

You don't stop producing these marvels, Tony. 

Glad you like it,just wish they would flower as a pot full rather than one at a time. It is far too warm here and naturally it has rained today.

[Maggi Young]

On the other hand, Tony, as they flower individually  one is able to concentrate fully on each detail of these exquisite little crocus rather than being dazzled by a group.  That is a very lovely flower!

[Tony Willis]

Crocus biflorus stridii a nice gift from Ian McE.

[ruben]

Very nice Tony!

Here still very calm with the spring crocusses!

[Armin]

Lovely crocus images  it seems the spring season is starting

On Dec. 17th. I mowed my meadow to chop the leaves and gras.
By chance I notified a last shot of a C. speciosus hybrid hidden under leaves from a hazelnut bush.
Never had such a late flower before.

[Roma]

I had two Crocus pulchellus still in flower on Christmas day.

[Tony Willis]

two views of a hybrid crocus I have raised. Crocus x gotoburgensis (pelistericus x scardicus) x pelistericus. It seems the C.scardicus yellow has been completely lost and white introduced. There are several more to flower and so it will be interesting to see how they turn out.

[Maggi Young]

That's an interesting development, Tony. Fascinated to see the others.

[Yann]

Excellent Tony 

[Maggi Young]

two views of a hybrid crocus I have raised. Crocus x gotoburgensis (pelistericus x scardicus) x pelistericus. It seems the C.scardicus yellow has been completely lost and white introduced. There are several more to flower and so it will be interesting to see how they turn out.

Janis says this is similar to an f2 hybrid from Gothenburg, named 'Henrik' - which he says is slow to increase - perhaps Tony's  form will increase at speed !

[art600]

Flowering now a very late stippled Crocus melantherus

[Tony Willis]

Janis says this is similar to an f2 hybrid from Gothenburg, named 'Henrik' - which he says is slow to increase - perhaps Tony's  form will increase at speed !

Mine is not an f2 hybrid as is 'Henrik' but an f1 crossed with straight pelistericus.  The photograph in Janis'book  is only vaguely similar as mine has a lot of white in it and not the dark tips to the petals.

I wait to see how quickly they increase. I find these species do so quite well.

My f2 hybrids are probably another year of flowering..

[Maggi Young]

Yes, I realised the parentage of your  bulb, Tony, I should have made it clearer that Janis was just saying it looked similar to 'Henrik' which is an f2.