Crocus January 2017

[Tony Willis]

Very nice Steve,the cvijcii is very early mine are just through

[Steve Garvie]

Thanks Tony! This cvijicii is early for me. I have two other pots in frames which are only just noses. The cvijicii in flower is in my greenhouse which tends to warm up during the day -I need to move this and some other crocus into a coooler frame.

Crocus michelsonii -Two different forms -the first is from Turkmenistan, the second came from Janis -I am not sure of its initial provenance. These have also been grown too warm in the greenhouse!

[Janis Ruksans]

Thanks Tony! This cvijicii is early for me. I have two other pots in frames which are only just noses. The cvijicii in flower is in my greenhouse which tends to warm up during the day -I need to move this and some other crocus into a coooler frame.

Crocus michelsonii -Two different forms -the first is from Turkmenistan, the second came from Janis -I am not sure of its initial provenance. These have also been grown too warm in the greenhouse!

There is no difference between populations from Iran and Turkmenistan - the same range of variability. I deliver open pollinated seedlings - so there can be "hybrids" between plants from various populations, but mostly just Iranians dominate, as at present I have only 3 acquisition numbers from Turkmenistan and much more from Iran..

[YT]

Crocus michelsonii -Two different forms -the first is from Turkmenistan, the second came from Janis -I am not sure of its initial provenance. These have also been grown too warm in the greenhouse!

Beautiful pictures as usual, Steve

[YT]

Crocus alatavicus JJA339.852

[Yann]

Despite the cold in the greenhouse spring is happening 

Crocus rujanensis with marvelous deep colors
Crocus adamii, provided by Janis
Crocus rhodensis
Crocus chrysanthus 'Sea Dream'
Crocus sieberi 'Hubert Edelstein'

[Cfred72]

Crocus adamii is extraordinarily beautiful. I find it superb. Crocus sieberi 'Hubert Edelstein' is also.

[Cfred72]

Crocus biflorus will soon open its corollas. It is only 1 degree in the glasshouse.

[Cfred72]

The Crocus laevigatus 'Fontenayi' ends its last flower for the year. It will have flourished since November to now.

[Yann]

Never heart about this hybrid, yes it was cold tonight, 0.7°c in the greenhouse and some of my orchids pots are frozen

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Wonderful Crocus' everybody !
Steve, your pictures are so tremendously, breathtakingly perfect that I am considering to stop taking pictures myself... 

[Tony Willis]

Some in flower today

Crocus vernus from Gargano,Italy
Crocus herbertii from Ulu Dag, Turkey
Crocus veluchensis from Mt Olympus,Greece
Crocus orphei from Mt Falakro,Greece

[ruben]

Lovely picture Tony.
Orphei is a real stunning crocus 

[sokol]

I just have to repeat, nice crocuses that you show. And always new to me species like C. orphei. I have been at Falakron several times but always later.

Here it is below zero since one week and without a greenhouse I have to wait till the snow is melted.

[Janis Ruksans]

Some in flower today

Crocus vernus from Gargano,Italy
Crocus herbertii from Ulu Dag, Turkey
Crocus veluchensis from Mt Olympus,Greece
Crocus orphei from Mt Falakro,Greece

On the first picture - Crocus neapolitanus
On the second - Crocus thirkeanus
See Harpke D., Carta A., Tomović G., Ranđelović V., Ranđelović N., Blattner F. R., Peruzzi L. 2015. Phylogeny,
karyotype evolution and taxonomy of Crocus series Verni (Iridaceae). Plant Syst. Evol. 301(1): 309-325.
and
World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Garden Kew.
http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do