Crocus February- 2017

[annew]

Various crocuses

Lovely pristine flowers, Tony.

[Yann]

thanks Maggi, i didn't find the first link.

[Janis Ruksans]

Crocus fleischeri and fuscotinctus

Not 'Fuscotionctus'! In true 'Fuscotinctus' stripes on outer segments base don't go down on flower tube. In true cultivar at the base are greyish "tongue" with rounded top. (Rukšāns, Krokusi, 1981).

[Cfred72]

Thanks Janis. An idea of who it might be?

[ruben]

oh my! So much wonderful crocusses.

a picture of a favorite place  - the wall of beers :-d

Crocus stevensii
Crocus biflorus ssp. pseudonubigena

[Steve Garvie]

What a wonderful series of Crocus images Tony!!!

[Janis Ruksans]

Thanks Janis. An idea of who it might be?

Sorry, not remember more cultivars of "chrysanthus" group. I worked with them 35 years ago. Now I simply checked my old note-book from late seventies where are designs of outer flower segment outside from many old cuiltivars, but not all are there. Many still are only on cards and to check them would take a lot of time. It was long before computers. I'm always thinking - next winter I will start computerising, scanning of old books and garden-notes, but never had time for this.

[Maggi Young]

Crocus  fuscotinctus

Thanks Janis. An idea of who it might be?

Perhaps  it is 'Dorothy' - see  here :
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=5060.msg138234#msg138234

[Cfred72]

This actually looks very similar Maggi 

[Tony Willis]

Crocus atticus ssp sublimis from Mt. Pelister,FYROM

[Maggi Young]

Interesting query from Tony Goode  on FB ......
"Your thoughts on this one appreciated. At first glance, much in common with Crocus danfordiae but it is much larger and more robust that all the other forms I grow. It is intermediate in size between danfordiae and chrysanthus. It is quite vigorous, seems more so than Crocus danfordiae and comes true from seed."

[Janis Ruksans]

Interesting query from Tony Goode  on FB ......
"Your thoughts on this one appreciated. At first glance, much in common with Crocus danfordiae but it is much larger and more robust that all the other forms I grow. It is intermediate in size between danfordiae and chrysanthus. It is quite vigorous, seems more so than Crocus danfordiae and comes true from seed."

(Attachment Link)

I think that under name of C. danfordiae still are covered several different species beside minutus, brickellii, kurdistanicus.
Such (Tony Goede sample) I haven't. Replacement by seeds seem to be very interesting. It would be nice to know origin (locality) where it was collected in wild.

[Janis Ruksans]

Stop of entries on Crocus pages force me to suppose that frost reached Europe, too. Since Tuesday outside temperature in mornings here is minus 18 C. On Monday I returned cover on my pots inside polytunnel. In nights the temperature minimum inside my polytunnels was minus 14, but at pots +1 C. During sun in days temperature raised inside up to +6-8 C, but under cover remained the same - around +1 C. On pictures greenhouse view and outside garden - very little snow to protect plantings against such frost. Fortunately this horror will end on Monday and if weather forecast will not change on Tuesday I again will remove cover. Hope that it will be for the last time this season.

But the best news are that today my book finally was printed and on Monday will start binding process. I just got call about this from printing house. Actually I'm a little nervous - how it will look, how it will be accepted by you. Are the paper selected by my page-layout maker the best... How will look pictures on it...  Oh...

Will see first copies on Wednesday and after that will start posting...

[Cfred72]

Congratulations Janis, It's always exciting to publish your own book.
I have a novel writer friend, it's always a lot of work but pride too. And then of course the anxiety of knowing what the readers think. Tell yourself that if you have given all of you to do it, you will not have to fear the critics.
Bravo. 

[Matt T]

We are all excited to see the book. No need to be nervous Janis, I'm sure it will be excellent!