Crocus February- 2017

[Steve Garvie]

The book is eagerly anticipated Janis.
- no pressure there then! 


Crocus hartmannianus



Crocus Schneideri BATM 428

[Yann]

Again some great shots there. hartmannianus is a rare treasure.

[Roma]

I can't compete with these well grown rarities and the quality of images here, especially Steve's but here are a few crocuses I am enjoying just now.

Crocus grown from seed from Crocus 'Hubert Edelsten'  It is a few years since it first flowered but it has not increased.
Crocus veluchensis a week ago
Crocus veluchensis today

[Roma]

Crocuses I got from Thomas Huber a couple of years ago labelled Crocus vernus/neglectus from Liguria.  Just one pot but different days and angles.

[Janis Ruksans]

I can't compete with these well grown rarities and the quality of images here, especially Steve's but here are a few crocuses I am enjoying just now.

Crocus grown from seed from Crocus 'Hubert Edelsten'  It is a few years since it first flowered but it has not increased.

GREETINGS! Get viable seeds from Hubert Edelsten! Almost incredible!  I never got any.

[Yann]

The lack of sun is not good for the grower  nor for the Crocus, very few are flowering.

Crocus biflorus weldenii
Crocus chrysanthus 'Jurpils'
Crocus tommasinianus 'Bobo'
Crocus vernus ssp napolitanus
Crocus chrysanthus

[Steve Garvie]

Crocus taseliensis





Crocus rhodensis






Crocus minimus

[Yann]

Crocus minimus can cover whole hills in Corsica, it has to be seen in the wild.

[tonyg]

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.

Thank you to Maggi for sharing this here - as I should have done.
I can trace the line back to Crocus danfordiae seed ex an Erich Pasche collection .... but I do not have the collection number, my seed was ex cultivation. 

[Janis Ruksans]

Using last (I hope) cold days I worked at computer. On following Tuesday I'm planing to open cover in my polytunnels. I hope that there will be no need to return it for the third time. Although glass-wool sheets used by me for covering are quite long lasting, but they have some limit for mowing.
On Wednesday I will go for the first copies of my book (I hope the first will be binded) and then I will see how it looks. And will start despatching. But few minutes ago I published our new catalogue. There are many changes comparing with former years, so read carefully Terms and Foreword before going further. You can find it on rarebulbs.lv

[Luc Gilgemyn]

What a wealth of beautiful Crocus' above ! 

Finally the sun made some of mine opening up too :

Crocus atticus sublimis parnassos (1&2)

Crocus minimus

Crocus stridii

[Janis Ruksans]

Two hours ago removed winter cover. And crocuses immediately started to open flowers. My easy days ended...
Still blooms C. laevigatus - as started in autumn, still some again has perfect flowers
Early runner allways is C. korolkowii - here standart stock and one selected seedling - on that flower is damaged by returned winter cover.
Another runner which almost finished blooming below cover is C. fibroannulatus (type collection)
Between earliest always is C. hittiticus - here SASA-022 - the best of hittiticus, this year a little later than other hittiticus samples

[Janis Ruksans]

Crocus fauseri - known only from one isolated mountain top.
Crocus munzurense (type gathering) - now region closed for foreigeners
Crocus pseudonubigena

[Janis Ruksans]

As last today - Crocus henrikii
Crocus sozenii
and hybrid between C. mawii and C. gembosii

[Cfred72]

The first Crocus to bloom for me in the garden. It seems to be Crocus chrysanthus 'Doroty'.