Crocus February- 2017

[Janis Ruksans]

Some more pictures few minutes ago
From Greek main land crocuses from so named "sieberi" group, this year the earliest is Crocus athous.
Next one was collected last spring near Athens as C. atticus (by corm tunics) - this is single flower which came and looks very unusual.
Crocus chrysanthus 'Black Fire' is another "dark coloured" beauty - I got it from Rik van Bogaert.
And last two is plant of stupid story. Two days ago I checked boxes with seedlings and between white danfordiae were 2 distinctly dark yellow and much larger individuals. Certainly wrong! How those two seeds appear between danfordiae - have no idea. Most likely some ant... I left them on greenhouse table and forgot, but seeing them today still quite fresh, I brought to home to enjoy Guna. And some 10 minutes later Guna asked me - why you throw away this beauty? Turned that I dug out nice hybrid - with black stigma and distinct black connectives of anthers. It was potted back immediately.

[Tony Willis]

Janis beautiful selection,I would like to see ' Black Fire' open it looks lovely

[Yann]

Wonderful Janis, somes are exquisite

[WimB]

Crocus chrysanthus 'Black Fire' is another "dark coloured" beauty - I got it from Rik van Bogaert.

WOW, that one is great.

...with black stigma and distinct black connectives of anthers. It was potted back immediately.

And these!!!

[WimB]

Crocus 'Hubert Edelsten'
Crocus 'Ronald Ginns'
Crocus tommasininianus (Red Pink - RHS6)
Crocus tommasinianus 'Pictus'

[WimB]

And a Crocus tommasinianus selection from John Grimshaw (JG-4) which is quite similar to RHS6 (see above)

[tonyg]

Crocus 'Hubert Edelsten'
Crocus 'Ronald Ginns'
Crocus tommasininianus (Red Pink - RHS6)
Crocus tommasinianus 'Pictus'

Nice to see old friends here but ....
For Pictus see below.  First pic from ten tears ago of Pictus and Second one from this week of seedlings ex Pictus which still show the characteristic dark tips although the seedlings have variable ground colour,

[WimB]

Nice to see old friends here but ....
For Pictus see below.  First pic from ten tears ago of Pictus and Second one from this week of seedlings ex Pictus which still show the characteristic dark tips although the seedlings have variable ground colour,

You're right of course, Tony...mine seems to be just a regular tommasinianus!

[WimB]

Some other tommies:

Crocus tommasinianus 'Bobbo'
and Crocus tommasinianus 'Lilac Beauty'

[WimB]

And 2 tommie-selections of John Grimshaw:

JG4

[WimB]

And JG5

[Yann]

JG4 has great colors 

[Janis Ruksans]

And JG5

Afraid than picture #2 is virus

[sokol]

I have got these as Crocus antalyensis but I am not sure if they are.

[WimB]

Afraid than picture #2 is virus

Was my first thought too, but if I remember correctly John had this one analysed for virus and it was free of virus....not 100% sure, though!