Crocus October 2017

[pehe]

A nice dark form of Crocus laevigatus

Poul

[sokol]

Nice group, they are looking like mine from Evia.

[Catwheazle]

@ Janis .... lot of thanks !!!

[pehe]

Nice group, they are looking like mine from Evia.

I do not know where they original came from. I got mine from Anne Wright.

Poul

[Armin]

Hello!
So many great images and adoring crocus species.

Below C. speciosus mix. Made a nice display yesterday. The crocuses are a new addition to a friend's garden.

[WimB]

Crocus cartwrightianus (dark form)
Crocus pumilus SBL348 (received as Crocus laevigatus SBL348 (ex Crete))
and Crocus longiflorus.

[WimB]

Crocus pallasii (from seed from the locus classicus, with thanks to Janis who donated these seeds to the Crocus Group seed exchange)
Crocus pulchellus
Crocus wattiorum

[WimB]

And Crocus wattiorum with Crocus pumilus in the background.

[sokol]

Crocus pumilus is nice but Crocus wattiorum one of the nicest ones to me.

I have got a nice Crocus cartwrightianus within some recently buyed bulbs of Crocus hadriaticus.







Crocus mathewi Dream Dancer flowers always after the leaves came out



Crocus pumilus from the Katharo plateau is the smallest Crocus flower I have. They seem to be much smaller than those of the nearby Afendis.

[Gail]

C. speciosus mix. Made a nice display yesterday. The crocuses are a new addition to a friend's garden.

That is a fantastic display Armin - well done your friend!

[Janis Ruksans]

Started blooming one of nicest autumn crocuses - Crocus kofudagensis - note the position where whiter style splits in 3 red branches - it well overtops anthers what separates it from its allies - assumaniae, pallasii, mathewii.
This form of C. mathewii has smaller flowers but very well increases by splinting and has very good colour contrast.
Great surprise is blooming of C. sativus this autumn after so unusually cold summer. I never suspected its blooming this year.
Started blooming of C. melantherus, too/. This sample originally was collected as C. chrysanthus but turned mix of both species.

[Janis Ruksans]

In this entry only one crocus - it is very variable Crocus pallasii s.l. - all samples came from Chios Island, homeland of antique Greek poet Homerus. It most likely need own name but is so extremely variable, that it is not easy to find exact morphological characters and at present for me is not easy to get DNA checking.

[Janis Ruksans]

Some more pallasii sensu lato from Chios. All plants were collected in spring so no colour preferences were done. Each picture is from plants collected at different localities.

[Janis Ruksans]

And last two pallasii localities from Chios and another Greek pallasii grown up from seeds collected wild by Marcus Harvey, most likely on Samos
Then very unusual form of Crocus kotschyanus
and as last - Crocus zubovii from lowwest altitude where it was observed.

[Armin]

That is a fantastic display Armin - well done your friend!

Thank you that you like the display.
In my freinds garden (located near forest and meadows) are much more honey bees present compared to my own garden located near conventional farmers fields with use of lots of chemicals.
Therefore we hope for rich pollination, good seed set, that the crocus corms spread and endure more then one season fully outside.