Crocus April 2008

[I.S.]

This weekend I have visited a ski center, altitute 1600m. which is close to me. I had chance to see alots of crocuses. There were many nice variety fo C. biflorus ssp. pulchricolor which I would like to show.
I think this species likes so much rich and humid soil. I was imagine to see very small flowers but I have seen very vigorous plants and realy big size flowers mostly dark very rare white colors.

[art600]

Ibrahim

Shots 7,8 & 9 show this Crocus at it s best.

Continuing thanks for showing us beautiful Crocus when most of us have none left to flower

[Paul T]

I particularly like #4 with it's beautiful shape, and that pic of the two flowers poking out of the snow is gorgeous.  A beautiful species by the look of it.  Thanks for the pictures.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Great selection Ibrahim !!!
All equally beautiful, but nr 8 is truly gorgeous.
Thanks for sharing this piece of nature 

[Thomas Huber]

Hello everybody - I'm back from a small trip through Italy and still have much to read!

Ibrahim, your photos from the wild are great as always. Wonderful big and healthy looking
pulchricolor in heaven-blue coloring!!

Paul congratulations for the first of your crocus in the new bed. The river-sand makes
it look beautiful but I guess it will look much better in sunshine!

[Paul T]

Thomas,

Thanks!!  I still think the flowers of the pulchellus photograph better in the shade than in the sun.  I find the sun leaches the delicate mauve out of those flowers in the picture, which is why I have photographed them in the shade for posting.  Very pleased to have them in flower, and since yesterday the first leaves have popped up on a nice form of goulimyi, so flowers shouldn't be far away. That's only the second crocus to appear above ground, and believe me at the moment I check every day to see any signs of anything new. 

[Armin]

Ibrahim,
wunderful to see ssp. pulchricolor in the wild.

[Thomas Huber]

Paul, please try to make a sun-photo and post them side by side for comparing.
My own photos always look much (!!!) better in the sun than in shade!

[Paul T]

Thomas,

Yeah, I guess so.  I'll get one of the pics in the sun and post it here (I took both).  I kind of liked the shaded one.  Here's the two of them.....

The two fo them are attached below.  In this case the colour is probably more accurate in the sunny pic.  I still like the shaded pic though. 

[Thomas Huber]

I still like the shaded pic though. 

Me too - but I like the sunny one more 

[Jim McKenney]

Here's a thought for the micropropagation thread: does anyone know how long micropropagation for crocus dhas been used? I have decades old stock of Crocus ‘Vanguard’ which regularly produces flowers with only four of five perianth segments. The first time these bloomed, I assumed that the deformity was due to micropropagation.
Newly purchased  stock now blooming shows the same deformities!

Edit: Jim had posted this in the Fritillaria page, but I thought it more appropriate here! M

[Lesley Cox]

My second and third flowers on C. mathewii are out now and both are as pointy petalled as the first (3 bulbs). Also out are kotschyanus, pulchellus, medius, caspius, nudiflorus and serotinus salzmannii (what I've been calling asturicus). C. banaticus hasn't started yet but white banaticus has finished. Might be able to get pics later in the morning but we had heavy rain yesterday and overnight (very welcome) so things might be soggy and flattened.

[Guff]

Vernus 'Uklin Strain' , best my camera can do. I will see if I can borrow my brothers camera later in the week. The flower is white/light blue , with dark blue/purple w tips.

[tonyg]

Jim, what did that yellow line say? I couldn't read it. Failing eyesight maybe but yellow on white is very hard to read.

It says:
Edit: Jim had posted this in the Fritillaria page, but I thought it more appropriate here! M
Maggi must have picked the wrong colour by accident!

PS red is next to yellow ...was M seeing red?

No, just getting dafter! M

[Lesley Cox]

Thanks Tony. I'm not too keen on pink either, though it is readable. Looking forward to my next incarnation. This one's rapidly disintegrating.