Crocus September 2018

[Janis Ruksans]

Oh, already September came, but here still enormously hot. But at first I must to thank everyone for greetings in my birthday. Crocuses slowly start to bloom and quickly fade due too hot weather. Two principal species now blooms - Crocus suworovianus and Crocus cancellatus sensu lato, not in mass, but only some stocks. All are pictured, but I'm so busy with repotting of now Alliums, that too tired in evenings to work with pictures.

But this entry I started for another occasion, just in my birthday's week was received marvellous present from Czech Republic - fantastical book of Vojtech Holubec and David Horak - The Tian Shan and its Flowers. 403 pages, almost all covered with pictures of fantastic landscapes and p[plants. From crocuses only C. alatavicus and korolkowii, but with very beautiful pictures. Book you can order directly from Vojtech - vojtech.holubec@tiscali.cz
I don't know exact price, but it is approximately same as price of my The World of Crocuses.

[Maggi Young]

 Good to hear you enjoyed  birthday greetings, dear Janis!


Learn more about  the Holubec/Horak book  here :
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=16339.msg392307#msg392307

[Harald-Alex.]

the first flower of autumn-crocus kotschyanus. Birds took a part of the flower-leaves, they must be tasteful!

[pehe]

Yes, many animals (and also native people, as Janis has shown) like to eat crocus corms and flowers. But that is wrong - Crocus is meant to be looked at and enjoyed that way only .

I have to say that your crocus looks suspicious. The flower is deform and that could be a sign of virus and then it should be destroyed.
But let us hope that is is deform due to the bird attack.

Poul

[Harald-Alex.]

over night the next flowers of Crocus kotschyanus opened (13.9.2018) and they are undamaged !

[pehe]

Crocus cappadocicus and xantholaimos opened today.
The last pic shows some variation in color in my pot of Crocus vallicola x scharojanii flavus seedlings. In some of the flowers the scharojanii gene is more dominant and gives a deeper yellow color.

Poul

[Janis Ruksans]

the first flower of autumn-crocus kotschyanus. Birds took a part of the flower-leaves, they must be tasteful!

It 100% is virus infected! On next entry right-hand plant looks suspicious, too. Other seem to be OK.

[Janis Ruksans]

Crocus cappadocicus and xantholaimos opened today.
The last pic shows some variation in color in my pot of Crocus vallicola x scharojanii flavus seedlings. In some of the flowers the scharojanii gene is more dominant and gives a deeper yellow color.

Poul

Excellent! Mine of the first "wave" wilted now comes new shoots - may be will last longer as weather becomes cooler. But draught is enormous. My water-lilies in ponds are out of water!
Janis

[Harald-Alex.]

It 100% is virus infected! On next entry right-hand plant looks suspicious, too. Other seem to be OK.

Thank You, Janis, for You information. I will select this plant now and have never seen bevor!

[Harald-Alex.]

Excellent! Mine of the first "wave" wilted now comes new shoots - may be will last longer as weather becomes cooler. But draught is enormous. My water-lilies in ponds are out of water!
Janis

Hallo Janis, here are two fotos from last year: Crocus kotschyanus and Crocus speciosus "Artabir" in great meadow

[sokol]

The first Crocusses here did not flower well because of the heat. Now it is becoming better but most are still not as nice as usual.

Crocus armeniensis



Crocus autranii at the second day of flowering, the first had been the better on



Crocus damascenus was in flower at the beginning of August. Some shoots are coming out now.



Crocus ilgazensis



Crocus lycius

[Yann]

great photos, indeed it's warming again for the following weeks, no sign of Crocus yet here

[pehe]

Stefan, great to see the Crocus season has started at your place. I look forward seeing more flowers from your large collection.

Poul

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Great to see Crocus' appearing again.

I have Crocus asumaniae in flower right now.

A light lilac form.

[Yann]

On the last photo we can see the typical rib of this species