Crocus January and February 2019

[Steve Garvie]

Nice crocus Tony!

I now have three pots of x gotoburgensis. It seems to cope well if divided and re-potted just as the foliage is starting to die down. However, I struggle to flower scardicus.

[Yann]

a new batch of Crocuses

Crocus herbertii
Crocus salurdagensis
Crocus crewei
Crocus x 'Sea Dream'

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Some super Crocus' and stupendous photography passing by 

I'll do my best... 

Crocus atticus 'Bowles white'

Crocus concinnus

Crocus flavus

Crocus fleischeri

Crocus gembosii

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Some more from previous weeks while we had plenty of snow outside... 

C. gembosii - variation

Crocus gembosii - 2

Crocus gembosii - 2 (mind you, this is not the cultivar 'Sunspot'

Crocus korolkowii 'Amulet'

Crocus korolkowii 'Marble tiger'

[Maggi Young]

Really enjoying seeing your  super photos - thanks to you all!

[David Nicholson]

Cracking plants and pictures

[Yann]

korokolkowii is really amazing i should sow it next autumn, i don't have a lot in my collection.

[Tony Willis]

Crocus pelistericus white form

[Roma]

Crocus herbertii

[Janis Ruksans]

Crocus pelistericus white form

Excellent plant, but IT IS NOT PELISTERICUS. Check the leaves! On the picture the leaf has white median stripe! But C. pelistericus leave are without the white median stripe! Or it is optical illusion ?

[Janis Ruksans]

Yesterday we had +2 C and rain changing to heavy snowstorm in afternoon. I used wet snow to make snowman on top of recently sawn crocus pot to use melting water for watering of seeds and substrate. But in night frost returned, again outside are minuses, but nothing dramatical is offered for February. Only sparrows are sitting with backs together on their feeding table - to save the warm. I wait spring! All winter paperworks are done, I tired from waiting...

[Tony Willis]

Janis thank you for your observations but you are incorrect and it is Crocus pelistericus. What you have seen as the white stripe is in fact part of the silver bract showing between two leaves. I have in previous years crossed it with C. scardicus and produced seed which would not have been possible as my understanding is crocuses do not produce intersectional hybrids.

[Janis Ruksans]

Janis thank you for your observations but you are incorrect and it is Crocus pelistericus. What you have seen as the white stripe is in fact part of the silver bract showing between two leaves. I have in previous years crossed it with C. scardicus and produced seed which would not have been possible as my understanding is crocuses do not produce intersectional hybrids.

Tony, I commented only what I saw on the picture, where it is impossible to recognize 2 leaves with bract between. Sorry!

[krisderaeymaeker]

Crocus baytopiorum

[krisderaeymaeker]

Crocus korolkowii from seed .