Crocus February 2007

[I.S.]

 Dave very nice pictures specialy chrysanthus z.

 Thomas I think this one is yellow mamouth that come from mixed deuch. There were
some corms most of them are same. only one is very dark purple.

[I.S.]

 
  And here are some shots of c. pestalozzae pale lilac before shower and then.....
 It looks realy happy..

[DaveM]

Simply stunning pics, Ibrahim!!!!! Thanks for sharing them.

[tonyg]

Great pics again Ibrahim

Dave - your Fairy seems to have lost her lilac flecked outer clothes.  See an earlier pic in this thread for the 'usual' version   You might have the plant traded as C biflorus weldenii albus.

[Thomas Huber]

Ibrahim, you're right, your yellow Dutch one is "Golden Yellow" also called "Yellow Mammoth"!

Tony, you're partly right with Dave's white Crocus: Yes, it's not "Fairy", but it's NOT weldenii "Albus"!
The soft grey blotch points for biflorus "Miss Vain".

[DaveM]

Thanks Tony and Thomas for your input. I had failed to connect my plant with the previous post mentioned. I took several other pics and they all show very clearly the grey flecking to the lower part of the outer tepals and a soft grey hue fading down the upper part of the tube. Sounds almost as naval gazing as with those little white flowers with green splodges 
The distribution of named varieties sounds like a nightmare at times.  I got this plant from one of the major supposedly reputable British bulb companies. It's not as if the plant I have is near to true Fairy!!! If they can't be trusted to get the name right, then ........

[udo]

Crocus michelsonii, pale form from Iran
Crocus flavus ssp.flavus ( for Franz )
2 x Crocus biflorus ssp.pulchricolor
Crocus graveolens
bed with over thirty species ans subspecies

[biodiversite]

Udo, you must have a lot of hybridization : how do you do to have good seeds ?

[David Nicholson]

Nice pictures Dirk, I like your pale michelsonii very much and also your crocus bed. You must have a very large garden?

[hadacekf]

Thank you Dirk, Show these pictures Crocus flavus ssp flavus too. Any suggestions, please?

[mark smyth]

slight hiccup somewhere. I posted photos in here but they appeared minus text in the aerly Feb postings. Here goes again

Like I said elsewhere today was a great day for photos so I sneaked home for half an hour. The Crocus in the garden and glass house were wide open. Good news is the glass house now gets sun in the mornings for about an hour and in the evening for about 3 hours. Here's a selection of what was looking good. Firstly a few tommies
'Bobbo'
'Pictus'
'Roseus'
'Whitewell or Barr's Purple'

vernus ex ex Yugoslavia
minimus
abantensis

[mark smyth]

Franz that is an intense orange and very nice

[hadacekf]

This Crocus chrysanthus Hyb. is flowering in my garden but the label has gone missing. Any Idea what those Crocus could be? Thanks for looking.
Beautiful C. abantensis Mark.

[Maggi Young]

Franz, everyone, of course Thomas Huber is our expert for the crocus hybrids but he will be away from the forum for a little while so we may have to wait for an answer from him. It seem that his son has to spend some time in hospital and so Thomas is there with him. I know you will all join in sending our very best wishes to the family and to young Chris for a very speedy recovery. We send lots of love to get well soon, Chris

[udo]

Hi David, i have a very large garden, place for many crocus
Crocus albiflorus, blue forms
Crocus angustifolius `Bronze`
2 x Crocus sieberi ssp.sublimis
Crocus sieberi ssp.sublimis f.tricolor
Crocus baytopiorum