Crocus February 2007

[I.S.]

   This one I have seen between b. adamii which is very common in this area. It was only one with very long five leaves. In my opinion it should be biflorus biflorus.

   regards..

[Maggi Young]

Very helpful, Ibrahim and very beautiful, too. Thank you.

[annew]

A close up of my clump os C tommasinianus 'Roseus' showed some suspicious-looking stripes. Is this bad news?

[Guff]

Super pictures everyone.

John Gennard, very nice sea of crocus you have there. How many years did it take to make?

[tonyg]

Ibrahim - great shots of your wild plants.  It would be nice to see any pictures of the habitat where they grew and of the plants in quantity.

Anne - I dont think you have a lot to worry about, your plants look vigorous.  This kind of colour break does occur in C tommasinianus occasionally.  It may even be a seasonal freak.  I have a plant distributed by John Grimshaw (Colesbourne) which he named Wandering Minstrel which he thinks is a hybrid with C vernus.  It has extensive random streaks on the outer petals.  If it was virus would it not effect the whole flower?

[David Shaw]

This is our C. t. 'Roseus' taken yesterday in bright sunshine. (lesson for David, don't take pics in bright sunshine)

[Thomas Huber]

Ibrahim - those are really great shots - and I agree with Tony:
Show us where they live, please!

Re flavus-olivieri, I've checked the Mathew-Bible:
Crocus flavus was not known on Chios in 1982 and Brian mentions, that
olivieri from Chios (near the Turkish coast) has rather narrow leaves, up
to 5 in number while the plants from mainland Greece have the typical
broad, few leaves.
But I wonder about the 3 devided style (see Ibrahims 6 devided style)
and again I agree with Tony that my plant really looks like C. flavus.
I promise to have a look again at the corm tunic in summer!

[mark smyth]

Brilliant, just brilliant! you guys have been so busy in my absence.

In just 3 days while I was away masses have come in to bloom in my greenhouse

[biodiversite]

Fabulous ! All your crocuses are fantastic. I'm particularly happy to see natural variations, and I didn't know C. olivieri ssp. olivieri...

May I ask some basic questions  ?

How do you differenciate easily C. flavus and C. chrysanthus ?

[I.S.]

   Hello Bio.
 
First of all I want to say welcome. I have been in your country for some years. I like
paris so much.
 
The difference between chrysanthus and flavus ssp flavus, while chrysanthus has three diveded red style, flavus ssp flavus has very short and simple one and  chrysanthus is smaller and brighter then flavus ssp flavus.
I would like to your other crocus pictures too. (specialy vitellinus)

 Tony & Thomas This time unfortunately I don't have long distance pictures. I'll have next time. The all pics are from region Kırklareli (nw corner of Turkey) where my parents live. 

[I.S.]

  Now I'll continue with very small one. I could say it was a danforiae but they don't
have yellow throat. I don't know if they have to have. My all white danfordiae have except Tony's one in the crocus pages (largest one).
 
I will prefer to call them biflorus weldenii which is not regestered in turkish plants data service. one thing more my b. weldenii pics have not anthers with black lobes.
 Can somebody confirm me?
 
 lots of thanks..

[biodiversite]

Merci Ibrahim  ! I will observed scrupulously my plants.

Please find here the photos of my C. vitellinus : it is from a french nursery, don't produce seeds and don't seem to have vegetative multiplication as these 5 bulbs are planted for years...

[biodiversite]

a lateral view

[hadacekf]

I visited Chios twenty years ago in March. In the screes  sumless of yellow Crocuses flowered.
Crocus oliveri ssp.balansae
Crocus oliveri ssp.balansae
Crocus oliveri ssp.balansae ?

[Maggi Young]

Franz, are these photos from your visit to Chios twenty years ago? I ask this because if so, then you did not have a digital camera in that time, and so these must be from scanned slides... is this so? The quality is excellent, as all your photos are. If you have scanned slides of such quality, perhaps you are still using slide film, now, and not digital? Please tell us a little about your camera etc. If you have mentioned this previously, please forgive me, I try to remember, but I am not always, or even often successful these days!
Thank you,
Maggi