Crocus February 2007

[hadacekf]

Maggi,
The photos are from scanned slides and the slides are 20 years old. I used at that time a Nikon FM2 and an AGFA CT18 filmstrip. I scan my old slides with a CANOSCAN FS2710. At present I make only digital photos with a four years old Nikon D100 camera.

[Maggi Young]

Franz, this is very exciting, Ian has been having difficulties about scanning slides to get quality results and this will be of great interest. Many thanks for your help.

[hadacekf]

Crocus oliveri ssp. balansae in my garden.

[hadacekf]

Maggi, look at my web site 70 % are scanned pictures.

[mark smyth]

here is another Crocus supplied as wild type C. chrysanthus. Remember I said I wont see the garden for 22 days? Well yesterday I sneaked home while doing an errand for work. I had to and I'm sure you'll agree when I tell you it was a cloudless warm day

[mark smyth]

here are a few more sneaky photos

Crocus minima
Crocus sieberi 'Ronald Ginns' - I must buy more
Crocus cvijicii
Crocus tomm. 'Lilac Beauty'

[Maggi Young]

Franz, I never realised you were using so many scanned photos on your site... one which I enjoy VERY MUCH and would encourage everyone to visit, I might say!

[I.S.]

  Bio I thank you for your nice photos. Yours vitellinus look nice this year the weather is very nice too I hope they will increase rapidly. I have some fall crocus
they already have started to set seed.
  Franz your photos very wonderfull like always. I have visited your marvellous website.
  I will attach one bettter pic of pestalozzae and its native location.
   

[ian mcenery]

Ibrahim its wonderful to see plants in the wild . Thank you

[I.S.]

  And this one is present for the croconuts. First one is not very showy but it can tell
details. When I found it was just waiting for me.
 It made me an extra flower it was also quite like first one. I will keep my eyes on it. I'll call it olivieri white till find a better name.
 
 best regards..

[Maggi Young]

What a lovely blue in the stem! Very elegant.
You are making this croconut very happy, Ibrahim!

[tonyg]

Very nice crocus pics from everyone.  Always so good for us at home to see plants in the wild. 
Ibrahim - your biflorus ?weldenii looks very like a plant I have from a good source.  He named it biflorus alexandrii but that is not listed for your area either!  This only shows us that there is much to be learnt about the plants, new forms and new distribution patterns to be discovered.  I have seen black lobes on the anthers of C danfordiae but I am unsure if this a stable feature or just a seasonal one.
The white olivieri - at first I thought it might be C candidus which has the same broad leaves but is white flowered ... but that must have a yellow throat.  I think you are correct to call your find C olivieri.  Almost all crocus have albino forms.  I have seen a pure white C cvijicii, another taxa that is normally pure yellow.
Mark - your yellow mystery is C angustifolius.
Bio - I have grown C vitellinus (stock form Holland) but I do not find it easy.  My corms split into many small ones which no longer flower   Where and how do you grow yours?

[mark smyth]

Tony thanks

[Anthony Darby]

Ibrahim, what a privilage to see these little beauties in their natural state. Perhaps you can also take some pics of Ophrys spp. and Galanthus spp.? Thank you so much for posting them.

[hadacekf]

Ibrahim,
I am always happy to see plants in the wild. Thank you for showing us your find.