Crocus September 2008

[Tony Willis]

my only two in flower at the moment
 crocus vallicola turkey zigana
 crocus speciosus turkey bolu

[Armin]

Tony,
a nice flower shape of C. vallicola with the curled pedals tips.
And your form of C. speciosus has a strong veining! Beautiful!

[art600]

My cancellatus ssp cancellatus opened its bud today

[Gerry Webster]

Art - very beautiful

[Luc Gilgemyn]

I second Gerry on this one Art !  Very nice indeed !
Nothing above ground here yet... but that's outside .. 

[Thomas Huber]

Great photos everybody - seems like autumn has started all over Europe now!

Some more from my own garden, taken during the short sunshine period today:

- cancellatus ssp mazziaricus
- hadriaticus var chrysobelonicus, although an unvalid name I still use it for this beauty, received from Anne Wright 
-         "       from the outside
- hadriaticus ssp hadriaticus without yellow throat - not ssp parnassicus which is told to be the one without yellow throat!
-        "        again from the outside
- karduchorum - a form with smaller petals that the one shown last week
- mathewii, the white form beneath the soft-blue throated one
- medius, the wild form from Liguria/Italy - really different from the small flowered trade form
- nudiflorus, this form flowered soft-lilac last year - this year it's become very dark
- serotinus ssp serotinus from Southern Spain - although told to grow only in Portugal

[olegKon]

All of them are magnifiscent, Thomas. Impossible to choose the best one. Unfortunately I can't enlarge images. We have had autumn weather here for about 3 weeks, but not a single crocus started flowering in the open. There are some shoots, so there is some hope.

[Hans A.]

Great pics - I see a new addiction coming...  

[art600]

Thomas

I agree with Oleg, 'All are magnificent'.

My pots are starting to move and I should have more to post next week.

[art600]

Great pics - I see a new addiction coming...  

Hans

I cannot believe that you are not already addicted 

[Hans A.]

I did not want to observe this thread to much - and I know why !

[Thomas Huber]

All of them are magnifiscent, Thomas. Impossible to choose the best one. Unfortunately I can't enlarge images. We have had autumn weather here for about 3 weeks, but not a single crocus started flowering in the open. There are some shoots, so there is some hope.

Oleg, enlarging the pictures works well for me? Problems with your computer?

Hans, I told you, I will start the crocus fever in you soon  

[olegKon]

Thanks, Thomas. I tried it again an now am enjoying full beauty

[Gerry Webster]

Thomas - beautiful crocus. The C.medius from Faiallo is very impressive. Was this grown from seed? How long did it take? I'm still awaiting flowers from seeds collected further west, near Carcare - they seem very slow.

[Armin]

Hi Thomas,

The C. medius is a real beauty...aaahh...nudiflorus...oohh...serotinus 
I get another attack of fever when I see your excellent crocus pictures

In my delirium I see C. hadriaticus var chrysobelonicus has a dark stem.
Is that the main difference to C. hadriaticus ssp hadriaticus (compared to my picture posted Sept.14th)?
Can you kindly explain?