Crocus September 2008

[art600]

Tony

The Crocus speciosus from Hasan Dag is a real beauty.  Where is Hasan Dag - not a mountain I've heard of before.

[Tony Willis]

Arthur

it is an extinct volcano to the east of Kayseri. Very acid soil.

[Gerard Oud]

Zhirair, its darker then in the photo, the sun was shining very much.I make closer pics later.

[art600]

Here are my Crocus mathewii today.  Another good potful bought 2 years ago at a favourite nursery.

[Oron Peri]

Art,
Thanks for the photos, this species is superb

[Luc Gilgemyn]

They're absolutely perfect Art !!!

[udo]

few pictures from this weekend,

Crocus banaticus
Crocus vallicola from Zigana-Pass
Crocus speciosus ssp.?? white antheren, pale yellow throat from Lerik,Talish Mts.

[udo]

and more pictures
Crocus hadriaticus ssp.parnassicus 2x
Crocus      ``       ssp.hadriaticus 3 forms with closed flower
               ``                 ``        open flower

[Gerard Oud]

Here they are, special for Thomas some close one's.
Michael Hoog won with these a special Award of Merit Trial Grounds in 1999 at the dutch KAVB

[art600]

Dirk
Wonderful Crocus and interesting to see the variation in hadriaticus.

Gerard
Beautiful speciosus.  How deep are the baskets in which you are growing the Crocus

[Gerry Webster]

Art, Dirk, Gerard-

Beautiful crocus all. Congratulations!

[Armin]

Hello to everybody,
it is a great pleasure to see all this nice crocus forms.

Gerard,
I receipt 3 corms of "Aino" from P.C Nijssen this week. I'm not sure they will flower still this year. But I'll be anxious if it is the improved "Oxonian".

Today we had the whole day sunshine forcing blossom of C.pulchellus Zephyr and C. speciosus, different forms.
Especial I like my speciosus seedling (likely from "Conquerer") which got a twin this year flowering freely in my lawn. Both show a nice veining.

Special thanks here to Thomas Huber who donated me some C. speciosus corms from his excess stock.
Still many noses looking up. More to come soon, I hope.

[Paul T]

Great pictures everyone.  Beautiful!!  That twin of yours Armin is glorious, just love that bicolour effect.

Dirk,

Those pics are wonderful, particularly those 3 closed ssp hadriatus which show so much difference.  Very nice!

Art,

The C. mathewii are just so striking aren't they?  Good dark centre to the clone you have too!!  Great stuff!! 

[Gerard Oud]

Arthur the baskets are about 20 cm deep.
Armin, GP Nijssen bought them from the same grower like i did.

[Otto Fauser]

Art , what a stunning pot of Cr. mathewii,
 
  Armin , that bicoloured C. speciosus seedling of yours is delicious , perhaps a somewhat like C. speciosus 'Aitchisonii' as I grow it here.
  The last flowers on C.minimus 'Bevala' and kosaninii in my garden today , so one could enjoy 12 months of Crocus flowers , if one would be fortunate enough to garden in both hemispheres,
    Otto.