Crocus September 2008

[Luc Gilgemyn]

I agree with Thomas !
A true beauty Art ! 

[Armin]

Armin,
here is an other photo. I have that Crocus from Janis R.

Hans, thank you suberb.
Very desireable form you keep.
My C. cancellatus from PC Nijssen are not yet up.
I hope I can please them in my garden.

[Armin]

your C. speciosus ssp. xantholaimos with the yellow throat is suberb.
I just noticed my "Conquerer" and my seedlings have a yellow throat too. Consequentially I'm thinking "Conquerer" is a selection of ssp. xantholaimos. Can you confirm my presumption?

Armin, my Conquerer - or at least what I think it is Conquerer - doesn't show a yellow throat.
It's the largest speciosus I have in my collection, while ssp xantholaimos has only small flowers.

Thomas,
aah - Do I eventual detect an area of uncertainty?
I'll give you a ring...
Thank you anyway for your honest answer.

[Armin]

Too rich for me Mark. Here is boryi, kotschyanus 'Ayres' outside in a trough and serotinus clusii.

Anthony,
gratulation - very beautiful C. boryi with lovely yellow throat and red elongated style.
Definitively one on my wish list.

[Armin]

Here is another photo of the veined Crocus goulimyi - I think this better represents the true colour. 

Arthur, a real a stunner.
Extrordinate coloration for a C. goulimyi

[David Nicholson]

Here is another photo of the veined Crocus goulimyi - I think this better represents the true colour. 

That is a real gem Art, a lovely Crocus.

[Anthony Darby]

Too rich for me Mark. Here is boryi, kotschyanus 'Ayres' outside in a trough and serotinus clusii.

Anthony,
gratulation - very beautiful C. boryi with lovely yellow throat and red elongated style.
Definitively one on my wish list.

Armin, hopefully there will be a spare one next summer, so I will put your name on it.

[mark smyth]

I have a friend who says quite often "I'm not rich enough to buy ..." then goes out with the boys and comes home falling down drunk. He also smokes

[Anthony Darby]

I have a friend who says quite often "I'm not rich enough to buy ..." then goes out with the boys and comes home falling down drunk. He also smokes

Yes, and a certain government a dozen or so years ago suggested to my dad that he (collective noun here) could cut down the time spent in the pub to pay for prescription, dental and eye test charges. My dad never went near a pub! He did, however, select which prescriptions he thought he could do without. Thatcher and her ilk (Genghis Khan, Attila the Hun, Vlad the impaler etc.) have a lot to answer for.

[David Nicholson]

I have a friend who says quite often "I'm not rich enough to buy ..." then goes out with the boys and comes home falling down drunk. He also smokes

Yes, and a certain government a dozen or so years ago suggested to my dad that he (collective noun here) could cut down the time spent in the pub to pay for prescription, dental and eye test charges. My dad never went near a pub! He did, however, select which prescriptions he thought he could do without. Thatcher and her ilk (Genghis Khan, Attila the Hun, Vlad the impaler etc.) have a lot to answer for.

Politics and Religion!!!!

[art600]

I have noticed that Prudence has managed so much better

[Lesley Cox]

Do we detect a certain tendency towards the left here Anthony? Not at all a criticism, I'll happily join you.

[Anthony Darby]

Moi Lesley?