Crocus October 2008

[Anthony Darby]

a cool, sunny sunday today,
open flowers from
Crocus nerimaniae  and
          mathewii, rose form
         

That Crocus nerimaniae is very special Dirk. Do you ever get any spare seed?

[Martin Baxendale]

Martin thats good until Thomas and Tony come in and say "that's not .... it's ...."

They won't.

[Tony Willis]

Dirk - beautiful crocus. Do you have any information on C. nerimaniae? I've never heard of it & it is not in 'The Crocus'. It does look rather like C.cyprius externally.

Gerry

it was written up in The Plantsman June 2004. I have a copy of the article if you do not have it and want it.

here is a poor picture of it in the wild

[tonyg]

Martin thats good until Thomas and Tony come in and say "that's not .... it's ...."

They won't.

C'est vrai Monsieur - the 2 crocusketeers    will concur that Davids plant is C kotschyanus and that Marks 2 pics highlight both the differences and the similarities.  Those very distinct W shaped markings in the throat belong to C kotschyanus.

[Boyed]

Some more crocuses from my collection

crocus speciosus 'pambaka' - very tall (up to 25 cm), very strong stem, that withstands even strong winds, again creamy anthers (collected from the smae area as 'Cloudy Sky'

crocus speciosus 'Goris' - up to 15-17 cm tall with beautiful pattern on the outside petals

[Boyed]

crocus speciosus 'Oxonian' - very large and beautiful flowers
crocus pulchellus 'Zephyr' - terrific cultivar, very large sized, extremely floriferous, even few corms make outstanding display

[Boyed]

crocus pallasii - nice crocus, good sizes, pointed flowers, sevaral blooms froma corm
crocus salzmanii 'El Torcal' - pleasing one

[Boyed]

some forms of crocus niveus

crocus niveus white standart form
crocus niveus white with lilac tint
crocus niveus white with lilac tint, but elongated flowers
crocus niveus bicolour (from small corms)

[Paul T]

Zhirair,

What a great selection of pictures.  Thank you!!  Just love that bicolor niveus that you posted last, but didn't actually "not like" any of them. 

[Luc Gilgemyn]

I agree with Paul, Zhirair  - amazing pictures.
Lovely diversity within the different genus'
Thanks for sharing.

[David Nicholson]

Lovely stuff Zhirair, Iliked them all!

[David Nicholson]

Thanks to Mark and TonyG for helping me to see the differences between kotschyanus and pulchellus. I think I could manage now to see the difference if I had one plant of each in front of me, but whether I could be correct with just one plant remains to be seen! My colour recognition skills leave something to be desired although I am not colour blind. I'm often criticised, by the female member's of the family, for my choice of jumpers to go with particular shirts

Still, here are a few from the greenhouse today.

[Armin]

Some more crocuses from my collection
crocus speciosus 'pambaka' - very tall (up to 25 cm), very strong stem, that withstands even strong winds, again creamy anthers (collected from the smae area as 'Cloudy Sky'
crocus speciosus 'Goris' - up to 15-17 cm tall with beautiful pattern on the outside petals

Zhirair,
that C. speciosus 'pambaka' looks very strong and healthy, excellent!  
The difference to "Oxonian" seem to be just the color of the stem. Right?
C.pulchellus "Zephyr" is an easy grower in my garden too.

All the others you show from your collection are also beautiful and desireable.

[Armin]

Still, here are a few from the greenhouse today.

Hello David,
your C. cartwrightianus looks not typical to me.
It is a variable species in color, yes. But yours has white anthers and a yellowish throat - I've not seen yet on an C.cartwrightianus. Even I'm impressed by the red 3 styles.

Could it be a mix up with a C. laevigatus form?

What do the experts think?

[Tony Willis]

some of mine flowering today.It has been a struggle to get them to open with no sun