Crocus October 2008

[ArneM]

Here is a strange C. speciosus Albus and I didn't use the shear. 

[Martin Baxendale]

Some nameless Crocus. Who can help me?

Hans, I'm not sure about 1 and 2. But Picture 3 is kotschyanus, 4 is goulimyi, and 5 and 6 look like pulchellus albus.

[art600]

Dominique

Belated Birthday wishes - I was out all day yesterday and on my return the Forum was down.

Beautiful Crocus, well grown.  I must put more of mine in the garden next year

[Gerry Webster]

Crocus cartwrightianus

Edit: I now wonder whether this is 'pure' cartwrightianus or some hybrid. The flowers close at night whereas  those of cartwrightianus  stay open.
Second edit: The flowers now remain open at night so perhaps it is the true plant.

[mark smyth]

The white form Gerry?

Taken today is the ?normal form

[Gerry Webster]

Taken today is the ?normal form

Mark - with such a variable plant, I don't know whether there is any such thing as the 'normal' form. In any case, yours is  very handsome.
I wish  my pics were as good as yours!

[mark smyth]

Gerry no reason why they cant be. Email me your original and I'll have a look and maybe repost it.

[Gerry Webster]

Thanks Mark - I'll PM you regarding how to go about it.

[Gerry Webster]

Crocus serotinus subsp. clusii cv ‘Poseidon’

This is a very vigorous cultivar; one corm obtained last year has produced six flowering-size corms this year.

[dominique]

Thank you all who wish me happy birthday. It is always a little sad day with one year older but it happens at a marvellous crocuses season and it is great to see that friends of this forum forget nobody all along the year. Thank you universal Maggi and all others
dom

[dominique]

Dom
Fantastique!!!  Some of the plants are very familiar but it is aways interesting and informative to see the different ways we grow our plants.  I especially liked the climps of C goulimyi and the C cancellatus in the first post.
There was a shot labelled C niveus which might be C hadriaticus but I could not read the label in the photo.
(I have received you letter - thanks.  You are on the list)
Bon Anniversaire

Hi Tony. Thank you. I am glad to be on the list now. My niveus which flower for the first time comes from seeds sent to me by Munchen Botanic Garden. In fact it is hadriaticus

[dominique]

Dom fantastic plants such a great display. I see a lot are in plastic pots plunged. Do you cover these with anything for bad weather? Oh and Happy birthday

Hi Ian
I cover the pots with glass when the wether is too wet or cold, but the ground is low !!!

[dominique]

Some nameless Crocus. Who can help me?

Hi Johannes,
I think n° 3 kotschyanus
n° 4 serotinus clusii
N° 5-6 ochroleucus
for the n° 1-2, perhaps tournefortii or ...
Dom

[tonyg]

No1 is the most interesting as at first glance I thought it and No2 were both C cancellatus ssp cancellatus.  However the white anthers of No1 make this C cancellatus ssp pamhyllicus BUT from Syria??  Hopefully Oron will take a look at these and offer his opinion, he may have seen these in the wild.
Dom is right about 3, 5 & 6 but 4 is C goulimyi, the shape of the flowers is quite distinctive.  Looking forward to more feedback on 1 and 2 ...if they set any seed please can I go on the list to receive some

[mark smyth]

Thomas or Tony do you know the name of the white Crocus that I showed on page 20?