Crocus January - 2009

[I.S.]

Yes, Janis that was a joke to learn something which I want to know about from same region.
Thank you very much indeed. But still I can't reach to any sample of this species. If you have any It would be very nice to mail me or post here! That was only one in my folders without any sample.
Best Wishes...
Ibrahim

[udo]

Thanks Janis.

Is your collected Crocus ``Michael's Purple``also from Uklin Pass?

[Guff]

Janis, thanks for the background info, it's nice knowing the history.

Wow Dirk, you have a lot of Michael's Purple. How long to clump up like that? I also have one corm that I received in Oct. When I was checking corms it looked ok. Hopefully it shows in a couple more months.

[tonyg]

What about this for Crocus michelsonii?

No comment 

..... but I'd watch it for signs of ill health despite the possibility that it is just a one-off floral abberration.

[Lesley Cox]

What about this for Crocus michelsonii?

Good grief!!!

[mark smyth]

Last year it was normal.

[Janis Ruksans]

Yes, Janis that was a joke to learn something which I want to know about from same region.
Thank you very much indeed. But still I can't reach to any sample of this species. If you have any It would be very nice to mail me or post here! That was only one in my folders without any sample.
Best Wishes...
Ibrahim

Copies of article about C. boissieri from The Plantsman
Janis

[Janis Ruksans]

Thanks Janis.

Is your collected Crocus ``Michael's Purple``also from Uklin Pass?

That is from Uklin
Janis

[udo]

Thanks Janis!

Guff, i have this form 8 years. He is a very good grower, but set not seed by me.

[Paul T]

Dirk,

That pot of 'Michael's Purple' is amazing.  Great colour to it.

[Gerry Webster]

Copies of article about C. boissieri from The Plantsman
Janis

Janis - thanks for this which elaborates on the remarks by Baytop & Mathew in   The Bulbous Plants of Turkey. They state that they made several trips to the supposed type locality but found nothing. They add that it is unlikely that any crocus would be flowering at the end of June (the supposed date of collection) in this locality which is only 100 metres above sea level & that the information on the herbarium sheet is probably incorrect.

[Janis Ruksans]

Thanks Janis.

Is your collected Crocus ``Michael's Purple``also from Uklin Pass?

I just checked old papers of Hoog's - there is noted that Michael's Purple comes from me, but they didn't note exact locality. There was 3 places where I collected heuffelianus in Easthern Carpathians - Uklin pass (homeland of most, incl. Carp.Wonder), Lizja pass (from where heuff. alba origins - there were 50/50 white and deep purple without intermediates) and from Velikije Mosti village on opposite direction from Lvov (70 km North, lowland population) I suppose Michael's Purple must be from Uklin, as I lowland population checked only for pure botanical interest - some Russian botanist gave to it varietal status based on length of filaments/anthers, but I couldn't confirm it - there was full range of variation.
Janis

[Michael J Campbell]

Some sunshine today so the first of the  Chrysanthus crocus opened.

Crocus sunspot 1, 2,  3, & no 4 with the sun shining through the petals

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Well here's a real ray of sunshine right in the middle of the deepest of Winter Michael ! (not sure this is good English, but everyone will understand I guess...  )

[David Nicholson]

Lovely Michael. I'm hoping the price of Sunspot comes down this year.