Crocus January - 2009

[Lesley Cox]

If the Dutch forms of minimus above (Janis's) are not minimus, what could they possibly be? 'Bavella Form' as I have it (from Marcus Harvey who I believe had it from Alan Edwards), is a different inside colour as well as the heavily black outer segmants. The inner colour is almost magenta rather that purple. But I have a seedling from my own minimus which has an even blacker outer colour, virtually no edge at all, but the inner colour is the more usual purple.
These pics are from spring 2007





The upper picture is what I have as 'Bavella Form' but doesn't show the inner colour well. The lower picture shows my very dark form plus, on the left, another with very large flowers. I have many in this same quite large patch which are more feathered in outer marks than solid colour. Apart from Bavella, all are seedlings from an original single corm of C. minimus. The dark form flowered before I had Bavella so is not a seedling from 'Bavella Form.' I guess what I'm saying is, C. minimus can vary tremendously even within a single group.

[Janis Ruksans]

I use for identification of true minimus just the very late flowering time. Eva Petrova in Acta Pruhoniciana (vol.33, 1975) wrote that it is the last crocus blooming in their collection. That one which I got from Van Tubergen was much earlier and flowered together with other crocuses. Bavella and form from Sardinia both here are extremely late and the last crocuses blooming in my collection.
I just sorted out great heap of Crocus description forms from eighties and found forms of both Dutch and native minimus but I found only that descriptions was incomplete and on Dutch form was written - incorrect, but I didn't noted what it seems to be. Pity.
Tonight we had minus 19 C.
Janis

[art600]

Lesley

Have you separated out the nearly total black plant, and is it increasing?  A striking Crocus 

[annew]

Cannot flowering time of different clones vary considerably? I am thinking of the many snowdrop varieties/cultivars that vary by months in their flowering time even within a species.

[art600]

I try to label all my pots with source, date and specie.  Occasionally  this does not happen and I would welcome identification of this potful.  I also show a rogue Crocus present in the pot that I would like identified.

Thanks

[Luc Gilgemyn]

It will take greater experts than I am to help you with the ID Arthur - but I do know a good Crocus when I see one !  It's a stunner !

[art600]

Someone asked me to post pictures of my pot of Crocus abantensis as they progressed.  Photos were taken yesterday.

[art600]

From the bulb house yesterday - Crocus biflorus isauricus.  The original two bulbs from Kath Dryden are now three 

[dominique]

Thank you all for these splendid pics. Under glass and with the sunshine, several species open their blooms

Crocus biflorus adamii
 Crocus biflorus crewei
 Crocus biflorus isauricus

[dominique]

Luc
My antalyensis is very different with white anthers

Crocus antalyensis
 Crocus antalyensis
 Crocus biflorus melantherus
 Crocus biflorus melantherus

[dominique]

Luc Sorry, I would say white stigmate for my antalyensis

Crocus biflorus melantherus
 Crocus biflorus nubigena
 Crocus biflorus nubigena
 Crocus biflorus nubigena

[dominique]

Crocus angustifolius 4 years sown, first bloom !!! Very orange coour of C. flavus and an unidentified biflorus

[art600]

Here is Crocus angustifolius MINOR

[art600]

Crocus corsicus from seed - first flowering

[dominique]

ok

Crocus nevadensis