Crocus March 2007

[udo]

here my last crocus for this spring:
Crocus veluchensis`Albus`
Crocus minimus`Little Beauty` 2x

[Maggi Young]

Here is a none too sharp shot of  just about the last crocus in flower in our garden. The colour isn't good, I'm sorry! It is a little seedling which is cream in colour, very like Cream Beauty.  He says he's feeling very lonely there on his own!

[Guff]

Starting to see some flowers in my crocus holding bed. Mostly yellows, but some Prince Klaus are starting to pop up. I think maybe the pinkish one is firefly.

[I.S.]

    Hi again!!!
 Here is the lake and mount Abant where the crocus abantensis come from. Altitute for lake is 1380 m. and for mount is 1780 m. While everybody were thinking crocus season is over, for this altitute just begining. All these photos I took yesterday.!! I hope you will also enjoy
them.

[I.S.]

  and I decide on toward to high...

[I.S.]

  After pine forestier I reached to line alpine. Here was realy source for crocus. I have seen same time c. abantensis, c. olivieri c. ancyrensis.

[I.S.]

  Here is the c. ancyrensis second endemic one after c. abantensis they were completely mixed with c. olivieri.

[mark smyth]

all very nice, thanks

[I.S.]

   I realy enjoy to share them and now I am posting one which is not known. I have read only somewhere by that name c. x paulineae in the same area. It should be hybrid between c. abantensis and ancyrensis.
But the petals are more broad. When the flowers are closed it looks fully
brown.
   And at the last I will close with  one colchicum.
   
  I wish all the best to everyone.....

[David Nicholson]

Ibrahim, thank you I have enjoyed your pictures.

[Maggi Young]

Ibrahim, many thanks for sharing these photos with us. It is wonderful for us to see the plants growing in their home, especially to see C. abantensis from Lake Abant.
I am not familiar with C. x pauliniae, but these unknown flowers you show are most attractive.
I hope your colchicum was not too lonely among so many crocus! 

As you say, these plants are just coming to flower at this time, while in our gardens many are past. We have today one last Crocus scardicus remaining in flower!

[annew]

Thank you for taking us with you to see the flowers in their home!

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Thanks Ibrahim ! 
Beautiful walk in beautiful scenery and outstanding crocus' !

[hadacekf]

Ibrahim, many thanks for the beautiful pictures. I visited the Lake Abant in late summer. It is a wonderful area, but at this times no flower of crocus.

[Ian Y]

What a delight it is to see your wonderful pictures Ibrahim.
 I love to grow the plants but it is wonderful to see them growing in their native habitat and thanks to you we can do both.
I hope you have many more happy travels, please share them with us.