Crocus March 2007

[DaveM]

Great pix everyone. The rain has done for many of mine outside, but just a couple taken on Saturady when the sun shone.

Crocus tommy Whitewell Purple
Crocus sieberi tricolor

[tonyg]

Mark is the skinny vernus pictured the one you refer to?  I've raised this form from seed several times (twice SRGC labelled reticulatus!!) and it just is skinny!  (Like some of its wild ancestors)  If it is also virussed I am sorry.  What are the leaves like?

[mark smyth]

you will be correct. Now that it is over it will be difficult to spot it amonth the leaves of tommie var roseus. I'll look tomorrow or if it wasnt lashing I'd look now

[Maggi Young]

skinny vernus pictured

which? where? what about it?

[mark smyth]

have you got the wrong specs on? It's just over the page

[Maggi Young]

I often DO have the wrong specs on, as Mark knows, but this time, I'm innocent! I checked all three pages but when I first saw Mark's post with the skinny vernus, there was only text about him being picky about file names, honest Gov! Did you edit the post to add the pic after, Mark, or is there more wrong with me than just the specs??

[Maggi Young]

Re: Crocus March 2007
« Reply #29 on: Today at 09:11:02 PM »Mark Smyth
 Last Edit: Today at 09:14:35 PM by mark smyth »

AHA! you did make a change! This is a conspiracy to confuse the confused, so obviously unsporting!
Anyway: now I've found the blasted thing, it only looks skinny to me!

[Thomas Huber]

Franz, your Crocus is NOT Remembrance, which should have large, rounded petals with
silvery gloss and brighter colour. I'm sure yours is "Whitwell Purple"!

This means, that Dave M's plant ISNT "Whitwell Purple" - this looks like "Barr's Purple"

[Maggi Young]

Thomas, you surprise me, I was seeing Franz' crocus as a vernus. when I look again I see they are smaller than I thought, but with quite fat flowers, so are they really Tommies, then? They have a deep purple tube, I see.
Also, I notice that you call C. tomm. as 'Whitwell Purple' when we in the UK, at least, have the name as 'Whitewell Purple'.... with an "e" in the middle. I think the Plant Finder shows the extra "e".

[Thomas Huber]

Maggi, you're right: The correct name is WhitEwell Purple,
I've checked the KVAB registration list, sorry my fault.

This plant is sold as Crocus tommasinianus Whitewell Purple, although
there are obviously some vernus genes in it - see the broad leaves,
the dark tube and, compared to the other Tommies, the big flowers.
The correct name should be:
Crocus tommasinianus x vernus Whitewell Purple.

Compare the size of it on this photo with vernus Remembrance:

[Maggi Young]

Thank you, Thomas! It is good to see the two together. I guessed this was the scale of Franz' crocus, by the leaves. I see now the silvery sheen you mentioned for Remembrance, also. I am feeling quite pleased that I noticed the purple tube and thought this showed vernus blood.... I hope you think I am turning into a better croconut from watching the forum ?!!

[Thomas Huber]

Maggi - together we're strong!
And nobody's perfect - not even me!

[Armin]

Armin, your tommie looks like "Lilac Beauty", but not exactly. I think it's a seedling!

Here the few crocus that survived the heavy rainfalls of the last two weeks:

Thomas, many thanks. I thought the same but I can't remember ever having puchased them - nor missing any other cultivar. But they are nice.

[Armin]

Here's my crocus habitat...can't compare to Thomas ones yet - but my one has still much room for improvement!

[Maggi Young]

You are progressing well, Armin.  The meadows of Franz and Thomas are an inspiration are they not?