Crocus to identify? Post them here....

[olegKon]

Thanks again, Janis. It does grow in the open garden and flowers late October - early November here.

[I.S.]

  Thank you very much Janis. These original Dutch crocuses usualy have somethings unkown.

[cycnich]

Can anyone ID this for me, from near Leonidi in the Peloponnese.

[Armin]

Pat,
your crocus is a C. boryi. Melvyn posted recently also some from Corfu.
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=6194.60

[Thomas Huber]

Pat, I agree with Armin that your crocus is C. boryi, but there's a slight chance, that your plant is C. laevigatus, which I have seen on the way to Leonidi, looking exactly like boryi above the surface. To be sure I need a photo of the corm.

[cycnich]

Thank you both for your replies. I was undecided between the two but there was something about it that made me think it was not the same as the thousands of boryi that we saw. I will post a picture of the corm when I get a chance, Thanks again.

[mark smyth]

Is this a blue niveus?

[mark smyth]

Is this Crocus biflorus ssp melantherus

[Thomas Huber]

Yep!

[mark smyth]

Yes to both?

[Thomas Huber]

Yep!

[mark smyth]

thanks Thomas

[Gerry Webster]

Is this a blue niveus?

I initially thought C. serotinus - I've never seen C. niveus with that colour -  but on second thoughts I'm inclined to agree with Thomas.  Whatever it is, it looks as though it may be virused.

[mark smyth]

Is this a blue niveus?

I initially thought C. serotinus - I've never seen C. niveus with that colour -  but on second thoughts I'm inclined to agree with Thomas.  Whatever it is, it looks as though it may be virused.

I will inspect them closely tomorow

[Armin]

Does anybody know if C. niveus can cross with C. goulimyi (or C. longiflorus)?