Crocus to identify? Post them here....

[Rimmer de Vries]

A flower last fall would likely have been C laevigatus

I received the following corm last fall as C laevigatus and it began to emerge in November-December but then went on vacation until late February in my frame and now is just finished flowering

[Rimmer de Vries]

These have been confusing to me.  grown from Archibald seed lot 034.1250 Crocus biflorus ssp. isuaricus , but the two are very different.

does anyone have any ideas? they peaked bloomed in my frame in February
my frame is in a sunny position protected with 3.5 mil sheet of plastic and open to weather most of the time except when temp falls well below freezing.

Thank you

Rimmer

[Rimmer de Vries]

These, 100% sure, are crocus sieberi ssp sieberi.  Crete, mountains, springtime flowering.   A flower last fall would likely have been C laevigatus, also native to Crete but different, lower altitude habitat.  Perhaps a mixed batch of Cretan seed?  Good news is that they will be easy to separate by corms.  C sieberi has globose corms with netted tunics.  C leavigatus has corms with a pronounced pointy top half and hard, smooth corm tunics.

Thank you, it is good to know that this is Crocus sieberi ssp sieberi.  per your description in the Crocus pages entry I have had it in the wrong place for these 4 years.  It has been in a cold damp part of my frame along with the bulbs that receive water all summer, not in the hot dry part.  The Crocus in question is the small white bloom at the far right in the bulb frame.

[Diane Clement]

These have been confusing to me.  grown from Archibald seed lot 034.1250 Crocus biflorus ssp. isuaricus , but the two are very different.

This is the entry from Jim's catalogue in which he says it is variable in colour & markings
341.250 : Crocus biflorus subsp.isauricus
Turkey, Antalya, Irmasan Geçidi North of Akseki. 1500m. Stony humus under Abies over limestone. (Spring-flowering race endemic to the W end of the Taurus. In particularly fine form here & variable in colour & markings. Usually lilac-blue with strong, purple feathering on the exterior. Attractive & satisfactory under glass in the UK.)

[tonyg]

These, 100% sure, are crocus sieberi ssp sieberi.  Crete, mountains, springtime flowering.   A flower last fall would likely have been C laevigatus, also native to Crete but different, lower altitude habitat.  Pergaps a mixed batch of Cretan seed?  Good news is that they will be easy to separate by corms.  C sieberi has globose corms with netted tunics.  C leavigatus has corms with a pronounced pointy top half and hard, smooth corm tunics.

here are some poor photos of this seed pot taken last November 6, 2011. so possibly a mixed seed lot.

This is 100% Cretan Crocus laevigatus 

[tonyg]

These have been confusing to me.  grown from Archibald seed lot 034.1250 Crocus biflorus ssp. isuaricus , but the two are very different.
does anyone have any ideas? they peaked bloomed in my frame in February my frame is in a sunny position protected with 3.5 mil sheet of plastic and open to weather most of the time except when temp falls well below freezing.
Thank you
Rimmer

Diane is correct that this taxa (and many others) displays considerable variation.  What you show is typical.

[tonyg]

A flower last fall would likely have been C laevigatus

I received the following corm last fall as C laevigatus and it began to emerge in November-December but then went on vacation until late February in my frame and now is just finished flowering

Also 100% Crocus laevigatus.  This is one of the most variable, with many isolated island populations.  It can flower from October to March in the wild so this behaviour in yours is not unusual.  I'd guess maybe it was held up by a cold winter in your area?

[Guff]

Heres a better picture of the butter yellow I have shown before.

[Armin]

Hi Guff,
the inside flower resembles on the first view 'Cream Beauty' (red trifid style, anthers with black tips) but outside tepal markings are not matching.
Maybe it is a nice hybrid?

[Guff]

Armin thanks, it's a big flower. I keep forgetting to dig it up, and replant in some good soil.

Heres another that I found on the lower lot.

[Armin]

Hi Guff,
it is often quite diffucult to try to identify crocus from pictures.
Is it the same crocus as previous shown or another beauty?

Your new images appear totally different on my screen, much more deep yellow.
Looks not at all like a 'Cream Beauty' Maybe 'E.A. Bowles'?

Do you have any idea where it (or both) came from?

[Guff]

Armin they are two different plants. Been told that they were purchased 40+ years ago. One would think there would be more then one corm each over all those years, but being in clay soil they don't seem to multiply.

[Rimmer de Vries]

Here is a deep red-purple crocus seedling that came up this week (late for all the crocuses in my seed frame) in a pot of hyacinthella seeds.
the bloom is smaller than any other crocus i have. it has the red purple color of C. vernus 'Michael's Purple' but it is smaller and bloomed several weeks later.

my guess is some form of Crocus minimus?

Thanks for your help

Rimmer in SE Michigan
enjoying a hot May in March and wondering what May will be like.
  

[tonyg]

Rimmer, resized pictures would be better but this is Crocus minimus, looks like the form called Bavella which has dark purple outer petals.

[arisaema]

Haven't emptied the camera yet, but what's the name of the Crocus growing in the mountains straight above/behind Alanya?