Crocus to identify? Post them here....

[StevenS]

Maggi you're like the shape of the flower (a star)!
No idea how this beautiful surprise ended up between the crocus but its a very welcome addition.

Thank you :-)

[Maggi Young]

Aww  shucks!   
 I think Romulea are  really  lovely but they never seem to get  great press in spite  of their  often astonishing colours - so perhaps they sneak into odd places to  make their  point!   

[David Nicholson]

Welcome Steven. Your Romulea is possibly R. zahnii. I think if Romulea had been about the height of a Crocus and with the same growth habit of a Crocus they would have been much more popular. I found them very untidy plants and I'm such a tidy soul, just ask Mrs N.

[StevenS]

Hi David, Thank you for your welcome.

I think I might have solved the 'mystery': Two years ago we went on summer holiday to Portugal. What first appeared to be dry grass caught my attention when I saw a Crocus like seedpod. I dug up the corm and also the corm looked like a (very small) Crocus corm. I took it home, planted it in a pot without a label for later identification. All along I thought it was a Crocus but now I'm happy it was identified as a Romulea.

Looking at pictures of Romulea on Google it appears to also be very similar to R. bulbocodium. Both yellow and white stigma colours seem to exist.
But since I am in the Crocus forum now I suppose I should better continue this discussion elsewhere.

Again thank you for you contribution in solving this matter.

[Leena]

What might these crocuses be? Something common because they were planted from garden center Crocus botanical mix, but I think they are pretty, especially the pattern in the outside of petals, and doing well in my garden.

[t00lie]

Currently flowering well after being fed with sulphate of potash last season this was raised from seed as C.oreocreticus many moons ago and that is what I have been calling it.

I had a visitor yesterday who wondered if it is actually C. pallasii ssp pallasii ?. Anyone have any thoughts please.

[tonyg]

What might these crocuses be? Something common because they were planted from garden center Crocus botanical mix, but I think they are pretty, especially the pattern in the outside of petals, and doing well in my garden.

Crocus etruscus - hort form

[tonyg]

Currently flowering well after being fed with sulphate of potash last season this was raised from seed as C.oreocreticus many moons ago and that is what I have been calling it.

I had a visitor yesterday who wondered if it is actually C. pallasii ssp pallasii ?. Anyone have any thoughts please.

It does look more like C pallasii - the style is  typical of that species and much shorter than is typical for C oreocreticus.
A quick look at google images for each will show you what I mean.

[t00lie]

It does look more like C pallasii - the style is  typical of that species and much shorter than is typical for C oreocreticus.
A quick look at google images for each will show you what I mean.

Thanks a lot Tony ,I've gone and altered the label.
I've had a good germination of C.pallasii from last years UKCG seedex so it will be great if they turn out similar as its a smashing plant.
Cheers.

[Leena]

Crocus etruscus - hort form

Thank you! It is a very nice early little crocus which does well in my garden, so now I know what to buy more.

[Mariette]

This stranger popped up in a pot of Crocus banaticus which self-seeded there since 3 years. Any suggestions what this may be?

[udo]

Think, it is Crocus nudiflorus.

[Mariette]

Thank You, Udo, thatīs what I think, too. The problem is, that the kind donor told me, that he doesnīt grow Crocus nudiflorus, and we wonder, how this one got into his pot with Crocus banaticus.

[Tiggrx]

I came across a few hundred of these Crocuses in a Shropshire churchyard yesterday growing mixed with C. speciosus. Not sure what they are but my best guess is C. ligusticus? Any help appreciated.

[StevenS]

Hello experts,

This crocus was sent to me as C. thomasii but it's missing the yellow throat.
If it's not C. thomasii what could it be?