Crocus November 2009

[Janis Ruksans]

Crocus cartwrightianus 'Pale Clone'

Janis - Do you know anything about this? Is it one of Antoine Hoog's selections?

Antoine's list I will check later in my office, but cartwrightianus can be very variable from almost white to quite deep purple. You forgot to attach picture.
Janis

[Janis Ruksans]

Crocus cartwrightianus 'Pale Clone'

Janis - Do you know anything about this? Is it one of Antoine Hoog's selections?

Yes, there are two different clones of Crocus cartwrightianus offered by Antoine - pale clone #1 and pale clone # 2. I haven't those, so can't judge how different they are.
Janis

[Thomas Huber]

Janis, your kotschyanus was collected by Kerndorff and Pasche in Turkey, Hatay Province.
I have the same collection, but never noticed the leaves in autumn - will check again later.
Notable in this plant is also the whitish style.

[Janis Ruksans]

Janis, your kotschyanus was collected by Kerndorff and Pasche in Turkey, Hatay Province.
I have the same collection, but never noticed the leaves in autumn - will check again later.
Notable in this plant is also the whitish style.

Many thanks, Thomas. By the way I got exact locality from Antoine. In same time Antoine wrote me that it isn't good grower with him, but I have rally no problems.
Regarding leave - you can see on picture how long they are now. May be grown outside it would not form leave in autumn. From other side we have very long and warm autumn this year, although October was colder than average and we had snow for full week.
Janis

[Janis Ruksans]

By the way, I forgot to note that HKEP-9205 has very wide deep yellow zone in flowers throat, too - not only pale stigma.
Janis

[Gerry Webster]

Crocus cartwrightianus 'Pale Clone'

Janis - Do you know anything about this? Is it one of Antoine Hoog's selections?

Antoine's list I will check later in my office, but cartwrightianus can be very variable from almost white to quite deep purple. You forgot to attach picture.
Janis

Janis - thanks for the information. I don't grow this plant, I have only read about it.

[Sinchets]

Flowering here today in glorious sunshine:
Crocus laevigatus
this time last year they flowered through snow!

[art600]

I was given this 'white' laevigatus by a good friend.  I was even more delighted when it turned out to be 'yellow'   

The Crocus laevigatus was photographed after rain and before it was destroyed by the continuing rain

[Luc Gilgemyn]

A very warm creamy yellow Art !! 

[mark smyth]

Looks just like mine.

[Janis Ruksans]

I was given this 'white' laevigatus by a good friend.  I was even more delighted when it turned out to be 'yellow'   

The Crocus laevigatus was photographed after rain and before it was destroyed by the continuing rain

Superb form, Arthur! Never saw so excellent color before, by shade it remembers to me albinos form of Crocus flavus dissectus found by me in Turkey.
Janis

[Sinchets]

  that's what I thought too, Mark. i was looking through an old Cambridge Bulbs list to see if mine had any collection details- which it doesn't. I did see though that in 2005 he had a C.laevigatus 'White with pale gold exterior' listed- the source being 'hort'.

[Janis Ruksans]

This summer I got from Australia (Marcus Harvey) a laevigatus "Gold Back". Hope it will be similar, may be the same. It didn't bloomed at present due season change-problem, may be next autumn. This form originates from Roger Poulet (UK).
Janis

[Sinchets]

I wonder if the 'golden' C.laevigatus is an old form that did the rounds a few years ago and is now set for a comeback. Well done for being at the front of the line Mark. 

[art600]

I believe mine originally was a collection in the Mediterranean area - can't remember where - and has travelled a long way since then.  Will try to get more details.