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Luc Gilgemyn

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Re: Crocus January 2010
« Reply #15 on: January 06, 2010, 01:52:35 PM »
And a true gem it is Simon !!!
Superb flower !!

Now about your weather....  :o ??? ::)  ;D
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Re: Crocus January 2010
« Reply #16 on: January 06, 2010, 01:56:57 PM »
Amazing Simon!
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Re: Crocus January 2010
« Reply #17 on: January 06, 2010, 03:14:35 PM »
I don't understand it either, Luc. We have 4 more warm days forecast so far- then who knows?!
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Re: Crocus January 2010
« Reply #18 on: January 07, 2010, 11:24:09 AM »
Flowering today in the garden:
Crocus etruscus (?) sieberi atticus
« Last Edit: January 08, 2010, 10:09:38 AM by Sinchets »
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Re: Crocus January 2010
« Reply #19 on: January 07, 2010, 04:59:06 PM »
lovely couple of plants Simon. I suppose mine might be flowering but as the greenhouse door is frozen shut it is difficult to tell.
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Re: Crocus January 2010
« Reply #20 on: January 07, 2010, 06:04:46 PM »
Just making the most of a break in the weather, before the snow  and -25C returns next week  :'(
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Re: Crocus January 2010
« Reply #21 on: January 07, 2010, 09:12:58 PM »
Prior to the UK freeze I had a pot of sieberi 'Bowles White' with a single flower. Today I noticed there were 6 flowers. Despite the freeze and slight raise in temperature each day these buds have managed grow.
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Re: Crocus January 2010
« Reply #22 on: January 07, 2010, 09:53:15 PM »
Is sieberi 'Bowles White' the same as sieberi 'Album'? If it is, ours are tough little things too.
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Re: Crocus January 2010
« Reply #23 on: January 07, 2010, 09:55:57 PM »
Quote from: Sinchets on January 07, 2010, 09:53:15 PM
Is sieberi 'Bowles White' the same as sieberi 'Album'? If it is, ours are tough little things too.
I think so. It seems that 'sieberi Album' is the currently accepted name.
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Re: Crocus January 2010
« Reply #24 on: January 07, 2010, 10:53:42 PM »
Hi Simon,
nice crocus pictures. 8)

But I have doubt (as you) it is C. etruscus because of the strong yellow (throat and outside) and no feathering outside.

It looks to me C. sieberi ssp. atticus  (evt. nivalis or sublimis).

Does your crocus have hairs in the throat?
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Re: Crocus January 2010
« Reply #25 on: January 08, 2010, 04:23:52 AM »
Simon,

I love the delicate spattering of markings on the outside of the michelsonii.  Looks like a striking species.

Here, we have 37-39oC forecast for the next few days..... not as bad as Adelaide which I think has 41oC today and tomorrow forecast.  Still too darn hot though.  :-X
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Re: Crocus January 2010
« Reply #26 on: January 08, 2010, 09:31:58 AM »
Many, many thanks, Armin. The throat- as far as we can tell looks hairless- so if this is C.sieberi ssp.atticus you have helped me locate a plant I thought I had lost several years ago!
Posting a larger pic taken with a macro lens.
Paul, the  C.michelsonii is back from a 2year "sabbatical" when it didn't flower at all- so I am glad to see it again  ;) That kind of heat is certainly going to 'ripen' your autumn bulbs!!
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Re: Crocus January 2010
« Reply #27 on: January 08, 2010, 12:28:52 PM »
Not sure if Simons plant is C sieberi although it really does look like it from above.  The side view is not like any C sieberi that I have seen.  It could be etruscus but the throat is very yellow.  Perhaps a form of C biflorus, corm tunic would be papery not netted fibres.  Sorry to cloud the issue but it would be a lot less fun if st was all easy!
Below a pic of C etruscus here with a yellowish throat.  Or perhaps some of the plants we grow are hybrids?
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Re: Crocus January 2010
« Reply #28 on: January 08, 2010, 01:04:11 PM »
Thanks, Tony. It is the 'wrong' place so I will dig it up in summer and check the corm tunic.
It would explain a 'missing' sieberi atticus I had, or a 'missing' etruscus, as both were in my badly disturbed bed. My biflorus were on the whole in a different bed.  ???
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Re: Crocus January 2010
« Reply #29 on: January 08, 2010, 01:06:41 PM »
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Or perhaps some of the plants we grow are hybrids?

 That's just  what Ian and I were discussing!
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