Crocus January 2010

[mark smyth]

This is my commercial 'corsicus'. I have about 20 corms of corsicus and imperati and all are imperati

[Tony Willis]

Its a lovely bulb Melvyn,a few weeks earlier than mine I think. I see mine flowered on 27th Feb last year.

[annew]

Melvin, they are gorgeous, no 2 being my favourite.

[David Nicholson]

Lovely stuff all.

[mark smyth]

Definitely a good find.

[Janis Ruksans]

There is a photo of John Grimshaw's 'Snow Leopard' in David Stephens' article on crocus in the AGS Bull. 66, no 3 (Sept 1998). It is described as looking like C. alatavicus with a purple throat (visible in Tony's photo). Mark's plant does not look like this.
David also refers to a plant received as C. korolkowii 'Albus which is said to look like  a cross between C. korolkowii & C. michelsonii.  

There are two white korolkowii rarely available. One is John's 'Snow Leopard' with blue throat (I had similar seedling, lost in harsh winter), another Czech selection with pure white flower. Both are rare mutations of C. korolkowii, not hybrids.
Janis

[Janis Ruksans]

Great photos from all
down here two species are flowering C. corsicus and C.vitellinus.

Excellent vitellinus Oron. Very tipical shape of petals.
With corsicus sometimes is problems with identification for the slightly yellow throat. May be hybrids as typical pure corsicus must to have pure white throat. I have some with light yellowish throat, but they are grown under ? mark. Yours are very beautifull, really throat is white with light yellowish blotch, or my eys are wrong?
Janis

[mark smyth]

Sorry Janis it is reflected light on the bend of the petals

[Maggi Young]

Great photos from all
down here two species are flowering C. corsicus and C.vitellinus.

Excellent vitellinus Oron. Very tipical shape of petals.
With corsicus sometimes is problems with identification for the slightly yellow throat. May be hybrids as typical pure corsicus must to have pure white throat. I have some with light yellowish throat, but they are grown under ? mark. Yours are very beautifull, really throat is white with light yellowish blotch, or my eyes are wrong?
Janis

That's what I thought...very light yellowish throat ......at first I thought white throat with fallen pollen but in close up it seems v. light yellow......... close-ups taken from Oron's pix....

[Janis Ruksans]

True C. corsicus collected on Corsica in attachmnents.
Janis

[Janis Ruksans]

Just got picture named as Crocus tauricus from my Czech friend. I don't know origin of corm (not from me), but it looks quite doubtful
- by color and shape of flower
- by color of leaves (in tauricus greyish/bluish green
But most important why I'm publishing this picture - it shows very heavy virus infection. Give attention to leaves. Check your stocks by this feature, too.
Janis

[mark smyth]

16-33A Crocus corsicus Corsica -06.JPG - very nice

Some of my Crocus leves have yellow tips. Is this frost damage?

[Oron Peri]

Great photos from all
down here two species are flowering C. corsicus and C.vitellinus.

Excellent vitellinus Oron. Very tipical shape of petals.
With corsicus sometimes is problems with identification for the slightly yellow throat. May be hybrids as typical pure corsicus must to have pure white throat. I have some with light yellowish throat, but they are grown under ? mark. Yours are very beautifull, really throat is white with light yellowish blotch, or my eys are wrong?
Janis

Janis
Thank you for showing the true to type form which seems much more variable in color and has darker veins, it is quite different from what I have, although it not as yellow throat as Mark's.

Any way now I have a present to give.....

Melvyn,
your sieberi is superb, definitely one of the species that are beautiful to see when aren't completely open.

[TheOnionMan]

Here's what I have as Crocus corsicus, my bulbs originally from Jane McGary.  Had to find some pics from previous years, we still have a foot (30 cm) of snow even though it poured rain earlier this week, reducing the 2' (60 cm) snow layer in half.  Right now it's snowing again.

From the overhead view, it looks like my plants also show a yellow center.  Janis, the true forms you show are exquisite.  Regardless if mine are hybrids, the veining on the outside is eye-catching and it has been a good reliable bloomer outside.

[Janis Ruksans]

Here's what I have as Crocus corsicus, my bulbs originally from Jane McGary.  Had to find some pics from previous years, we still have a foot (30 cm) of snow even though it poured rain earlier this week, reducing the 2' (60 cm) snow layer in half.  Right now it's snowing again.

From the overhead view, it looks like my plants also show a yellow center.  Janis, the true forms you show are exquisite.  Regardless if mine are hybrids, the veining on the outside is eye-catching and it has been a good reliable bloomer outside.

I'm not certain that they are hybrids, I only suppose that they could be, but variability in crocuses is so great. I got few with yellow in throat and decided that they are not true (pure). They were nursery grown. After that I got plants originally collected on Corsica, and they really have pure white throat, they well responds to Maw, Bowles and Mathew descriptions.

Here minor warming (minus 11C) and snowstorm. My house has 1 m thick walls and now 6 week long frost reached inner part. This morning I came to my office and found only +3C in it. Fortunately living flame in fireplace heated it to workable temperature during one hour. Water pipe to home was closed by frost and now I'm bying drinking water. Never before something similar expected.
Janis