Crocus January 2010

[mark smyth]

Great selection Tony. chrysanthus with striped tubes are betterlooking than those with solid coloured tubes - to me anyway

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Wonderful Tony !
All beautiful - C. fleischeri is my favourite though !

[Ragged Robin]

Wonderful Tony !
All beautiful - C. fleischeri is my favourite though !

Mine too - a class of it's own 

[Thomas Huber]

Where is Thomas Hubi this Crocus season?

He's always here, Mark. It's just, that you can't see him 

Crocus season is still far away here in my garden, we have had frost and snow
for more than 4 weeks now and still no end in sight.

Your yellow crocus can't be 'Fuscotinctus' which has more feathering. I'm not sure
if this is a chrysanthus at all. Can also be angustifolius. A photo from the inside,
the leaves and, most important of the corm would be a great help for ID.

Also I'm not sure if your white korolkowii is the true 'Snow Leopard'. I remember that
someone who grows it told me, that it hasn't increased for many years - yours seems
to be a good grower.....

[tonyg]

I am with Thomas on Marks whitish Crocus korolkowii.  It is not 'Snow Leopard'.  I had this plant from John Grimshaw about 10 years ago.  Pictures below it is clearly different.  Just as it threatened to increase it died. 

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Good grief, that "was" a beauty Tony - too bad you lost it... 

[annew]

Mark's and Tony's are both beautiful, but I also love the C. fleischeri - I don't think mine have that nice dark streak on the outside, but they are not in flower yet.

[Gerry Webster]

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.  

[Oron Peri]

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

[Gerry Webster]

Oron - according to Mathew, the throat of C. corsicus  is white or lilac. Your plants  seems to have a yellowish throat which seems to be characteristic of many of the plants currently available in the trade as C. corsicus. Do your plants have a wild or commercial origin?

[Armin]

TonyG,
what a stunner the real "Snow Leopard" - a pity it died.

Mark,
when I wrote "it resembles cv. "Snow Leopard"" I had a picture from Paul Christian webside in mind.
Now it is sold as C. korolkowii albus but still name (Snow Leopard) is kept in brackets... Sorry for misleading you.
But we never stop learning thanks to the forum members  

TonyW,
your C. chrysanthus CR339 is very beautiful, also C. fleischeri.

[Oron Peri]

Oron - according to Mathew, the throat of C. corsicus  is white or lilac. Your plants  seems to have a yellowish throat which seems to be characteristic of many of the plants currently available in the trade as C. corsicus. Do your plants have a wild or commercial origin?

Gerry thanks,

I think you are right,

I have received these as small corms a few years ago, unfortunately i do not have any information regarding their origin.
Maybe its time someone from the forum will go to Corsica to photograph the wild populations of corsicus and minimus...

[mark smyth]

OK a new label for my korolkowii today. Tony G your plant was lovely.

[Melvyn Jope]

A couple of Crocus sieberi ssp sieberi from Omalos Crete. In bud yesterday and now open having been brought indoors for a bit of warmth.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Stunning flowers Melvyn !! 
Definitely my favourites in the Crocus family !
If only I could get hold of some seed ??