Crocus in pots March 2010

[Luc Gilgemyn]

A nice potful Kris !
Better late than never 

[mark smyth]

After showing my possible tommie, supplied as minimus, I woke at 2.30am wondering if other winter/spring flowering Crocus have 'snake skin' sheaths and could my Crocus be something else?

[art600]

Kris

Will you be separating out the few 'speckled' plants.  I like these even more than the 'striped' olivieri balansae.

[tonyg]

After showing my possible tommie, supplied as minimus, I woke at 2.30am wondering if other winter/spring flowering Crocus have 'snake skin' sheaths and could my Crocus be something else?

Well its not a snowdrop that's for certain
It IS a tommy - like it or not

[mark smyth]

Thanks Tony.

[Armin]

Mark,
how would you call your tommie with the 'snake skin' sheaths?
Maybe "Crocodile Dundee Tommy"

[udo]

-14°C last night outside, in the greenhouse -9°C
some hours later open flowers

Cr.biflorus ssp.?? Belpinar Gec, Turkey
Cr.sieheanus, grown from a single plant in over 10 years
Cr.sieberi ssp.sieberi
Cr.  ''      ssp.sublimis
and two pics from Cr.sieberi ssp.sublimis x gargaricus, it's a dream

[mark smyth]

Nice C. biflorus ssp.?? and C. sieheanus!

Here Crocus are going over very fast  too warm in the day. Good for me but not the Crocus. Most are lasting only a day or two.

This year I must feed my tommies very well most have one flower only per corm.

All Crocus and Galanthus fed today with tomato food.

[TheOnionMan]

-14°C last night outside, in the greenhouse -9°C
some hours later open flowers

Cr.biflorus ssp.?? Belpinar Gec, Turkey
Cr.sieheanus, grown from a single plant in over 10 years
Cr.sieberi ssp.sieberi
Cr.  ''      ssp.sublimis
and two pics from Cr.sieberi ssp.sublimis x gargaricus, it's a dream

Dirk, did you create the sieberi sublimis x gargaricus cross, or was it bee-induced?  It is indeed a dream crocus, beautiful coloring.  It gives me some ideas about playing with pollen this season when I'm still unemployed.  All your other crocus are beautiful too... I don't think I've seen sieheanus before, so many beautiful Turkish crocus.

[udo]

Mark Mc, this cross is created with a paintbrush.
A great part from my crocus flowering in the most years
before the bees fly. This is optimal.

[Armin]

Dirk,
excellent croci. Your cross is a stunner!
It looks the flower is larger then sieberi, is this correct?

[udo]

Yes Armin, so is it.

[I.S.]

  Dirk your crocus are superb
Your biflorus from Belpınar; I think It might be C. biflorus subsp. atrospermus! Did you check the seeds?
Last week I have seen a atrospermus location they were not so dark like yours but maybe yours is a selected form!

[mark smyth]

I missed the hybrid. Good combination of cream and blue

[udo]

Hello Ibrahim,

here is a pic with the outside from Cr.bifl.ssp.?? Belpinar Gec.
and my Cr.bifl.ssp.atrospermus from Tuzlabeli Gec.( sorry, not the best pics)
It is a great difference,
but by Cr.biflorus is all possibly.