Crocus January 2011

[Tony Willis]

My first crocus in flower for the new year. It is just a month earlier than when it last bloomed in 2009

Crocus graveolens from Silifke Turkey

[Luc Gilgemyn]

An early beauty Tony !!

[mark smyth]

Very nice Tony.

My first spring Crocus are also out. The same as last year it's chrysanthus Sunspot. They flowered in December 2009 so just a couple of weeks late

[Tony Willis]

lots more moving along but none appear near to flowering yet. Will depend on how warm it stays.

[krisderaeymaeker]

My first crocus in flower for the new year. It is just a month earlier than when it last bloomed in 2009
Crocus graveolens from Silifke Turkey

Brings the sunshine in the house Tony ! And we could use some sunshine ....
For me a rather unknown species,but I like the colour. Do you know wich part of Turkey ? Any chance this is a hardy Crocus ?   

[Hendrik Van Bogaert]

Dear Croconuts,

Here in Belgium we had a lot of snow, but now is temperature rising. Still no crocuses in flower.
Yesterday got email version of Janis catalogue. This is real Crocus year for Janis - his book (not received yet) and now catalogue.
Last year it seemed that his  catalogue was unsurpassable, but this one is even better. Even if only Crocus x paulinae would be offered, it will be "vow". But here are plenty of others, not only crocuses.
You can ask him copy by e-mail janis.bulb@hawk.lv

Hendrik

[Maggi Young]

Hendrik, since yesterday in the Forum nearly  400 bulb lovers have already read about Janis' new catalogue !
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=6461.0   .... there are a lot of bulb lovers around here!!

[udo]

I wish a happy new year for all members in this forum
After long and cold weeks, the first flower this year:
Crocus aleppicus from Syria

[Janis Ruksans]

I wish a happy new year for all members in this forum
After long and cold weeks, the first flower this year:
Crocus aleppicus from Syria

Dirk, very good form and photo. I'm afraid that my first entry will be only in April. Snow amount is so huge, that municipalities tractors yesterday failed to clean my road. Now I'm reaching by car my neighbor (2.5 km) and he brings me by snow-motocycle to nursery and in afternoon back to my car. Hope that next week will come more serious technique.
Janis

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Wonderful Crocus Dirk !
My first one for this year had to be brought inside to open, but it was worthwhile !

One that Janis will only see in his nursery in April... 

Crocus biflorus isauricus from Akseki (Turkey)... from different angles :
(5 flowers from one bulb !)

[Tony Willis]

My first crocus in flower for the new year. It is just a month earlier than when it last bloomed in 2009
Crocus graveolens from Silifke Turkey

Brings the sunshine in the house Tony ! And we could use some sunshine ....
For me a rather unknown species,but I like the colour. Do you know wich part of Turkey ? Any chance this is a hardy Crocus ?   

Kris if you google Silifke you will see it is a couple of hundred kilometres east of Antalya and the crocus grows in the mountains behind. It is very hardy.

[Michael J Campbell]

 Crocus korolkowii, lucky number, waiting for the sunshine.

[Janis Ruksans]

Wonderful Crocus Dirk !
My first one for this year had to be brought inside to open, but it was worthwhile !

One that Janis will only see in his nursery in April... 

Crocus biflorus isauricus from Akseki (Turkey)... from different angles :
(5 flowers from one bulb !)

Good specimen Luc. Pity that around Akseki only small percentage of isauricus has black connectives on anthers. The populations are variable there. In some places plants with black connectives dominate, in some there are 50/50 but in some black anthered plants are only very very few.
Janis

[WimB]

In flower here now:

Crocus laevigatus

[udo]

Janis and Luc, many thanks.
Nice Cr.bifl.isauricus, here is bifl.artvinensis the first.