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Armin

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Re: Crocus January 2011
« Reply #120 on: January 28, 2011, 09:00:55 PM »
Quote from: mark smyth on January 28, 2011, 08:33:43 PM
My fat corms of Dream Dancer and ?oreocreticus from Mr PC didnt flower

Mark, it is a pity!
Maybe they have been doped with too much anabolica ::)
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Re: Crocus January 2011
« Reply #121 on: January 28, 2011, 09:44:24 PM »
TonyW,
as every year you surprise us with your beautiful species collection! The white pulchricolor is fantastic!

Michael,
great collection and photos, too!
It seems your nevadensis flower is formed by 2 or more merged stems in one.
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Re: Crocus January 2011
« Reply #122 on: January 29, 2011, 03:48:40 PM »
Quote from: Maggi Young on January 28, 2011, 02:55:38 PM
The Crocus season is rolling along nicely..... deep joy!
            

Quite right Maggi !

Glorious pictures Tony and Michael !!!  :o
We had some sunshine here as well, yesterday - so some more Crocus opened - we must keep the show going ...  ;D

1) Crocus abantensis
2) Crocus alatavicus
3) Crocus atticus ssp sublimis "Michael Hoog's Memory"
4 & 5) Crocus biflorus ssp nubigena sent up two more flowers  :D
6 & 7) Crocus sieberi "George"
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Re: Crocus January 2011
« Reply #123 on: January 29, 2011, 04:11:41 PM »
All nice Luc. Where did you source "George" from please?
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David Nicholson
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Re: Crocus January 2011
« Reply #124 on: January 29, 2011, 04:56:04 PM »
Got it from Janis a couple of years ago..  he's listing it this year again.  ;)
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Re: Crocus January 2011
« Reply #125 on: January 29, 2011, 07:48:36 PM »
Mmmmmmmmmm.  ;D
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David Nicholson
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Re: Crocus January 2011
« Reply #126 on: January 29, 2011, 07:56:55 PM »
My korolkowii Snow Leopard has 4 noses and hopefully 4 corms
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Re: Crocus January 2011
« Reply #127 on: January 29, 2011, 08:20:30 PM »
A few closed Crocus flowers today - they don't often get enough light to open here unfortunately. Crocus veluchensis (from Tony Willis last year), C. cyprius, C. gargaricus ssp. gargaricus, C. cvijicii, C. paschei.

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Re: Crocus January 2011
« Reply #128 on: January 30, 2011, 12:10:29 AM »
Very nice Alex.  Here they're staying closed too.  C. baytopiorum has been stuck like this for a couple of weeks now so will come indoors tomorrow for pollination.
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Re: Crocus January 2011
« Reply #129 on: January 30, 2011, 06:54:50 AM »
Quote from: ashley on January 30, 2011, 12:10:29 AM
Very nice Alex.  Here they're staying closed too.  C. baytopiorum has been stuck like this for a couple of weeks now so will come indoors tomorrow for pollination.

I'm doing the same, but not waiting so long. If flowers didn't open during first week, I'm bringing pot inside, pollinate and after few hours return it to greenhouse. But here up to first flowers still long waiting. Again current snowstorm and again roads closed. I not remember another winter when road cleaning cdould be needed so many times. Now it goes at least twice a week.
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Re: Crocus January 2011
« Reply #130 on: January 30, 2011, 04:47:59 PM »
Quote from: Luc Gilgemyn on January 29, 2011, 03:48:40 PM
Quote from: Maggi Young on January 28, 2011, 02:55:38 PM
The Crocus season is rolling along nicely..... deep joy!
            

Quite right Maggi !

Glorious pictures Tony and Michael !!!  :o
We had some sunshine here as well, yesterday - so some more Crocus opened - we must keep the show going ...  ;D

1) Crocus abantensis
2) Crocus alatavicus
3) Crocus atticus ssp sublimis "Michael Hoog's Memory"
4 & 5) Crocus biflorus ssp nubigena sent up two more flowers  :D
6 & 7) Crocus sieberi "George"

Luc I see you have been shopping at the same place  ;)

Here is my alatavicus I had to give it a warm as it has been sitting ready to open for a least a week
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Re: Crocus January 2011
« Reply #131 on: January 31, 2011, 06:52:17 PM »
After two days of snowstorm I went to my nursery. Last 3 km I was forced to walk through deep snow. All the day huge caterpillar worked trying to clean road and when I walked back it still worked on 1 km with up to 1.5 m high snow heaps.  Day was sunny, so in greenhouses I took off glasswool sheets from my Crocus and Colchicum beds. Saw nice flowerbuds of C. baytopiorum, ancyrensis, michelsonii which developed below cover. All the day I passed with autumn blooming crocuses taking off cataphylls and flowers which came up under cover which were damaged by grey mould. But plants in general looked very well, single exception - C. robertianus. For it's pots I took away stonechips, topsoil and replaced them with fresh stonechips. In evening I was forced return covering as night was suspected very cold. But tomorrow I again will take away covering, will spray plantings with SWITCH - it is very good against Fusarium nivale and grey mould. All the following week will be (promissed) +/- 1 C, so plantings will remain open, but ready to cover again if temperature will drop dramatically. It is very unusual winter, comparatively mild, but very snowy with sudden temperature jumps. Still all February is ahead. Never had such dilemma before - to cover again or not. What is your opinion?
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Re: Crocus January 2011
« Reply #132 on: January 31, 2011, 07:14:15 PM »
Quote from: Janis Ruksans on January 31, 2011, 06:52:17 PM
.............. Never had such dilemma before - to cover again or not. What is your opinion?

Janis, I think I would leave the covers on at night because........

http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/2827
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David Nicholson
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