Crocus February 2011

[Martin Baxendale]

I'm with Janis, Tony - especially like Gold 3 with the gold back and white edging. Would love to also see the inside (I assume it's white).

[tonyg]

I'm with Janis, Tony - especially like Gold 3 with the gold back and white edging. Would love to also see the inside (I assume it's white).

Yes, white inside ... we have had just the one sunny day in the last fortnight and not much promise of more    so I cannot offer hope of more pics.

[tonyg]

Crocus chrysanthus Zenith.
Crocus chrysanthus nr Edesson
Crocus Heuffelianus  Dark eyes.

Zenith - lovely
nr Edesson looks like C sieberi ssp sublimis  ..... where is Edesson?  Google does not help.  Edessa - Greece would point to sieberi.  Janis will offer advice I think.

[Janis Ruksans]

My last entry in February - next after two weeks, if someone will not be entered later today.
So - pot with Crocus michelsonii - brought in before two days for pollination. Flowers a little damaged as they developed below covering. They will stay on my cool bathrooms windowsill up to warmer days (outside at present minus 19 C), but how looks greenhouses from outside (my person entered for measurements - I'm 190 cm tall) and inside on following pictures.
Janis

[Janis Ruksans]

Sunshine opened flowers, so two more pictures made after pollination
Crocus michelsonii dark
and
Crocus michelsonii Odissey
Odissey pushed up flowers in December and so they made something toothed petals and were deformed below covering, but pollens looked very good - so both were intercrossed. Those both are from Turkmenian side of Kopet-Dag, collected during Soviet time. All my gatherings from Iran still are without buds, only shoot tips are out of soil.
Janis

[Michael J Campbell]

nr Edesson looks like C sieberi ssp sublimis  ..... where is Edesson?  Google does not help.  Edessa - Greece would point to sieberi.  Janis will offer advice I think.

Tony, I had another look at the label and there is a ? after the name. I got the seed from Arthur Neville, and I have no idea where Edesson is, or indeed if that is the correct spelling. Sometimes I have difficulty in interperting other peoples writing and bad eyesite doesn't help. I would think that Edessa is probably correct and as you say,that would point to Sieberi.

cheers.

[annew]

Should Carpathian Wonder be up by now? I'm worried.

[Michael J Campbell]

Yes, it is in flower here.

[bulborum]

As far as I know never seen before
But tell me if I am wrong
Crocus corsicus  White Mountain
a pure white one with soft cream outside
I will post the outside later

Don't ask for bulbs I have only one
I thought I lost it
a mouse eat almost 2/3 of the bulb
the first winter
but with a lot of care it survived
and see it for the second time in flower
(the first time when I collected it)

Roland

[Janis Ruksans]

As far as I know never seen before
But tell me if I am wrong
Crocus corsicus  White Mountain
a pure white one with soft cream outside
I will post the outside later

Don't ask for bulbs I have only one
I thought I lost it
a mouse eat almost 2/3 of the bulb
the first winter
but with a lot of care it survived
and see it for the second time in flower
(the first time when I collected it)

Roland

C. corsicus white form :  "There is a very beautiful pure white form with a golden shaded back on the outer segments" (I not remember at moment who informs about this, most likely Brian Mathew. Can't to check more. Now I cited by my own book).
Janis

[bulborum]

and the outside from Crocus corsicus White Mountain

[bulborum]

I found this one in-between loads of normal ones
on top of a mountain
and it has also crème (I don't want to call this golden) outer petals

I found also an almost white one with some soft pink veins
on the outer petals

Roland

[Gerry Webster]

As far as I know never seen before
But tell me if I am wrong
Crocus corsicus  White Mountain
a pure white one with soft cream outside
I will post the outside later

Don't ask for bulbs I have only one
I thought I lost it
a mouse eat almost 2/3 of the bulb
the first winter
but with a lot of care it survived
and see it for the second time in flower
(the first time when I collected it)

Roland

C. corsicus white form :  "There is a very beautiful pure white form with a golden shaded back on the outer segments" (I not remember at moment who informs about this, most likely Brian Mathew. Can't to check more. Now I cited by my own book).
Janis

Mathew (p38) refers to albino forms. I had such a plant many years ago from Elizabeth Strangman (Washfield Nursery) which came originally from Bob Wallis; Rannveig occasionally lists it. About 6 years ago, during a period of illness, I lost my entire stock (I can't remember how many I had) apart from one tiny cormlet which has only now reached flowering size again. Although attractive, it does not seem to be a vigorous plant.

[alpinelover]

Crocus 'advance' in good company.

[mark smyth]

Anne mine aren't up either