Crocus March 2011

[Janis Ruksans]

Just recently ( Nordic Journal of Botany 29: 613, 2011 ) new crocus species was described:

"A new species of Crocus sect. Crocus is described as an endemic of Elba Island (Tuscan Archipelago, Italy): C. ilvensis
Peruzzi & Carta sp. nov. (2n
8). The new species was wrongly referred to C. corsicus Vanucchi (2n
18), C. etruscus
Parl. (2n
8) or C. vernus Hill. subsp. vernus (2n
8, 16) by previous authors. Its karyotype structure, asymmetry and
chromosome dimensions show affinity with C. etruscus, and no clear relations with other related taxa. From a
morphological point of view, C. ilvensis appears intermediate between C. etruscus and C. vernus subsp. vernus, showing
however a peculiar combination of character-states. The new species is completely allopatric with other Crocus sect. Crocus
taxa and its possible role in the origin of tetraploid races of C. vernus is discussed."

Janis

[art600]

I think this was one of the Crocus I bought at last years Discussion Weekend.

Could someone please identify it.

Thanks

[Lvandelft]

Arthur, I am doubting and must look tomorrow in the garden here but it's may be Ladykiller? Just the yellowish inside on your picture does puzzle me. The other possibilities of Crocus I brought are Eyecatcher and Zenith which are still in flower now. The others are all over now.
Here it's at the Blackpool Show in 2005;
http://www.srgc.org.uk/discus/messages/141/8471.html

[art600]

Luit

I have several patches of Ladykiller in the garden and very nice they are.

The mystery Crocus looks good when open, but I prefer it only slightly open as you can then see the back of the petals.

[Janis Ruksans]

I think this was one of the Crocus I bought at last years Discussion Weekend.

Could someone please identify it.

Thanks

Can't help you, but it certainly isn't Zenit or Ladykiller.
Janis

[ashley]

Arthur, if you haven't done so already then it would be well worth checking Thomas Huber's guide to chrysanthus/biflorus cultivars.

[Alex]

Hi all,

I go the below as Crocus cvijicii 'Cream of Creams' a few years ago (not from Janis, not directly anyway). It looks a bit different to my other cvijicii, mainly because of the frilly orange stigma, but does match photos of this form online as far as I can see. Can anyone confirm (or otherwise) the identity? Ta, Alex

[Lvandelft]

Arthur ypor picture looks very different but IF you got it last autumn then the only possibility might be Blue Bird.
Here two pics:

Crocus chrysanthus Blue Bird

[Lvandelft]

Crocus chrysanthus Blue Bird

[daveyp1970]

I think this was one of the Crocus I bought at last years Discussion Weekend.

Could someone please identify it.

Thanks

looks like Crocus chrysanthus 'Advance'

[Lvandelft]

Indeed blue outside, bit inside much more yellow??

Crocus chrysanthus Advance

[Janis Ruksans]

Hi all,

I go the below as Crocus cvijicii 'Cream of Creams' a few years ago (not from Janis, not directly anyway). It looks a bit different to my other cvijicii, mainly because of the frilly orange stigma, but does match photos of this form online as far as I can see. Can anyone confirm (or otherwise) the identity? Ta, Alex

Looks very similar, but can be seedling, too. Seedlings of Crem of Creams varie from almost identical to parent till pure white.
Janis

[Janis Ruksans]

One of my favourites was (and still are) C. chrysanthus SUNSPOT. Unfortunately I lost my original stock and after that twice bought 5 corms of it in 2008 and again in 2009. The last shipment was destroyed last spring at first flowering as heavy virus infected. This spring (today) I found that corms received in 2008 shows virus symptoms, too. Pity. I used this pot for crossing this spring, so I'm still keeping the stock up to possible seed crop, but it was replaced from greenhouse to home, to keep isolated from other crocuses.  Really I didn't like its flowers this spring, too, but supposed that may be too dry air in home, a little old flowers are the reason of suspicion, but later gave more attention to this pot. So I recommend all owners of this cv. to check your plants. See attached pictures.
Janis

[Susan Band]

A few Crocus that Thomas Hubert kindly gave me. I have lost most of the labels so hoping that Thomas is watching and will identify them.
Susan

[Janis Ruksans]

All the day is snowing, dark, cold - not pleasant time to work even in greenhouse. So few more pictures of last days.
One fiorm of Crocus fleischeri
Crocuds graveolens from my first trip to Turkey
Three different cultivars of Crocus heuffelianus
Janis