Crocus April 2011

[Janis Ruksans]

Few crocuses from last week pictures, earlier hadn't time to work on them (resize). This case without comments.
Janis


Crocus adamii WHIR-120-ex -02
Crocus antalyensis Hoog-10 -04
Crocus atticus Amfiklia Hoog -01
Crocus biflorus BATM-362 -12
Crocus biflorus LST-365 -05
Crocus chrysanthus R2CV-054 bl.anth. -03
Crocus corsicus Plato d'Alza -01
Crocus graveolens RIGA-115 -08
Crocus heuffelianus Snow Princess -04
Crocus heuffelianus Tuulik #1 -12

[Janis Ruksans]

Few more.
Janis


Crocus corsicus Plato d'Alza -02
Crocus ionopharynx HKEP-0304 -08
Crocus pestalozzae alba sel Hoog -05
Crocus pestalozzae caerulea Hoog -01
Crocus pulchricolor BM-8514 -04
Crocus reticulatus CMGG-026 Georgia -02
Crocus reticulatus Moldavia -01
Crocus sp. as corsicus -03
Crocus tommasinianus Dark tips Grimshaw -03
Crocus vitellinus alba suffused -03

[Maggi Young]

Nice selection Janis.
 I have added the names in the text and opened a new page for April.
 I  know these are from last week but this will save others getting confused about where to post new pictures.... I hope!

[Kees Green]

They are beautiful Janis.
I have decided to add a few more crocus to my small collection of narcissus and retics.
Keep posting guys, I have a couple starting to come up here-not sure what type with the shift last year and did not name them

[Janis Ruksans]

Today few spots of open ground lost snow cover and first snowdrops in garden showed their bells but in greenhouse still last crocuses are blooming
Crocus aerius, very dark form
Crocus cvijicii and its seedlings - note the blue one in corner. Appearing of blues between seedlings of cvijicii and creamy yellow between veluchensis confirms that they hybridize both ways and in future I will plant them in different greenhouses to get pure seeds.
Still are blooming C. albiflorus from Helvetia, Jura mnt. Note blue stripe in middle of petals.
And last in this entry - spring blooming forms of autumnal Crocus laevigatus belongs to the latest in spring
Janis

[Janis Ruksans]

As last today
Crocus olivieri
First flower of Crocus pelistericus, but many are coming
The last of C. suaveolens TCH-0813
The darkest form of Crocus veluchensis
and as last - open flowers of Crocus vitellinus alba with suffused back - very similar to C. candidus but easy separable by ammount of leaves which in candidus is only 2-3 per shoot.
+ snowdrops in garden
Janis

[art600]

Janis

Wonderful Crocus

[ian mcenery]

Janis some great crocus just love cvijicii. It is nice that you keep us entertained now all of ours are finished

[Janis Ruksans]

Janis some great crocus just love cvijicii. It is nice that you keep us entertained now all of ours are finished

Thanks Ian. So again a pair of cvijicii shuts - the first are cvijicii seedlings clearly showing hybridixation with veluchensis
the second selection from cvijicii nicknamed as PURALBA
Janis

[Afloden]

Crocus ilvensis sp nov was just recently published as distinct from corsicus, vernus, or etruscus from Elba Island. The article is currently available for free here; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1756-1051.2010.01023.x/abstract.

 Aaron

[Janis Ruksans]

During last night's rain snow from crocus beds on open field mostly disappear (the white on background is remnants of snow). Situation seem to be better than supposed. At present I found only one cultivar completely eaten and from another left half of planted corms. All field is covered by mice tunnels - mostly on upper part not reaching corm level. It means that soil was something frosen below half meter of snow. Now all holes are full with water filling my heart with some joy - houses of my "friends" are under water and they drown or were forced to escape. To walk between beds was almost impossible - my clay soil is so waterfull that I almost lost my rubber boots. So may be damage is greater than I suppose at present.
Crocuses started growing below snow and even developed flowers. Yesterday all was white, but this morning - full with flowers.
Janis

[annew]

They look wonderful, I hope all is well.

[Guff]

Nice pictures everyone.

1-Uklin Strain
2-Michaels Purple
3-Pictus
4-Pictus

[Boyed]

Nice pictures everyone.

1-Uklin Strain
2-Michaels Purple
3-Pictus
4-Pictus

Very beautiful crocuses, Guff!!!
I especially liked 'Uklin Strain', very delicate and catchy!

[Guff]

Zhirair thanks, Uklin Strain is clumping up fast. I think fall 2007 is when I bought and planted the one corm.

1-2 Tatra Shades
3-4 Wildlife
5 Tommy Albus