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Janis, thank you for this tour de force today. So many stunning crocus. When I present my Crocus Lecture I always tell the audience that there are many, many more crocuses that I could not include .... little do they know just how many! I also suggest they come to this forum for a taste of the best.Hope all these flowers help you to feel better too.
Janis,i had the last year a Crocus speciosus by such a strange flower form.This year he has blossomed again quite normally. Is this really a virus?Quote from: Janis Ruksans on October 09, 2011, 05:33:32 PMWe had nice, sunny and moderately warm day, may be last such this autumn, when I with my wife could sit in evening outside with glass of wine. All the day passed checking and picturing autumn crocuses. In this entry view of Crocus collection bed - on left side spring blooming section (another bed of spring bloomers remained out of picture).Further various forms of Crocus mathewii, but on last picture - heavy virus infection - suspected as infected last autumn and so planted in separate pot (now destroyed).Janis
We had nice, sunny and moderately warm day, may be last such this autumn, when I with my wife could sit in evening outside with glass of wine. All the day passed checking and picturing autumn crocuses. In this entry view of Crocus collection bed - on left side spring blooming section (another bed of spring bloomers remained out of picture).Further various forms of Crocus mathewii, but on last picture - heavy virus infection - suspected as infected last autumn and so planted in separate pot (now destroyed).Janis
Quote from: udo on October 10, 2011, 07:55:39 AMJanis,i had the last year a Crocus speciosus by such a strange flower form.This year he has blossomed again quite normally. Is this really a virus?Quote from: Janis Ruksans on October 09, 2011, 05:33:32 PMWe had nice, sunny and moderately warm day, may be last such this autumn, when I with my wife could sit in evening outside with glass of wine. All the day passed checking and picturing autumn crocuses. In this entry view of Crocus collection bed - on left side spring blooming section (another bed of spring bloomers remained out of picture).Further various forms of Crocus mathewii, but on last picture - heavy virus infection - suspected as infected last autumn and so planted in separate pot (now destroyed).JanisMark it and check next spring leaves, if they will look healthy, look what will show flower next autumn before final decision. This C. mathewii was marked as strange last autumn, but when it turned so abnormal this autumn, I decided that safer would be to destroy it.This autumn I destroyed or replaced in isolated part several pots with crocuses suspecting them for virus, betweewn them - 5 pots with goulimyi Mani White, several C. boryi stocks and I'm keeping them only with hope to get some seeds. Really now I try to get seeds from all stocks which are not collected by me but received from other growers. Unfortunately experience showed that viruses are quite widely distributed, especially in large professional nurseries with mass production, but as well in much smaller amateur collections, too. Not allways easy to note symptoms and not easy to make correct decision. But my friend and teacher in bulb growing told me better to destroy 10 healthy plants than left one virus infected. I think he is right.Janis
Janis, your galleries were much more than only one lession in crocus for a galanthophile.But here is a pic especially for you.You understand, that I can only show a white flower :
