Crocus October 2011

[David Nicholson]

Thanks Gerry and Martin, you are right, my handwriting let me down again It's a very nice form.

[Janis Ruksans]

We had two nice sunny days, so some pictures were possible regardless of quite frosty night (minus 3). In this entry variability of Crocus laevigatus.
First two were collected by Arnis Seisums - Ikaria Island, S of Pezi
Goldback - came to me from Markus Harvey (Australia)
Following two are from Metohi, Crete (got from Jim Archibald)
PELO-013 - collected by me on Pelloponesse
Following two may be must to be regarded as boryi, although I collected them as laevigatus PELO-021. Just those may be need two-sided label
Last two are from Vouvala in Crete (got from Jim Archibald)
Janis

[Janis Ruksans]

In this serie of pictures are Crocus pallasii.
The first pictures comes from Chios and Samos Islands. Note the plant with black anthers from Chios (the black is something hided by yellow pollens)
Last pair of pictures are from plant collected at Labranda. I read that there are very nice forms of pallasii growing together with nerimaniae. During 3 visits at this place I found only 3 plants of Crocus pallasii - there was total destroying of population by wild boars (seen during last visit at this locality, when I searched for Crocus biflorus subsp. caricus). The plant collected during my first visit there turned really very nice, as you can judge from attached pictures (the second pictured a little too late).
Janis

[Janis Ruksans]

The last entry for today:
The first two pictures show you that I have healthy C. nerimaniae, too
Next is Crocus aleppicus from Dalton in Upper Galilee
Crocus melantherus comes from Pelloponesse. On last picture form with very special shape of flower.
Crocus mathewii with me this season didn't flower so abbundantly as in previous seasons. This one is one of latest clones.
Then - Crocus robertianus
and as last - again Crocus cartwrightianus Halloween from Antoine Hoog
Janis

[Janis Ruksans]

Forgot to include one more pictures of Crocus robertianus - here something old flower of f. tricolor - confirming theory that C. robertianus is autumn blooming variant of C. atticus, where such color forms (although more expressed) is quite common.
Janis

[hadacekf]

Some Crocus in my garden.

Crocus-boryi
Crocus-goulimyi
Crocus-goulimyi
Crocus-hadriaticus
Crocus-laevigatus
Crocus-pulchellus

[Gerry Webster]

Thanks Gerry and Martin, you are right, my handwriting let me down again It's a very nice form.

The collection details for C. laevigatus  CEH612 are:
S.Evvia nr. Polipotamos, 350-400m; micaceous clay over mica schist under Quercus coccifera. It was growing with the famous  C. cartwrightianus,  CEH613.             

[Hans A.]

Some superb Crocus pictures!
(still missisng so many of those beautiful species in my garden)

Spectacular Crocus - cambessedesii is one of my favourites, even though I only have the 'common' form.

Thanks Arthur, is it not always the same? - if you see many specimen of a species you always pay more attention to those which are a bit different, if they are more beautiful is quite an other thing...

[David Nicholson]

Thanks Gerry and Martin, you are right, my handwriting let me down again It's a very nice form.

The collection details for C. laevigatus  CEH612 are:
S.Evvia nr. Polipotamos, 350-400m; micaceous clay over mica schist under Quercus coccifera. It was growing with the famous  C. cartwrightianus,  CEH613.             

Many thanks for that Gerry.

[YT]

Hi all, thank you for sharing the wonderful pictures. These are my first flowering crocus pics this season. This crocus came from an UK nursery as C. mathewii. I think this may be a variation of this variable species but description on the nursery's bulb list was 'a violet-purple ring around the base of flower'...

[udo]

Hello YT,
your Crocus looks like a form or hybrid from Cr.hadriaticus or Cr.cartwrightianus.
Here a little similar pic, a seedling from Cr.cartwrightianus 'Albus' hort.

[David Nicholson]

Crocus medius (ligusticus), this kindly sent to me by Gerry. Success indeed, at last, after a few years searching, a virus free medius

Sorry the third pic is a little "fuzzy"

[Janis Ruksans]

Tomorrow I'm going for short holydays so last pictures from my greenhouse.
At first two pictures of Crocus aleppicus from Dalton in Israel (thanks, Oron)
Then two pictures of Crocus cambessedesii from Maliorca
and then Crocus hyemalis - from Rik
Janis

[Michael J Campbell]

Crocus biflorus melantherus x 4
Crocus tournfortii

[Janis Ruksans]

Few more pictures
Crocus laevigatus Goldback (by flower form more looks like C. boryi)
Traditional form of Crocus ochroleucus from Wallis
and albino Dalton White from Oron
and as last some Crocus pallasii samples from Chios Island Greece
Janis