Crocus januari 2012

[WimB]

I showed a pot of Crocus that I thought had potential - the first shot is a repeat of this.

I was right - I think it is beautiful and would like an identifacation please

Arthur, looks like a Crocus biflorus ssp.?  from Belpinar Pass in Turkey.

Very beautiful, Arthur. John Lonsdale seems to grow a few C. biflorus ssp. .... from Belpinar Pass too: http://www.edgewoodgardens.net/plants_album/the%20plants%20-%20%20complete%20collection/Iridaceae/Crocus/Subgen%20Nudiscapus%20Ser%20Biflori/C.%20biflorus/index.html

[art600]

The Crocus biflorus from Iran had opened sufficiently to see the anthers - they are black 

Arthur

lovely plant,I should get it of for analysis, it is bound to be a new species and you can get your name in lights forever!

Not a new species, but a hybrid between biflorus and chrysanthus.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

We had some sun today !
Enough to make Crocus sieberii "Michael Hoog's Memory" open up




Crocus vernus "Krasne Polje" is a very dark beauty from the Balkans...  in reality it's even darker than the pictures show.

[WimB]

Wonderful, Luc! Nice to see them open now, after seeing them in bud in real live earlier this week!

[David Nicholson]

Crackers Luc and brilliant pictures too

[Janis Ruksans]

Luc, nice to see so perfect flower of my 'M. Hoog's Memory'. All my crocuses now are under 5 cm of glasswool sheets trying to pass following week with temperatures between 20 and 30 C (minuses of course).
Janis

[tonyg]

A few from the last week here.  Many crocus have come into flower in the mild weather but now we may have some weeks of very cold weather.  It should mean a better display later but with so many now well advanced ..... 

Crocus gargaricus ssp gargaricus
Crocus biflorus ssop isauricus ?  Home raised seedlings possibly of hybrid origin
Crocus sieberi Hubert Edelsten
Three shots of a sumptuous form of Crocus sieberi ssp sieberi. 

[Maggi Young]

Ooooh.... crocus pictures.... bright happy open flowers in sunshine... what could be nicer? A real winter tonic, Tony, thanks!

[tonyg]

Ooooh.... crocus pictures.... bright happy open flowers in sunshine... what could be nicer? A real winter tonic, Tony, thanks!

Can you tell it's been a quiet night at work tonight?   I ought to have been rehearsing my lecture for the HPS tomorrow afternoon!

[Janis Ruksans]

Nothing is more beautifully than wild sieberi. Mid March will go to Crete to watch their variability in nature.
Janis

[YT]

Though it is the coldest period of this winter at my place, today is sunny and temperature is 1.0 - 11.5ºC. A potted Crocus chrysanthus 'Sunspot' is blooming under direct sunshine without any protections

[art600]

Mine is nowhere near blooming.  A very nice potful.

[WimB]

Very nice, YT!

That's a wonderful cultivar, isn't it!

[YT]

Thank you, Art

Wim, yes! I think this glossy black stigma is a precious and unique character

[WimB]

Wim, yes! I think this glossy black stigma is a precious and unique character

Mine, like Arthur's isn't flowering yet, either...so it's nice to be able to enjoy yours, YT!