Crocus February 2012

[bulborum]

Crocus minimus RBGG collected in Corsica

Can somebody tell me why some have a white
and other have a yellow stigma and style
both are found in mixed populations near the coast
I haven't seen Crocus corsicus nearby

Roland

[Janis Ruksans]

C. minimus is very variable by color of flower parts - stigma can be white, yellow, orange. Variable are flower color, too.
Janis

[bulborum]

Thanks Janis

I found it funny that the stigma and style where white in some collections
Do you have the white Crocus minimus ??

Roland

[ronm]

Lovely C.minimus Roland. A nice series of pictures showing variation within the species. Some real beauties.

[Janis Ruksans]

Thanks Janis

I found it funny that the stigma and style where white in some collections
Do you have the white Crocus minimus ??

Roland

I have one pot of minimus alba received by very long way - it travelled from Chris Brickell (UK) to Otto Fauser (Australia), then from him to Markus Harvey (Tasmania, Australia, too) and then from Markus to me in 2009. It bloomed last spring as glistening white, but I'm not certain that it is healthy. On some pictures flowers looks as virusinfected (not on this one), but I will finally check this spring. At present it is placed isolated from other crocuses.
Janis

[Janis Ruksans]

Thanks Janis

I found it funny that the stigma and style where white in some collections
Do you have the white Crocus minimus ??

Roland

Variation of stigma colour in minimus.
Janis

[ronm]

Thank you Janis. Your pictures make it easy to see the degree of variation, that you talk about. 

[udo]

Some new flowers today,

Crocus biflorus ssp. ?  HKEP 0112
    ''     candidus unusual form, in trade under vitellinus 'White'
    ''     veluchensis x cvijicii 'Rainbow Gold'  , this year in my list

[ronm]

Would you send me your list please Dirk?
The old 'disappearing Maggi act'!

[Maggi Young]

Sorry Ron... wrote the post then decided to pm Dirk instead!  Woman's prerogative to change mind etc 

[I.S.]

  Dirk,
  That biflorus is very lovely
  Hope it will be also a new one! Thanks to post that photo...
 
  ibrahim

 

[Alex]

Firstly, Dirk, please may I have a copy of that list!!!!

I expect you will have received many requests after that pic.

Today, I had one of those all too rare moments of great pleasure when I picked up a pot of my own C. gilanicus seed I sowed in September 2010, but put out into some obscure corner of the garden when nothing came up the following Spring - I was picking it up to chuck it in a bin bag and clear some space....

Cheers,

Alex

[Martin Baxendale]

Dirk, I hope I'm on your email list for sending out your bulbs list. I've had your list once  before and regretted forgetting to order when I later saw photos of your 'Rainbow Gold'  . Would like another chance to get it

[JimF]

Some crocus from Bellevue, Washington, blooming in Feb. in pots.

Crocus chrysanthus 'Charmer' front
Crocus chrysanthus 'Charmer' back view
Crocus fleischeri ex Gulek Pass top
Crocus fleischeri ex Gulek pass back
Crocus gargaricus - from seed ex Göteborg Botanik. Flower size is exactly between the smaller C herbertii and the larger (that I have) C. gargaricus from another wild seed source.
Crocus kosaninii - back
Crocus kosaninii - front
Crocus mayli 'Sveti Roc' back
Crocus mayli 'Sveti Roc' front with pollen stain

Jim

[JimF]

Some more from Washington state

Crocus olivieri ssp. olivieri top
C. o. ssp. o. profile
C. sieberi 'Cretan Snow'
C. tommasinianus 'Eric Smith' top
C. t. 'Eric Smith' side
C. t. 'Rubinetta'
We have a tommie seedling selected in Seattle by John [Jerry] Flintoff several years ago which looks just like Tony's 'Claret and Cream.' It's extremely prolific by division.

Jim