Crocus November 2007

[mark smyth]

Using the RHS colour chart it comes out as yellow white 158

[hadacekf]

A warm welcome, Dominique! I'm looking forward to seeing the first photos from you.

[dominique]

Thanks you Mark, Thomas, Maggi, Tony, Anthony and Franz for your kind answer and welcome. I will send you some pics of my bulbs but they are too much heavy (more than 300ko) to be posted on the forum and I don't know how to make them more little. Now I have Crocus tournefortii, Crocus veneris, Crocus laevigatus (form from Greece) to send you. My next photos will be made more little in ko !
Dominique

[Hans J]

Bon Jour Dominique ,

From me also a warm welcome !
Do you have maybe photoshop ?
With this program is it easy to made the pics smaller .
I know your area ( Franche Comte ) as we are often in France - we live in Germany near the border of France ( near Strasbourg) .
Here a question : I have seen before many years around easter time flowering Crocus in the mountains near Morteau ( direction Swisse) - I'm not a specialist for Crocus ....do you know the ID ?

Salü
Hans

[dominique]

Thank you Hans
I will try with photoshop. I suppose that the Crocus obove Morteau is Crocus vernus ssp vernus if blue or Crocus vernus ssp albiflorus if white. I am situated at the end of the River Doubs near it marries its water with the River Saône (Verdun / Doubs). If you come in Franche Comté, come at home !
Dominique

[Hans J]

No problem Dominique ,

If you have photoshop is it easy - go to save for the web -there is a possiblity to make it in the size that you like -you can also chose the pixels for the wide and high there ...
Thank you for the informations to this Crocus between Morteau and Pontalier !
I have also seen Crocus above the Gorge de Verdon -do you think it is the same species ?
In this year I found very nice C. versicolor on Mt. Ventoux !
I believe in your area I have seen flowering wild Narcissus near the motoway -but no chance to stop !

Hans

[mark smyth]

here are Dominiques photos
1/ Crocus laevigatus (from Greece)
2/ Crocus tournefortii (a late form)
3/ Crocus veneris 

[mark smyth]

Dominique your photos were the original size set in your camera. I opened them using Photo Shop, cropped them to 700 pixels wide and saved as dom1, dom2, dom3. When you are finished never save the changes. You might need the original photo in the future

[tonyg]

Or if you are going to save them - change the name.  You will see some people name pics with names ending srgc - this is why

[Paul T]

Nice Crocus.  I love the markings and style arrangement on the first one in particular.  The delicate colour to the second is attractive too.  Great pics Dominique (and thanks for preparing and posting them Mark)

[dominique]

Hi Mark,
Many thanks for your help ! My pics can be seen on the forum
1/ Crocus laevigatus (from Greece)
2/ Crocus tournefortii (a late form)
3/ Crocus veneris 
Thank you all for your advices

[Paul T]

Gee, that's a nice form of laevigatus.  Very impressive.

[Maggi Young]

Dominique, I am sorry not to have replied before, I have been unwell... thankfully Mark has resized your photos now. Very  interesting plants, thank you.

[ashley]

Very sorry to hear that Maggi.  Best wishes.

[Maggi Young]

Thanks, Ashley... I am making progress    I think!