Crocus in pots February 2010

[tonyg]

First flower on a seedling from 'Hubert Edelsten'  sown in June 2007

Looks like it might have crossed with 'Tricolor'.  Very nice.  Pic of it open too?

[Janis Ruksans]

First flower on a seedling from 'Hubert Edelsten'  sown in June 2007

How you got seeds of HUBERT EDELSTEN? It is reported as sterile and personally I never succeed even handpollinating it in different combinations with other sieberi and atticus.
Janis

[ian mcenery]

Out today and only small but shining quite brightly.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

He looks nice doesn't he Ian !
This is mine, obtained as Crocus aff. sieberi jpc215 (1 and 2)
3) Crocus abantensis

[ian mcenery]

Luc there is quite a difference in our 2 plants in the colour department. I wonder whether anyone knows whether this a seed strain or a clonal name?

Just noticed that you placed aff. in the name for your plant Luc - silly me 

[Roma]

How you got seeds of HUBERT EDELSTEN? It is reported as sterile and personally I never succeed even handpollinating it in different combinations with other sieberi and atticus.
Janis

First flower on a seedling from 'Hubert Edelsten'  sown in June 2007

Looks like it might have crossed with 'Tricolor'.  Very nice.  Pic of it open too?

]I'm not sure how I got seeds on 'Hubert Edelsten'.  My husband keeps bees and I do have a picture of bees on 'Ard Schenk so they would have been busy on the crocuses in 2007 when I got the seed.  'Hubert Edelsten ' and 'Tricolor' are the only two Crocus sieberi I have so 'Tricolor' could be the pollen parent.
Sorry I don't have a pic of it open.  It is not very exciting inside.  Plain blue with some yellow in the throat.  I will try to get a pic if the sun shines again before it withers.

[tonyg]

A few more crocus in flower here as temperatures lift a little.
Crocus biflorus ssp raised from wild col seed
Crocus biflorus pulchricolor x chrysanthus from wild col seed.  Note variation, one very close or = to biflorus pulchricolor the other with clear chrysanthus influence (also shown in close up from above)
Crocus x bornmulleri.  This is a name for hybrids between chrysanthus and biflorus.  I presume in this case that C chrysanthus is the seed parent.
Finally a Crocus gargaricus flowering just 2 yrs and 5 months from sowing.  This is the quickes I have had a spring crocus flower from seed.

[Ragged Robin]

Lovely photos of your crocus, Tony, the colours beautiful and my favourite is your newest one, Crocus gargaricus - congratulations on its first flowering 

[Tony Willis]

Tony lovely pictures. I think the biflorus hybrids are super.They are very variable and I think when they are from wild seed they could have crossed back and forth several times. There is no reason why they should be a pure first generation hybrid. Probably a new species evolving!

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Luc there is quite a difference in our 2 plants in the colour department. I wonder whether anyone knows whether this a seed strain or a clonal name?

Just noticed that you placed aff. in the name for your plant Luc - silly me 

I must say, the flowers are somewhat darker than on my pix Ian, as usual, my camera has problems to catch the right tone of blue..    They are definitely paler than yours though !!

[udo]

After long weeks with many snow, some Crocus today:
Crocus biflorus ssp., Goktepe, Turkey, geneticly similar Cr.bifl.ssp tauri
    ''     cyprius
    ''     hartmannianus from C-Cyprus, this year in my list
    ''     korolkowii 'Golden Nugget'
 

[Janis Ruksans]

Finally a Crocus gargaricus flowering just 2 yrs and 5 months from sowing.  This is the quickes I have had a spring crocus flower from seed.

With me seeds from cross between C. abantensis and C. ancyrensis sawn in October, 2007 gave mass flowering in March, 2009---17 monthes after sawing. Absolutely incredible, but on label is sawing date. They really bloomed only after one year of vegetation and not individual plant, but all pot was covered with flowers.
Janis

[Herminarik]

Hello Udo,

and just to the right - there is a picture with one sky-blue Crocus - it is Crocus michelsonii? Cheers Igor

After long weeks with many snow, some Crocus today:
Crocus biflorus ssp., Goktepe, Turkey, geneticly similar Cr.bifl.ssp tauri
    ''     cyprius
    ''     hartmannianus from C-Cyprus, this year in my list
    ''     korolkowii 'Golden Nugget'
 

[TheOnionMan]

After long weeks with many snow, some Crocus today:
Crocus biflorus ssp., Goktepe, Turkey, geneticly similar Cr.bifl.ssp tauri
    ''     cyprius
    ''     hartmannianus from C-Cyprus, this year in my list
    ''     korolkowii 'Golden Nugget'

Udo, beautiful crocus!  I like the deep color on korolkowii 'Golden Nugget' very much.  Never seen hartmannianus before, a really sweet one isn't it.

[TheOnionMan]

Crocus biflorus pulchricolor x chrysanthus from wild col seed.  Note variation, one very close or = to biflorus pulchricolor the other with clear chrysanthus influence (also shown in close up from above)
Crocus x bornmulleri.  This is a name for hybrids between chrysanthus and biflorus.  I presume in this case that C chrysanthus is the seed parent.

Tony, I'm intrigued by those hybrids, the brownish-purplish-gold tones are very appealing.
Good to know the name x bornmulleri is the catch-all for hybrids between those two species.