Connoisseur Collection

[Lvandelft]

Luit, I think that Thomas will not mind, he will not be online again until tomorrow!

That's what I thought afterwards too Maggi, but reading it I could not resist.
And I just found out Dominique showed his C. Warley today.
Well let them discuss tomorrow! I'm off, after midnight again.

[Maggi Young]

We could all discuss how lovely 'Warley' is!
Sleep well, Friend!

[dominique]

Thank for the replies, Luit and Maggi and Bravo at Thomas for its true Warley

[Thomas Huber]

No problem Luit! I have meanwhile given the answer to Dominique in the crocus-thread!

My plant was a finding between corms of chrysanthus Snowbunting in 2004 - only one single corm.
This was separated and grown on in the last years. I made a good photo on Tuesday which I will
show later.

[Lvandelft]

We had some sunny days and despite the cold some new flowers
showed their noses and flowers.
Batch one:

Crocus angustifolius Minor P.C.N. '92 11 res.                                               
Crocus chrysanthus Dorothy res.                                                             
Crocus chrysanthus Goldilocks res.  correction:  = E.P. Bowles               
                                                         
Crocus olivieri ssp. balansae Zwanenburg 4 res.                                             
Crocus vitellinus P.C.N. '04 2 res.
Crocus --Iris bed res.                                                         
Narcissus Div. 6 First Hope [Jana x Rijnveld's Early Sens. R.A.Sc. '95  1 res.               
Narcissus Div. 6 First Hope [Jana x Rijnveld's Early Sens. R.A.Sc. '95 2 res.

[Lvandelft]

And the last batch for today:

Iris danfordiae Fertile Form J.R. '05 res.                   
Iris reticulata Ida C.S.W. '98 res.                           
Iris reticulata Marguerite P.C.N. '92 res.                     
Iris reticulata v.T. '92  2 res.                           
Iris reticulata Velvet Smile J.R. '05 1 res.               
Iris reticulata Velvet Smile J.R. '05. 2 res.

The first tulip is waiting to explode:

Tulipa kaufmanniana Hybr. Early Harvest 1 res.

[Maggi Young]

Wow! Such colour on that Tulip ! The Narcissus Jana are strong little things.

[mark smyth]

Luit is this your collection?

[Lvandelft]

Oh Mark, it seems you are just awaking from your White Fever sleep. 

But I don't blame you, it is almost impossible to see everything on this great Forum.
There's so much to see, that while you are thinking about a little reaction and see something else you like, you totally forget what you wanted to do just before.
Here's special for you my first writing on this Topic:

As I am living very close to the place where you might see the greatest Bulb Collection I know about, I thought it could be interesting posting now and then some pictures.

[Thomas Huber]

Morning Luit!

Crocus "Dorothy" and "Goldilocks" on our friends field looks different to the plants I have under that name!
My "Dorothy" has a stronger feathering, but maybe that's just a trick of light on your photo?
"Goldilocks" looks like the plant I have as "EP Bowles". My "Goldilocks" has a brighter yellow and bigger blotch.

From both I have plenty of, so please ask Mr. X if he wants to have some of my corms!

Last but not least: His olivieri ssp balansae looks virused - please check the leaves of this plant!!

[ranunculus]

Beautiful images Luit and Thomas.....Our thanks once again.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Great shots again - thank you Luit - I propose we now name you
Our spy out in the cold.

[Lvandelft]

Thank you all for your nice comments!

Thomas, when I made these pictures it was very windy and cold, the colours may look
different because it was for some plants only possible to make pictures in the so called "sport stand".
I'll have a good look at those plants when I'm there again.
And I will pass your findings to Mr. Connoisseur.

Luc, I'm warming up now for the next round.   

[Lvandelft]

Crocus "Dorothy" and "Goldilocks" on our friends field looks different to the plants I have under that name!  T.H.

I've made a correction on Goldilocks. Dorothy I will try from an other side.
Many Crocuses on the field did badly suffer from dry frosts in very clear nights!

[Lvandelft]

Yesterday I could make some more pictures in the Collection.
First some special made for Thomas,   (sorry NOT ONLY for him)

Crocus chrysanthus Dorothy J.A. '93           (during the cold period)   
Crocus chrysanthus Dorothy       and after...               
Crocus chrysanthus Goldilocks 1

The next two are almost the same but when okay there is some difference
Whitewell Purple is a bit darker overall.

Crocus tommasinianus Barr's Purple      (from 1939)             
Crocus tommasinianus Whitewell Purple (from 1933)