Crocus February 2016

[YT]

Crocus crysanthus 'Gaudeamus' is so lovely, Ruben

[Cfred72]

Ruben and Maggi, the translator does not translate correctly the words.
I do not understand what resembles a virus
I just go to the greenhouse. I took these pictures.
Today it seems that this will be a very nice bright sunny day.
I remake photos when they will be open.
Does he have twisted petals that make you think that?
I had sprayed last week against aphids with systemic. Perhaps an explanation?
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[Cyril L]

Crocus cvijicii, grown from own seeds.  I quite like the globular forms of this slightly variable species.

[Maggi Young]

Ruben and Maggi, the translator does not translate correctly the words.
I do not understand what resembles a virus
I just go to the greenhouse. I took these pictures.
Today it seems that this will be a very nice bright sunny day.
I remake photos when they will be open.
Does he have twisted petals that make you think that?
I had sprayed last week against aphids with systemic. Perhaps an explanation?

  Fred : dans votre photo du narcisse, qui a également montré le crocus dans le coin de l'image, Ruben pensait que le crocus avait l'air mal en forme, tordu - et il trouve que cela pourrait signifier les ampoules ont été affectés par un virus - mais l'image n'a pas été assez clair là pour montrer que les fleurs sont en train de mourir et donc pas sous leur meilleur jour. Dans vos photos des fleurs fraîches nous pouvons voir qu'ils sont en bonne santé. Donc, il n'y a rien pour vous inquiéter.

....... in your photo of the narcissus, which also showed the crocus in the corner of the picture, Ruben thought the  crocus looked  badly shaped, twisted - and so thought this might mean the bulbs were affected by a virus - but the picture was not clear enough there to show that the flowers are dying and so not looking their best.  In  your photos of the fresh flowers we can see that they are healthy.  So there is nothing for you to worry about.

[Maggi Young]

Wondering how the name 'Gaudeamus' got past the registrar?

johnw

  Wonder if it's been anywhere near a registrar? So many plants given names  informally,  commercial  or otherwise  - who knows?

[Janis Ruksans]

On one picture mottled leaves, stripes something irregular, flowers "crumpled" (may be old)
Janis

[Yann]

With the bad weather and the lack of light very few Crocus are blooming.

Crocus chrysanthus, striped form

[Cyril L]

Very striking Yann.  Sometimes it is better to see them that way.

I have a Crocus dalmaticus in flower for a week but ever since it was fully open it has not closed, even in poor light.  I just took the attached photo on a cold, dull and damp day here.  I wonder whether others have noticed this in some C. dalmaticus clones.  I know this is a normal feature of C. tournefortii and some (?most) forms of C. cartwrightianus.

[Matt T]

Very striking Yann.  Sometimes it is better to see them that way.

I have a Crocus dalmaticus in flower for a week but ever since it was fully open it has not closed, even in poor light.  I just took the attached photo on a cold, dull and damp day here.  I wonder whether others have noticed this in some C. dalmaticus clones.  I know this is a normal feature of C. tournefortii and some (?most) forms of C. cartwrightianus.

Curious behaviour, Cyril. I have C. dalmaticus from a couple of sources and they both close up at night and on dull days.

[Maggi Young]

Comment from Ian, after I'd said perhaps the flower was just very pleased to see the sun - "Cyril's lucky he's had enough sun to open it at all" !!

[Cyril L]

Matt, yes strange.  I have other clones that close up when it is dull too.

Maggi, we have had brief moments of sunshine this week to open crocus flowers but I think this flower got so shocked that it never recovered to close up again

[ian mcenery]

Some really nice specimens on this thread

from today
Crocus paschei from Crocus group seed
in the garden Crocus tomm Eric Smith from a single corn from Rob Potterton
A self sown seedling tommy over the years the population has grown and so has the variety

[udo]

some flowers in the last days,
Crocus candidus, NW-Turkey
            graveolens, S-Turkey
            isauricus, SW-Turkey, Belpinar Gec
            variegatus, NW-Italy
            veluchensis aff, N-Greece

[ruben]

Stunning isauricus Dirk!!

Some pictures from this week

Crocus sieberii ssp sieberii from crete
Crocus leichtlinii
Crocus crysanthus 'Eyecatcher'
Crocus biflorus ssp. nubigena
Crocus alatavicus

[ruben]

View from the kitchen
Crocus sieberii 'Cretan Snow'
Crocus angustifolius 'Bronze form'
Crocus crysanthus 'Rusne'
Crocus versicolor 'Stilgaya'