Crocus Year 2021

[Janis Ruksans]

Next two pictures are albinos of Crocus speciosus
On the first traditional cultivar 'Albus'
on 2nd picture albino from Ijevan, Armenia, spotted by Zhirair Basmajyan and we shared found plants between us. It has slightly lilac shade
But last two pictures shows virus infected flowers of Crocus banaticus. It is the first case when I'm finding infected plants in this species - there were 3 such individuals and all were diged out and burnt

[Ophrys]

Crocus autranii


and Crocus autranii with a removed petal.

[Akke]

Crocus Ilgazensis enjoying some sun. It’s flowering two weeks later than the first one, is that normal? I just got it this year, it’s beautiful.

[StevenS]

Today I noticed one double flower (bottom left) among the many C. Ibrahimi flowers.
There are 9 petals, 6 anthers and 2 stigma's

[Akke]

Nice Steven, did you grow them from seed?

Some pictures of Crocus Kotschyanus (I think) from the park nearby. Two very different ones next to eachother.

[Yann]

Crocus goulimyi escaped from a pot i guess

[StevenS]

I don't know what's happening this year but here's another 'rarity'; these two flowers stalks of C. boryi 'striped' are merged together.

[Maggi Young]

 

I don't know what's happening this year but here's another 'rarity'; these two flowers stalks of C. boryi 'striped' are merged together.

  You don't live near a nuclear plant, do you? !!     

[StevenS]

I'm starting to wonder Maggi :-)

[Akke]

No nucleair plants here, Crocus Kotschyanus Leucopharynx looks very much like it should, though it probably likes more sunlight. This one is in my own pot.
Hope you got some normal Crocuses as well Steven.

[Mariette]

Crocus kotschyanus var. leucopharynx is especially beautiful!
Steven, I´ve got several colchicums with merged tubes and flowers, though gardening beyond the border in Germany.

Crocus vallicola is one I was looking for, I´m glad to grow it now.  :-)



The crocus to the right was grown from SRGC-seed received in 2018, Crocus nudiflorus. The one to the left came to me as a blind passenger in a pot with Crocus banaticus from a friend. It looks very attractive, but I´m afraid it´s virus - diseased?

[Akke]

Your Crocuses look beautiful, Mariette. Does your friend has any idea idea which Crocus could have come with C. Banaticus? Surely hope that it’s not infected, it is attractive.

[Mariette]

Thank You, Akke! My friend had dug the Crocus banaticus in his garden and obviously some seed of Crocus nudiflorus, too. Both grow together in his border. This one popped up in my pot 2 years ago.

[StevenS]

Hi, Yes I do also have 'normal' crocuses, in fact about 99% :-)

But what struck my amazement this morning, yet again a deformation, I have not seen this many any year before.
I feed them bonemeal mostly as a fertiliser; perhaps some of the growth hormones used in the meat industry have something to do with it? So far I can't think of any other plausibel cause (which doesn't mean there can be loads of other factors of course)
This is C. mathewii 'Dream Dancer'. Does anyone else notice any more 'changes' than usual this year?

[Akke]

Another normal one, Crocus asumaniae.
Glad to hear that you also got some normal Crocuses, Steven.

BTW Mariëtte I reread the part about viruses in ‘The World of Crocuses’ by Janis Ruksans, he mentions stripes but nothing about veins. Nothing about possible hybrides between C. Nudiflorus and C. Banaticus either.
Let’s hope an expert can tell more.