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Melvyn Jope

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Re: Crocus December 2009
« Reply #150 on: December 27, 2009, 02:10:55 PM »
Just one crocus in flower today, this form of Crocus sieberi can be found between Geraki and Kosmar in the Peloponnese.
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Re: Crocus December 2009
« Reply #151 on: December 28, 2009, 09:38:48 AM »
After almost 5 years from seed and not being sure if  collected  the right one...
blooming today the rare  C. hartmannianus from Cyprus.
« Last Edit: December 28, 2009, 10:40:12 AM by Oron Peri »
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Re: Crocus December 2009
« Reply #152 on: December 28, 2009, 01:28:13 PM »
It is a beauty anyway, and tiny by the look of the gravel?
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Re: Crocus December 2009
« Reply #153 on: December 28, 2009, 01:38:48 PM »
what a colour combination!
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Re: Crocus December 2009
« Reply #154 on: December 28, 2009, 02:02:44 PM »
That's a beauty Oron.
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Re: Crocus December 2009
« Reply #155 on: December 28, 2009, 04:04:40 PM »
Quote from: annew on December 28, 2009, 01:28:13 PM
It is a beauty anyway, and tiny by the look of the gravel?

Thanks,
Anne,
It is  quite small but not tiny, i would say a C. laevigatus size.


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Re: Crocus December 2009
« Reply #156 on: December 28, 2009, 04:44:02 PM »
Quote from: Oron Peri on December 28, 2009, 09:38:48 AM
After almost 5 years from seed and not being sure if  collected  the right one...
blooming today the rare  C. hartmannianus from Cyprus.
I like it anyway Oron . Is it also flowering  now at his habitat in Cyprus ?
I am still a bit disappointed that we have missed the opportunity to see C. veneris in Cyprus during our last visit in november.

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Re: Crocus December 2009
« Reply #157 on: December 28, 2009, 04:54:06 PM »
Kris,

It blooms in January - February, depends on the rains, any way C. hartmannianus is extremely rare and unfortunately on a rapid way to extinction!! [as well as Scilla morisii and Tulipa Cypria]

In order to see the three species growing in Cyprus one should go there three times:
October - November for C. veneris
January - February for C. hartmannianus
March - April for C. cyprius, after snow melts.
« Last Edit: December 28, 2009, 05:02:35 PM by Oron Peri »
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Re: Crocus December 2009
« Reply #158 on: December 28, 2009, 05:03:08 PM »
Oron thats very nice. Have you looked at the corm tunic which distingushes it from  Crocus cyprius which is almost identical in flower. I have twice looked for it at known sites in the South with no success (to late) and think it is more 'common' in the Turkish north.

I have a flower of C. cyprius nearly out ,it flowered on the 26th December in 2007 so about right for it. We saw it in flower in March in the wild and I think C hartmannianus flowers lower down and earlier.

Oron I see I was typing mine whilst your was being posted
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Re: Crocus December 2009
« Reply #159 on: December 28, 2009, 05:05:16 PM »
Best one I have seen,your patience has been rewarded, Oron. Happy New Year,Jim.
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Re: Crocus December 2009
« Reply #160 on: December 28, 2009, 05:13:40 PM »
Thank you Jim and A happy New year to you too.

Tony,

I have checked the corm, and interestingly by the afternoon the anthers became blackish a characteristic that differs it too from C. cyprius.
Also my seeds are from 650m while c. cyprius grows much higher from 1100-1950m.
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Re: Crocus December 2009
« Reply #161 on: December 28, 2009, 05:16:39 PM »
A true little gem Oron !
Never seen it before - thanks for posting !
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Re: Crocus December 2009
« Reply #162 on: December 28, 2009, 05:21:07 PM »
Oron thats great,I have never seem the true one before.
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Re: Crocus December 2009
« Reply #163 on: December 28, 2009, 06:05:29 PM »
Quote from: Oron Peri on December 28, 2009, 09:38:48 AM
After almost 5 years from seed and not being sure if  collected  the right one...
blooming today the rare  C. hartmannianus from Cyprus.

Some life again in Crocus forum. Thanks, Oron. Superb plant. It looks true to name, I only this autumn got first corm of it but here is deep winter now. At present zero, but at weekend offered minus 20 and a week later minus 30 and more.
Janis
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Re: Crocus December 2009
« Reply #164 on: December 30, 2009, 06:59:35 AM »
ALL THE BEST in COMING NEW YEAR, GREAT SUCCESES in GARDEN, in TRAVELS and MANY NEW ENTRIES in THIS FORUM and of course in PRIVATE LIFE, too.

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