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Crocus October 2011
« on: October 01, 2011, 10:30:49 PM »
It is a good time, C banaticus meets C nudiflorus.
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Re: Crocus October 2011
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2011, 07:07:14 AM »
Crocus banaticus in the Botanical Garden Cluj
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Re: Crocus October 2011
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2011, 07:14:17 AM »
Razvan, wow, I never saw such big area of C banaticus :o
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Re: Crocus October 2011
« Reply #3 on: October 02, 2011, 09:19:05 AM »
Razvan
 What a wonderful sight, so here in the autumn.
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Re: Crocus October 2011
« Reply #4 on: October 02, 2011, 10:23:11 AM »
Crocus banaticus in the Botanical Garden Cluj
Fabulous sight!   Any more pictures please?

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Re: Crocus October 2011
« Reply #5 on: October 02, 2011, 02:59:42 PM »
Hi Razvan, how are you?

Great display of C. banaticus..... 8) 8)
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Re: Crocus October 2011
« Reply #6 on: October 03, 2011, 11:41:21 AM »
Crocus wattiorum in flower today
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Re: Crocus October 2011
« Reply #7 on: October 03, 2011, 12:38:15 PM »
Some fall-blooming crocs from SE Ukraine! It's banaticus and banaticus First Snow, kotschyanus ssp. kotschyanus, and Crimean gigantic C. speciosus found by me during one of my trips that has huge flower like in Dutch hybrids if C. vernus.
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Re: Crocus October 2011
« Reply #8 on: October 03, 2011, 05:26:14 PM »
Hey Maggi
I'm fine, struggling with a very dry autumn.
Hasn't rained in over two months, and the temperatures are still in the 20s.
This autumns biggest project will be a waterwell in my garden. ;)

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Re: Crocus October 2011
« Reply #9 on: October 03, 2011, 07:07:07 PM »
Crocus wattiorum in flower today

Well grown Tony. If you get any escapees in your plunge I'm yer man ;D
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Re: Crocus October 2011
« Reply #10 on: October 03, 2011, 09:47:47 PM »
Superb croci images from all. 8) 8) 8)

Raised beds soil is bone dry, 26°C today, feels like record for bof October.

Early C. speciosus und C. pulchelus withered within 2 days.
Onyl C. goulimyi seem to withstand the higher temps.

 
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Re: Crocus October 2011
« Reply #11 on: October 04, 2011, 02:08:29 PM »
Superb croci images from all. 8) 8) 8)

Raised beds soil is bone dry, 26°C today, feels like record for bof October.

Early C. speciosus und C. pulchelus withered within 2 days.
Onyl C. goulimyi seem to withstand the higher temps.

  Armin , here in Melbourne in March we often have 26 and more degrees  when the majority of the autumn fl. Crocus are in bloom and the autumn rains start -which are then very welcome .
« Last Edit: October 04, 2011, 02:52:20 PM by Maggi Young »
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Re: Crocus October 2011
« Reply #12 on: October 04, 2011, 07:16:46 PM »
Crocus speciosus in my garden.
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Re: Crocus October 2011
« Reply #13 on: October 04, 2011, 09:28:44 PM »
After a week of temperatures in the high 20's it is cooler here now  :) :)  The warm nights should have helped with seed set on those autumn crocus in flower, even though it meant the flowers did not last so long.  Here are a few that have caught my eye recently.

A large flowered seedling of Crocus longiflorus
A pale Crocus oreocreticus seedling
Nice Crocus goulimyi leucanthus about to be pollinated
Pollinator moved on to Crocus serotinus
A narrow petalled Crocus pallasii raised from wild collected seed.
A home seedling of Crocus thomasii.  Very pale, perhaps a hybrid with hadriaticus?

edit to resize the gargantuum thomasii  :-[
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Re: Crocus October 2011
« Reply #14 on: October 04, 2011, 10:00:20 PM »
Superb croci images from all. 8) 8) 8)

Raised beds soil is bone dry, 26°C today, feels like record for bof October.

Early C. speciosus und C. pulchelus withered within 2 days.
Onyl C. goulimyi seem to withstand the higher temps.

Armin , here in Melbourne in March we often have 26 and more degrees  when the majority of the autumn fl. Crocus are in bloom and the autumn rains start -which are then very welcome .

Otto,
I watered my crocus bed yesterday evening. In the clouldless night temperatures dropped to 8°C and overnight some more flower shots of speciosus and pulchellus appeared - really amazing fast. It must be the combination of temperature differences and moist who drives the growth.
I'm glad also C. caspius (from your seed) shows new sign of growth. I hope for flowers next year.
Best wishes
Armin

 


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