Crocus February 2012

[Martin Baxendale]

Wow! That's a very dark veluchensis in the first photo!  Are you planning crosses between the veluchensis and the czvijicii? That's what I'm planning to do this year.

[YT]

Alex, the dark C. veluchensis makes sharp contrast with the white one
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A terrible cold air mass has gone here and Crocus baytopiorum opened its first flower today  

[krisderaeymaeker]

Wow! That's a very dark veluchensis in the first photo! 

I agree with Martin . Very good colour !

[krisderaeymaeker]

Alex, the dark C. veluchensis makes sharp contrast with the white one
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A terrible cold air mass has gone here and Crocus baytopiorum opened its first flower today  

Very delicate YT . Like it anyway .

[krisderaeymaeker]

I hope that this Crocus mathewii could survive , temperature in the garden goes down to minus 12 degrees this weekend.

[Janis Ruksans]

If mine will survive minus 33 C, yours - covered by snow - definitely will. 

I'm in Greece. Will go home on Saturday if strike will allow. Had 3 targets. Loc. # 1 - two days before was covered by snow. Loc. # 2 - 100% success; loc. # 3 - for third day waiting when hurricane in sea will finish, but today turning back. can't wait more. So 33% success. More when I will be back in home.
Janis 

[David Nicholson]

Just a couple from what is being a very "quiet" season for me.

Crocus chrysanthus 'Ladykiller' and,
C. biflorus 'Fairy'

[krisderaeymaeker]

If mine will survive minus 33 C, yours - covered by snow - definitely will.  
I'm in Greece. Will go home on Saturday if strike will allow. Had 3 targets. Loc. # 1 - two days before was covered by snow. Loc. # 2 - 100% success; loc. # 3 - for third day waiting when hurricane in sea will finish, but today turning back. can't wait more. So 33% success. More when I will be back in home.
Janis  

Thanks Janis . I show my mathewii your answer ,then he has no choice  
Very mysterious and exciting ....Greece  ..... Hummmm

[krisderaeymaeker]

Just a couple from what is being a very "quiet" season for me.
Crocus chrysanthus 'Ladykiller' and,
C. biflorus 'Fairy'

That's much more then here David ....Your 'Ladykiller' looks 'Fair(y)' to me.
I like them both , here we have to wait what's happening after the strong frost. 

[Tony Willis]

Some in flower today in the sunshine

Crocus biflorus pulchricolor-chrysanthus natural hybrid
Crocus chrysanthus
crocus cvijicii (martin I crossed this with sieberi, last year and have some good seedlings
Crocus reticulatus
Crocus sieberi
Crocus veluchensis

[Luc Gilgemyn]

-7°C at noon here today - but in the sunshine ... and in the warmth of the veranda I had some colour showing :

1 and 2 Crocus cyprius open


3) Beautiful Crocus sieberi x "George" - showing an open and a closed flower

[Janis Ruksans]

Just a couple from what is being a very "quiet" season for me.
Crocus chrysanthus 'Ladykiller' and,
C. biflorus 'Fairy'

That's much more then here David ....Your 'Ladykiller' looks 'Fair(y)' to me.
I like them both , here we have to wait what's happening after the strong frost. 

Ladykiller has purple back edged white, very similar to commercial alexandrii but is far better increaser. Fairy has petals only darker dotted on outside.
Janis

[Afloden]

A new Crocus, http://www.sekj.org/AnnBot.html!!! C. jablanicensis.

Also Crocus reticulata normal and my single albino, but still with yellow "feathers" on the petals, and C. abantensis (so tiny!).

 Aaron

[Janis Ruksans]

Incredible color for reticulatus. Never saw any yellow hint between some 20 aquisitions of pure reticulata. May be hybrid with angustifolius? (C. x leonidii?) Or may be with some other yellow? In any case very nice.
Janis

[Armin]

Aaron,
thank you for the informative link.

I concur Janis for the very pretty reticulatus and extraordinary albino.
Hope you will have some sunshine and you can show us your beauties again with flowers open.