Crocus October 2007

[Lesley Cox]

I prefer the Canon pics myself.

[Michael]

I just LOOOOve those orange anthers stamens!!!

Hehe... thanks for correcting, but i think we got both wrong... It seems that the orange stuff is (unfortunately ) part of the female organs (pistils)

Yes, sorry!!

[mark smyth]

the lone robertianus flower is now over so I cant do a post comparison comparison

[Hans J]

Here is a pic of a C. laevigatus from a greek island - plants recieved from a nice friend

[Anthony Darby]

You are correct Mike, the orange bits form the stigma, part of the carpel or pistil.

[Maggi Young]

I think it is the Canon pix which are the more "contrasty"... because in the Nikon pix we can see the texture of the background and I think the crystalline texture of the flowers is better shown. Pays your money, I suppose, and takes your choice. Both sets of pix are perfectly acceptable, after all.

PS, Having a busy morning, getting my pistils straight from my anthers......no comments about my lack of children, please 

[mark smyth]

I like the Nikon. It is quite a bulky camera now since buying and using the slim Canon.

I'll experiment more as flowers emerge though I'm not expecting much. By this time last year I had a plunged filled with flowers but alas not this year. Some chrysanthus cultivars are already above ground - four months early! I have a Narcissus 'Cedric Morris' out but like last year it's a micro unlike those I saw at Ian Y's

[I.S.]

   Mark Nikon looks better to me. When I was thinking to change my old one. In my mind canon was better
but in your pictures say Nicon.

[I.S.]

  This pics are from my garden. This is another C. pulchellus from another location. 

[I.S.]

  And here is my C. pallasii ssp. pallasii
It looks quite bigger than wild.

[mark smyth]

Ibrahim I dont know very much about Crocus but your pulchellus looks like my speciosus

[tonyg]

Ibrahims C pulchellus has pure white anthers ... as it should have!  The outer petal markings do resemble some forms of C speciosus but I suspect this is just a variable feature in the wild populations of both species.

The C pallasii is a very nice form.  I assume these plants are growing in your garden Ibrahim?  If that form of C pallasii sets seed I would be very interested in obtaining some.

[Maggi Young]

Great photos, ibrahim... glad to see the weather is good in Istanbul.

[mark smyth]

told you I didnt know much!

I have a Crocus flowering now labelled C. cancellatus with a collection number. I'll get the collection number on here in the morning. To me they look like small goulimyi flowers but are a solid colour, lilac/purple, with pale orange styles. I had them at work today waiting for the sun to come out but it didnt. There is always tomorrow

[Janis Ruksans]

This time I need the help of the crocus expert.  Are the leaves of this Crocus diseased.

It isn't virus. I quite often met such problem when in spring soil surface still are frosen not allowing for leaves to go through. In early eighties of last century I gave samples to virus laboratory and they didn't find anything.
Janis