Crocus January 2015

[Steve Garvie]

Thanks Kris!
That's a very attractive Crocus fleischeri.

Well-spotted with the blue danfordiae. The outside of the petals have spotting and faint feathering:

[krisderaeymaeker]

Thanks Steve , looks very nice on the outside !

[krisderaeymaeker]

Crocus biflorus ssp.issauricus in the morning.


Crocus biflorus ssp.issauricus after few minutes heating .

[krisderaeymaeker]

Crocus biflorus ssp.issauricus  : again  few minutes later. Let's have a look inside .....

[krisderaeymaeker]

Crocus biflorus ssp.issauricus  : seems to have black anthers .... 

[Yann]

Never try to shot in the dark morning, Crocus don't wait for me to be back from work 

[Steve Garvie]

Great series of this cracking Crocus Kris!!!

[Maggi Young]

Crocus biflorus ssp.issauricus  : seems to have black anthers .... 

So pretty - I'd be thinking Crocus biflorus crewei but yours has  more leaves 

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Gorgeous Crocus, Kris.

I had some Crocus flowering over the last few days as well !

Crocus atticus ssp nivalis

Crocus imperati   (bought as C. corsicus...  )

Crocus korolkowii 'Spring cocktail'

Crocus korolkowii 'Dark throat'

[Tony Willis]

A lot of very nice plant being shown.I have a good number in flower but no sun and so they are elongating and falling over before opening.

Three open in the kitchen today

Crocus reticulatus from Turkey (this does not fit the new key and so I am not changing it's name yet.
Crocus cyprius
Crocus danfordiae-note the black spots at the base of the anthers-could this be a new species!

[Steve Garvie]

Nice plants Tony -especially that wee cyprius.

I might be wrong but I think the dark base to the anthers is a feature of danfordiae.

(Or have I risen to the bait?) 

[Corrado & Rina]

Fantastic pictures .... I have just started getting into Crocus .... species you would recommend??

Corrado

[Maggi Young]

Fantastic pictures .... I have just started getting into Crocus .... species you would recommend??

Corrado

Any species you find offered are worth having! The more expensive ones may be that way because they are difficult to grow - it's a pretty easy  way of reckoning  which to try first.

[ruben]

Lovely crocusses everybody!

That danfordiae (or new species) is really special! Does it grows side by side with crysanthus? Maybe its a cross?

[Tony Willis]

Ruben

'new species' was a slight hint of scepticism at all the new species now being described in crocus and almost every other genus we are interested in. Those C. danfordiae were collected in 1988 in an area with no C. chrysanthus nearby.