Crocus October 2016

[olegKon]

Sorry, everything is upside down for I don't know what reason

[Maggi Young]

The thumbnails are upside down  but the full pictures open the right way up when I click on them, Oleg.

[olegKon]

Thanks, Maggi. You are our hero

[Gerdk]

This is Crocus nudiflorus - until now not hit by wind or rain

Gerd

[tonyg]

I must have lost a Crocus bulb during repotting two years ago and discovered it yesterday in the meadow. I think it is Crocus oreocreticus.

Maybe it is Crocus longiflorus?  Looks quite like it and this one has grown outside for me while Crocus oreocreticus is less successful outside.

[Cfred72]

Crocus pulchellus 'Zephir' est en fleurs au jardin et dans la maison de verre.

Crocus mathewii 'Dream Dancer' aussi. Il a bien profité. L'année passée il n'y avait qu'un corme. Cette année ils sont trois et fleurissent tous.

[Cfred72]

Crocus speciosus 'Albus

Crocus speciosus 'Cassiope''

[ruben]

Very nice pictures everybody!

A lot of rain yesterday and a lot of sun today = the perfect mix for a lot of new crocusflowers 

Crocus goulimyi MELP 59059
Crocus hadriaticus
Crocus pulchellus 'Zephyr'
Crocus salzmanii 'El Torcal'
Crocusframe... more and more flowers

[Yann]

the bottom of frame is also isolated?

[sokol]

Maybe it is Crocus longiflorus?  Looks quite like it and this one has grown outside for me while Crocus oreocreticus is less successful outside.

I am not quite sure whether it is C. longiflorus. I will compare it with both, when they are in flower. The bulb sits in the warmest part of my garden (SW-corner), less than half a meter away from the house.

[ruben]

Yann, no only the sides of the frame are isolated. But they are 7cm fat and are going 50cm deep! But if it freezes to hard i protect with bubble plastic and more...
So far no problems yet

[Yann]

it should stand the now usual mediterranean climate of our regions  ;

[Boyed]

A question to experienced crocus growers. This year a strange deformed white small sample appeared among my crocus speciosus 'Oxonian'. I have never experienced such thing before. I wonder if it can be caused by virus. Maybe Janis can give a professional advise.

[fermi de Sousa]

Crocus mathewii 'Dream Dancer' aussi. Il a bien profité. L'année passée il n'y avait qu'un corme. Cette année ils sont trois et fleurissent tous.

Voilà un bon taux d'augmentation!
cordialement
fermi

[Michael J Campbell]

Crocus mathewii.