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Thomas Huber

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Re: Crocus April 2007
« Reply #15 on: April 25, 2007, 08:27:37 AM »
Prins Claus has defective pollen and mine have never set any seed.

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Re: Crocus April 2007
« Reply #16 on: April 25, 2007, 03:21:04 PM »
Heavy rains here the other night. I didn't think my camera would be able to pickup the true color.


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Re: Crocus April 2007
« Reply #17 on: April 29, 2007, 06:56:36 PM »
Last update on giants on bank. It turned out pretty. I will have to add more in the fall.


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Re: Crocus April 2007
« Reply #18 on: May 13, 2007, 05:58:00 AM »
I had my brother take some pictures acouple weeks ago with his camera. Crocus are now all done flowering, I see some seed pods forming in other spots around the yard, none yet in the crocus holding bed. The pictures with the pine needles is one of my cycalmen beds, I put in around 25 Prince Klaus. I wanted to see how they did, before I put in more.





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Re: Crocus April 2007
« Reply #19 on: May 22, 2007, 06:40:51 PM »
I have been watching this crocus for a couple weeks now, very slow growing. I know it isn't a seed pod, since the crocus has never flowered. Curious what crocus it might be, any ideas?




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Re: Crocus April 2007
« Reply #20 on: May 22, 2007, 08:44:03 PM »
Guff, it is not unkown for some plants to have their flowers fertilised even though they have not "flowered" in the conventional sense....the flower is fully formed under ground and pollination process takes place even there ( there is name for this but I can't remember what it is... I mean a botanical name and not "the immaculate conception" !!) so I think that what you have there IS a seed pod.
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Re: Crocus April 2007
« Reply #21 on: May 22, 2007, 09:42:41 PM »
flowers fertilised even though they have not "flowered" in the conventional sense....the flower is fully formed under ground and pollination process takes place even there ( there is name for this but I can't remember what it is...

cleistogamous?

like sweet violets where there are flowers followed by seed pods, but also another crop of seed pods
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Re: Crocus April 2007
« Reply #22 on: May 22, 2007, 09:49:11 PM »
Quote
cleistogamous
Quite so, David, thank you!
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Re: Crocus April 2007
« Reply #23 on: May 22, 2007, 11:11:33 PM »
Maggie, thanks. I will keep an eye on it. Amazing, never thought about a flower underground, then making a seed pod. Reason I was watching this crocus, the leaves were so much different then everything else in the bed. I thought it was a vernus hybrid that was mixed in with the species, and was curious to see what it was.
The slow growth would suggest a seed pod, I guess I will find out sooner or later.

Thanks for the info.



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Re: Crocus April 2007
« Reply #24 on: May 23, 2007, 07:19:47 AM »
Hi Guff!

This looks like Ornithogalum, possibly umbellatum?.
I would recommend to cut the seed pods after flowering,
otherwise, they will become a weed in your crocus-bed.
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Re: Crocus April 2007
« Reply #25 on: May 23, 2007, 08:19:16 AM »
Viola pedata/pedatafida does this in its first year. I dumped a lot of young plants before I realised this. Thinking they were wrongly named and a real weed, seeding without flowers, only later realising the second year they flowered and after that you rarely got a seed.
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Re: Crocus April 2007
« Reply #26 on: May 23, 2007, 11:56:03 AM »
Ah, an Ornithogalum?  I never thought of that... now I look at the pic again in daylight, i see what Thomas' younger eyes have seen... I believe he may be correct!
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Re: Crocus April 2007
« Reply #27 on: May 23, 2007, 01:31:39 PM »
We will see, Maggi!

Guff, please keep us in touch!

Here's a photo of my Ornithogalum in the lawn.
It's one of Grandma's heritage!
Can anybody confirm the name umbellatum?
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Re: Crocus April 2007
« Reply #28 on: May 23, 2007, 01:43:01 PM »
or perhaps that other opportunistic bulb, allium?
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Re: Crocus April 2007
« Reply #29 on: May 23, 2007, 02:07:54 PM »
Have a good flight Fermi !
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