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Crocus February 2007
tonyg:
:) What lovely weather we are having :)
The crocuses think so anyway ... and it is brighter with cool nights so they are looking better than they did a few weeks ago. I have noticed signs of a good seed set on the autumn taxa perhaps this mild spell will help the spring ones to set good seed too.
Here is a pick of the current crop.
Crocus antanlyensis
Crocus biflorus biflorus - interesting as it has greyish anthers (normally yellow)
Crocus biflorus creweii - very small, also has greyish anthers (it shoud have!)
tonyg:
And some more
Crocus biflorus iasuricus - very variable
Crocus dalmaticus - one flower has darker markings than usual, rathre like Franz's Iris Katharine Hodgekin in a recent thread
Crocus chrysanthus - ex wild. Note the variationin colour of flower and style.
Crocus corsicus - definately true. Note the feathering and shape/colour, different from C imperati (discussed in January!)
More tomorrow - if time allows!
Lesley Cox:
A lovely start to the month Tony. Many thanks. No sign yet of autumn flowering ones down here.
Thomas Huber:
Great plants, Tony!
Maybe the dark markings of your C. dalmaticus are caused by a virus?!
Many of my crocus are out of the ground, but due to lack of sunshine they are closed
most of the time. Yesterday I had half an hour for a few shots when sun came out.
Crocus adanensis
Crocus biflorus ssp nubigena, still looks great with its black anthers
C. angustifolius with variable markings on the outer petals
C. biflorus ssp isauricus - also very variable plants
C. alatavicus from Leonid Bondarenko - his new catalogue is online NOW
C. olivieri ssp olivieri - wonderful bright yellow plants collected on Chios
And three different form of C. etruscus:
Rosalind, a Dutch selection
from Janis Ruksans:
from a German nursery:
Maggi Young:
Hi, John Gennard posted these wonderful shots in the "DownUnder" page, by mistake. I repost them for him here. John lives in the heart of Leicestershire, England where it does seem that the season is well advanced!
John asked, !Is it Spring already"
Click the pix to enlarge, of course.
As Thomas Huber replied to John : "WOW"
I must say, it looks a lot like spring to me!
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