Crocus February - 2009

[Janis Ruksans]

Ladies and Gentlemen,
I awake suddenly and checked calendar. It seems that February started or I'm wrong? So time for new topic. I waited that someone else will open it as here is deep winter and no Crocus bloom came out. All is covered by snow or in greenhouses by glass-wool sheets. As no one wanted to start, I'm taking this job showing you again some pictures from wild with much discused Crocus biflorus isauricus. Now pictures are from very special population where Crocus chrysanthus grow side by side with biflorus isauricus. Although they are something separated by blooming time but many plants overlap so they hybridise there. I visited this locality NW from Akseki twice - at first visit dominated isauricus, at second chrysanthus. This is open very wet steep slope where plenty of different bulbs blooms at same time. I add here few pictures. Others on other post.
Janis

[Janis Ruksans]

The last pictures from the same locality as on previous entry, only the last one are from place quite far from Akseki, but still locality of isauricus.
Janis

[Joakim B]

Janis lovely plants from the wild
The last one was extra nice with the colouring on the tips.
All the best
Joakim

[art600]

Janis

The last isauricus is a stunner.

Should we regard it as a new subspecie as it has black anthers, whereas the typical isauricus does not.

[Janis Ruksans]

Janis

The last isauricus is a stunner.

Should we regard it as a new subspecie as it has black anthers, whereas the typical isauricus does not.

No, only connective is black, possibly a little more prominent than in some others, but it is only isauricus.
Janis

[Tony Willis]

a few in flower today

Crocus chrysanthus
Crocus sieberi ssp sieberi
Crocus reticulatus
Crocus graveolens
Crocus biflorus ssp alexandri
Crocus biflorus issauricus

two Crocus biflorus ssp pulchricolor

[Tony Willis]

Three natural hybrids of Crocus biflorus pulchricolor with Crocus chrysanthus

Some of the crocuses in flower in the sun today

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Stunning pictures everyone !!! 
I discover new things every day here ! 

[Anthony Darby]

Tony, that cr91 is stunning. Lovely pastel shades.

I tried the kitchen trick with Crocus vitellinus, but it hasn't opened yet. Need a sunny day.

[Maggi Young]

I think it's interesting to get a good look in Anthony's pictures of how the crocus leaves emerge ....they don't look very crocus-like at first glance do they, because one is so used to seeing the upper surface, with the white stripes.



I reckon cr91 is a very similar hybrid to the one shown by Tony Goode in previous years from the biflorus colonies on the roadside near his home .......this would give me hope that DIY attempts to achieve this rather pretty colour might be successful!!

[Tony Willis]

I am very pleased with my crocus cr91 which of my hybrids is one of the best, it is from wild seed sown in 1997 and has flowered for several years and is slowly increasing

[tonyg]

I am very pleased with my crocus cr91 which of my hybrids is one of the best, it is from wild seed sown in 1997 and has flowered for several years and is slowly increasing

And so you should be!  It looks like an advance .... on Advance

[ian mcenery]

And so you should be!  It looks like an advance .... on Advance

 

Now don't get ahead of yourself Tony

[Maggi Young]

I am very pleased with my crocus cr91 which of my hybrids is one of the best, it is from wild seed sown in 1997 and has flowered for several years and is slowly increasing

And so you should be!  It looks like an advance .... on Advance

Pity Tony W isn't an Australian... then his plant could be "Advance, Australia Fair"   
 Sorry, couldn't help myself 

[Lesley Cox]

Maggi, Australians, fair and otherwise, advance sufficiently already. Sometimes they need keeping in their place. (Actually, I love every one I know. Just as well I don't know the cricketers and rugby players!)