Crocus November 2009

[Hristo]

Flowering now in the limestone foothills of the western Rhodopi, Crocus pallasii.
Locally abundant in a range of colours and forms.
Despite being a dull day the flowers were fully open and the bees were visiting.

[Hristo]

For those who like to make comaprisons comparisons!;
Flowering now in the western foothills of Mt.Olympos, Crocus pallasii.
Again locally abundant and variable in colour and form.

[Gerdk]

For those who like to make comaprisons!;
Flowering now in the western foothills of Mt.Olympos, Crocus pallasii.
Again locally abundant and variable in colour and form.

What an interesting nice colored crocus - and near to Mt. Olympus!

and sorry, can't resist: it is one to go into coma-(parison) 

Gerd

[mark smyth]

To my eye the darkest and palest in the first group photo are very nice

[Hristo]

My favourites too Mark, currently that's Bulgaria 2, Greece 2 !!

[Sinchets]

Flowering now in the foothills of Western Greek Makedonia-
Crocus cancellatus mazziaricus
This small population exhibited a range of petal shapes and sizes, as well as intensity of style colour. Flower colours ranged from whites to mid-blues.

[ian mcenery]

Great shots from the wild keep them coming please

Here is a favourite of mine in the garden. A late flowering (Nov) form of niveus. The last being a close up

[Sinchets]

Lovely to see C.niveus still giving its all- they are still in flower here too.
More C.cancellatus mazziaricus form a different location in Greek Makedonia. This time the population numbered tens of thousands and exhibited a great degree of variability- from white petals with darker feathering, through to darker blue with paler markings.

[Gerry Webster]

Thanks for  these Simon - fascinating to see the variation. All are attractive but I particularly like the pale one (SRGC1). With tens of thousands, I dare say you might get a bit of seed next year!

[Sinchets]

We were quite happy on seeing the plants in flower, as we have made several seed collections at this site during previous spring visits all without knowing exactly which species the seed would turn out to be. 
Here are the second set of pics from the same site.

[johnw]

A few wishy-washy Crocus grown as goulimyi ex SRGC 94-1070.  Are they correct?

johnw

[Lesley Cox]

Yes

[Armin]

What a marvelous start into November!

I envy you a bit both Chris and Simon that I can't be there now.
But I'm very glad you give us such fantastic field views.
The comparison pictures and shown variants are simply great

John,
in my eyes your wishy-washy crocus are C. goulimyi.
Paler in color but flower shape fits.

[Armin]

Here my 1st. C. melantherus... (Thanks Dirk )

[johnw]

Armin & Lesley  - Thanks for the confirmation.

Nice melantherus there.

johnw