Crocus November 2009

[art600]

Luckily!!!!

I have found the most beautiful aleppicus i have ever seen.

I agree - a rare beauty

[Gerry Webster]

Janis - with its very pointed tepals that's a handsome form of C. hadriaticus (typical). Does it have a cultivar name?

Yes, it is named 'Dodona'.
Janis

Many thanks Janis. I thought it might be 'Dodona' but wanted to make sure.

[mark smyth]

re my yellow based laevigatus, above, with much branched style Tony Goode says this on his web site
http://www.thealpinehouse.fsnet.co.uk/crocus%20pages/
"Cretan forms usually small flowered often white with very prominent red style"

[mark smyth]

Northing special compared to Oron's stunning beauties - just laevigatus var fontenayi

[Maggi Young]

Beautiful photos, Mark... shows why I so adore Crocus.... what exquisite flowers these are! 

[mark smyth]

yes Maggi? 

[Janis Ruksans]

Luckily!!!!

I have found the most beautiful aleppicus i have ever seen.
One have to see the population to realise how something like this is rare.

Those are excellent, Oron, but others are not less beautiful!
Janis

[Janis Ruksans]

Returning to C. hadriaticus I want to show you other forms of hadriaticus (cv. 'Dodona' you can see on entry 244, as typica, cv. 'Jumbo' you can see on entry 136.). Names of forms are under pictures. The differences generally are in shape of tepals, color of throat and flower tube.
Janis

 Crocus hadriaticus Alepohori
 Crocus hadriaticus Brown tube
 Crocus hadriaticus Indian Summer
 Crocus hadriaticus Parnasos
 Crocus hadriaticus Tom Blanchard

[Maggi Young]

Names of forms are under pictures.

 I have added the names to the text, Janis, because only in this way  can the search facility find the names.

[Janis Ruksans]

Names of forms are under pictures.

 I have added the names to the text, Janis, because only in this way  can the search facility find the names.

I didn't know it, Maggi. In future will remember this. Really I don't know all possibilities of Forum.
Janis

[Maggi Young]

Thank you, Janis.

I appreciate it can be hard to know all abut the Forum, so there are pages here: http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=65.0

http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=2.0

 which may be of assistance.

There is also the Main Forum "HELP" button, situated second from the left at the top of each page.

[udo]

My last Crocus for this year,
Cr.aleppicus from Syria, unfortunately a single plant

[mark smyth]

Now that is a beauty - they just keep getting better and better. Thanks Dirk

[Janis Ruksans]

My last Crocus for this year,
Cr.aleppicus from Syria, unfortunately a single plant

Superb, Dirk!

[Janis Ruksans]

Not so many crocuses blooms now in greenhose. Some only starts. Here you can see C. longiflorus from Basilicata, Italy, 600 m, collected in shade of forest, and C. cancellatus mazziaricus  coming from Dilek Yar, near entry to Milli Parki, 3 km W from Priene ruins, alt. ~ 200 m. Both still in buds. Now there are no sun at all and many crocuses ends blooming without opening of flowers.