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Title: Crocus July 2015
Post by: fermi de Sousa on July 06, 2015, 09:07:09 AM: This morning a flower opened on Crocus rujanensis grown from seed from NZAGS 2008; it has flowered in previous years as well
cheers
fermi
Title: Re: Crocus July 2015
Post by: Otto Fauser on July 07, 2015, 01:17:54 AM: Fermi , C. rujanensis is starting to flower here too, a vigorous species for the garden and it self sows in slightly different shades of colour . I grew it from seed col. in locus classicus : Mamince , Presevo , Jugoslavia by Dr. Novica Randjelovic , who I believe described it as a new species .
Title: Re: Crocus July 2015
Post by: fermi de Sousa on July 07, 2015, 08:23:40 AM: Hi Otto,
can you post a pic of yours?
Does this one look similar?
cheers
fermi
Title: Re: Crocus July 2015
Post by: fermi de Sousa on July 08, 2015, 03:49:40 AM: Crocus imperati ssp.....?
In bud as there was no sun that day :o
cheers
fermi
Title: Re: Crocus July 2015
Post by: Otto Fauser on July 08, 2015, 04:04:55 AM: Fermi , here is my C.rujanensis on a sunny winter's day today which also warms my ageing aching back . -also a delight today is C . sieberi 'Midas Touch'.
Title: Re: Crocus July 2015
Post by: fermi de Sousa on July 19, 2015, 01:08:12 PM: This crocus was grown from seed from Marcus Harvey in 2003; Crocus olivieri ssp olivieri (Steno)
cheers
fermi
Title: Re: Crocus July 2015
Post by: Janis Ruksans on July 21, 2015, 07:56:36 PM: THE FIRST AUTUMN CROCUS BLOOMS!!!
Today noted some yellow blotch on outside placed pots. First idea "some sternbergia??? - so early?" and then I understood - this is Crocus scharojanii. After bad experience in last season when Crocus scharojanii flowers were burnt in greenhouse, I reserved place for two pots of scharojanii - one Caucasian, another Turkish - my two last pots of typical scharojanii - and left them outside. That is all what left from my earlier quite large collection of scharojanii. This one is Turkish plant. At replanting two weeks ago it had long shoot.
Last week I finished with repotting of autumn blooming crocuses. Crop was quite good. There were some losses, but not important. Very interesting was comparing of species. There were placed side by side C. cartwrightianus and C. tournefortii. C. cartwrightianus formed good bulbs but died bulbs really nullified increasing rate. Reason was various fungal problems - most likely Fusarium and losses were generally in stocks received from other growers. Mine own seedlings were perfect. C. tournefortii - placed side by side - grew perfectly - each corm replaced by two, huge size, perfect condition and no one loss.
Yesterday started replanting of biflorus group. There crop is much smaller, corms in average are smaller than usually. Seems that this spring's weather conditions when temperature jumped up and down gave some bad influence. But it is only start of spring crocus harvesting.
Janis
Title: Re: Crocus July 2015
Post by: pehe on July 23, 2015, 08:51:05 PM: Janis, What a good start on the Crocus season! I hope it continue that way.

Here are no sign of any autumn bulbs yet. But there was shoots on Crocus scharojanii flavus, when I repotted some weeks ago.

Poul
Title: Re: Crocus July 2015
Post by: ruben on July 24, 2015, 07:39:25 AM: Very nice crocus Janis! But yes VERY early this year!
Good to see allready crocusses in flower ;D
Title: Re: Crocus July 2015
Post by: Janis Ruksans on July 24, 2015, 08:39:12 PM: Quote from: pehe on July 23, 2015, 08:51:05 PM
Janis, What a good start on the Crocus season! I hope it continue that way.

Here are no sign of any autumn bulbs yet. But there was shoots on Crocus scharojanii flavus, when I repotted some weeks ago.

Poul

Here Colchicum parnassicum in full bloom (still in box).
Janis
Title: Re: Crocus July 2015
Post by: Anthony Darby on August 01, 2015, 05:38:28 AM: Here's my pot of Crocus vallicola, seed (from Lesley Cox) sown October 2012, so it seems to cope with the Auckland climate. Except for the pic, it will get little or no sun, as it's against a south facing wall.
Title: Re: Crocus July 2015
Post by: Maggi Young on August 06, 2015, 02:11:36 PM: For any Croconuts feeling withdrawal symptoms, have a cruise through the "August 2015 in the Southern Hemisphere" thread - www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=13427.0 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=13427.0) - it's Crocus time "down under " :)
Title: Re: Crocus July 2015
Post by: Maggi Young on August 11, 2015, 11:47:34 AM: Quote from: Hillview croconut on August 11, 2015, 01:38:37 AM

Crocus tomm. Taplow Ruby - is this extinct in Europe?

Cheers, Marcus

It seems to be very seldom mentioned, Marcus, so I fear it may well be, if not extinct, then barely hanging on.
I think they still have it on North America ( Carolyn Walker in Pennsylvania, for instance, mentions it) - so it appears that it is up to you folks in Australasia and North America to keep it going !

It would be lovely to hear if there are still people growing it in Europe.
Title: Re: Crocus July 2015
Post by: Maggi Young on August 26, 2015, 12:49:04 PM: Quote from: Maggi Young on August 06, 2015, 02:11:36 PM
For any Croconuts feeling withdrawal symptoms, have a cruise through the "August 2015 in the Southern Hemisphere" thread - www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=13427.0 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=13427.0) - it's Crocus time "down under " :)

Crocus pix from Marcus Harvey and others http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=13427.msg339734#msg339734 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=13427.msg339734#msg339734)