Crocus May 2009

[Lesley Cox]

To paraphrase Gerd, I like your son - and Crocus abantensis is very nice too. Actually this is one of my most favourite crocuses for its clear blue colour and it does well for me. All these pictures are lovely Ibrahim. Thankyou for posting them.

[I.S.]

I thak you very much for all your nice compliments.

Maggi, This year there is snow more than the other years but for Uludağ that is very common to see snow this time. I couldn't reach more than 1900 m. because of snow. Uludağ is 2400 m. alt!  A person which we were speaking said me that there is stil a line open for ski!

Here are a few frame from top where I could reached.

[I.S.]

Definitely my first aim was to see C. gargaricus. I remarked that nearly all of what I have seen they have leaves in the same time. Just only some of them which are very near snow or in the water they dont have leaves or just started.
C. gargaricus subsp. herbertii

[I.S.]

I had chance to see some hybrids too.
And this chrysanthus made me suprise with few very strong mass!

C. biflorus supsp. pulchricolor x chrysanthus
C. chrysanthus

[Lesley Cox]

These are very pretty, especially the hybrids with their subtle shading of colours. It seems there's a crocus in bloom just about every day of the year, somewhere in the world.

[Tony Willis]

Ibrahim

glad you made it last weekend and wonderful pictures. I am surprised at the amount of snow.I have been there several times at this date and there has been no skiing and lots of flowers all around the resort.

[Arda Takan]

this winter was a bit colder than pervious 3-4 winters. and there was a good amount of snow.

[I.S.]

Tony, Thank you very much for helpful ideas. After the hotels to go up by car from left side, the way was closed by snow. But still I have seen lots of flowers and enjoy more than I was planning.