Crocus November 2013

[Janis Ruksans]

May be this will be my last entry and pictures from this season. On Sunday we had warm and sunny weather, so last crocuses opened flowers. Yesterday we had 95-th birthday of Latvia, so we celebrated this and I didn't work, so I'm showing those pictures only today. They are not new species, all were shown before but due nice weather flowers nicely opened. I tried to pollinate, but afraid that tere were very few pollens on anthers.
On the first picture Crocus aleppicus from Israel.
Then Crocus cambessedesii blue form got from forumist Rik (where you disappear, Rik?)
Then Crocus hyemalis, the plants from Israel, perfectly showing black anthers - my most favourable feature in crocuses. As C. aleppicus, it was collected with kind help of Oron in extremely hot, dry and late season. Without fantastic knowledge of Oron, who seems know each smallest foot-pass in Israel - I'm afraid that I didn't find anything. Now I'm looking forward for his book about bulbous plants of Eastern Mediterranian.
Crocus moabiticus originally was collected in Jordania and nicely presented for me by Arnis Seisums
And the last again this unusual Crocus hittiticus which blooms in autumn. It was collected around 5 km from Gulnar on cultivated fields with some islands of shrubs, where it was growing deep in Quercus shrubs, in very peaty learfmould soil, corms were positioned quite shallow.
Janis

[Rimmer de Vries]

some more images of C. laevigatus from various seed sources

[krisderaeymaeker]

Beautiful entrys !

Today Crocus hyemalis was in flower here ....

[pehe]

Lovely hyemalis, Kris

Unfortunately I have only leaves in my hyemalis but Crocus laevigatus CEH.612 has opened today.

Poul

[Hans A.]

Crocus cambessedesii started to flower. I do not know why, but the most beautiful plants always bloom during the week and are faded away at the weekend, like this nice blue ones...

[Janis Ruksans]

Fantastic colours, Hans! Never saw such.
Janis

[udo]

Hans, very nice Crocus cambessedesii.
After a dark and wet week, first sun and some open flowers from Crocus laevigatus
in the dark blue form.

[I.S.]

Hans,
It is unbelievable beauty of C. canbessedesii
Best regards...

[Hans A.]

Thanks a lot for your comments Janis, Dirk and Ibrahim - now I just have to check your book Janis how to get from single corms many more.

[Roma]

Last Crocus pulchellus in my "lawn"

[Tony Willis]

There have been  a couple of pictures of a very nice Crocus laevigatus that originated from Ray Cobb.

Ray has sent me this picture of an unnamed sister seedling he has raised. A really fine plant.

[Maggi Young]

Another cracker of a Crocus - who could resist any of them?