Crocus October 2013

[Tony Willis]

Thank you for the remarks about the Crocus mathewii. No sign of Crocus wattiorum yet but this Crocus nerimaniae has appeared.

[tonyg]

Lots of lovely crocuses on this thread.  Sunshine at the weekend saw my own crocus looking mighty fine.  I'll not repeat what so many have already shown ..... jealous of wattiorum and nerimanae that I do not grow.

Here are a couple of images from the recent display here.  First a very nice form of Crocus goulimyi var leucanthus with a 'normal'  goulimyi beyond.  The other just amused me, spot the spider waiting for pollinators in this pulchellus x speciosus 

[Armin]

Great images and species from everybody.

3 days rainfall and night temperatures down to 5°C induced growth.

My first autuum crocus are seedlings of C. pulchellus 'Zephyr'. More noses are visible...

I'm quite happy some 'strong' survived the black frosts from 2012.

No spider in the flower - only a potential pollinator!

[Martin Baxendale]

Beautiful nerimaniae, Tony.

[Janis Ruksans]

A lovely sunny afternoon in Aberdeen today.
Here are a couple of pictures of C. vallocola.

Sorry, but it is Crocus suworovianus.
Janis

[tonyg]

Sorry, but it is Crocus suworovianus.
Janis

Why?

[Rimmer de Vries]

This crocus which came as Crocus sativus 'Cashmerianus' is blooming in my garden this past weekend.
this form looks so much like the Dream Dancer mathewii but for the white outer tepals.


is the one in the second pictured virused?

[tonyg]

This crocus which came as Crocus sativus 'Cashmerianus' is blooming in my garden this past weekend.
this form looks so much like the Dream Dancer mathewii but for the white outer tepals.
is the one in the second pictured virused?

Yes - afraid so.

[Rimmer de Vries]

Yes - afraid so.

so what do i do? dig and burn or leave alone?
Rimmer

[Janis Ruksans]

Why?

Tips of petals. Compare with another picture of vallicola one or two enrtries later. Sometimes not easy to separate, but this one definitely loks as suworovianus.
Janis

[Janis Ruksans]

so what do i do? dig and burn or leave alone?
Rimmer

Virus without doubt - only dig and burn.
Janis

[pehe]

A light pink form of Crocus mathewii.
Crocus pulchellus and a single C. wattiorum flower.

Poul

[Janis Ruksans]

Returning to Crocus vallicola. Today I pictured some of them. Most interesting are two pictures of cv. 'Blushing Marmot' selected by Henrik Zetterlund. When it started (5 days ago) I was afraid that I got wrong corms but today they got characteristic colour. Note tips of petals. Last picture are seedlings - comercial stock.
Janis

[Janis Ruksans]

Now three pictures of Crocus wattiorum and
Crocus nerimaniae - they are seedlings of 2nd generation and it seem that finally my stock is clean from virus infection.
As last in this entry - Crocus banaticus
Janis

[Janis Ruksans]

Now two gatherings of Crocus laevigatus subsp. pumilus from Crete and type laevigatus from mainland Greece.
After that my traditional stock of Crocus oreocreticus and seedlings of C. oreocreticus grown up from seeds collected in Crete (near cave of Zeus) by Marcus Harvey (Australia) and kindly shared witjh me - note variability.
Janis