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Re: Crocus January 2008
« Reply #270 on: January 30, 2008, 08:40:13 PM »
Tony W - an especially fine sieberi.  I like the inclusion of the place of origin in the filenames.  Forgive my ignorance but does sieberi on Mt Parnassus grow in close proximity to C veluchnesis?  I have seen reputed hyrids at shows and yours bear some resemblance to them.
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Re: Crocus January 2008
« Reply #271 on: January 30, 2008, 09:17:41 PM »
Tony why would many of my Crocus get 'bruised' noses before they open that prevents them from opening? It has happen to alatavicus and reticulatus for example
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Re: Crocus January 2008
« Reply #272 on: January 30, 2008, 09:34:13 PM »
Tony,
That crocus sieberi greece parnassus cr122 is just glorious.  The fiery styles in combination with the petal colour stands out so beautifully!  Very nice!!  8)
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Re: Crocus January 2008
« Reply #273 on: January 30, 2008, 09:59:17 PM »
The veluchensis on Parnassus grow in millions whereas I think sieberi is less common and I have never seen any that meet my clear understanding of a sieberi with the clearly visible yellow throat.I have heard there are hybrids and certainly there are lots without the yellow throat which are close to sieberi and may be hybrids,if this makes sense
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Re: Crocus January 2008
« Reply #274 on: January 30, 2008, 10:48:15 PM »
Tony W lovely plants. They are all so specific to origin did you raise these from seed yourself?
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Re: Crocus January 2008
« Reply #275 on: January 30, 2008, 11:44:24 PM »
Ian

apart from a few plants from places I cannot get to (yet) all my plants have been raised from seed collected by myself over many many years. Masses of failures but some nice successful ones at times. I am quite boring and keep most of them on a database.

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Re: Crocus January 2008
« Reply #276 on: January 30, 2008, 11:45:45 PM »
Just a few, pictured a few days ago .... glorious sunshine here today but I was not here :(

Crocus aerius - one corm but I did get a few seeds last year.
Crocus biflorus ssp ?isauricus.  A very small flowered crocus, close to C danfordiae (but larger in flower than that whilst being smaller than my other biflorus)  It is a stayer, I've had these for 15 years.
Crocus biflorus ssp alexandrii - trade form
Crocus sieberi ssp sublimis .... in the sunshine 8)
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Re: Crocus January 2008
« Reply #277 on: January 30, 2008, 11:51:50 PM »
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your alexandri is so much deeper than mine. All mine have very pale outer petals. it would be nice to get a wild deep form but I have not seen this one in flower and only collected seed which ended up as quite uniform plants
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Re: Crocus January 2008
« Reply #278 on: January 30, 2008, 11:53:19 PM »
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apart from a few plants from places I cannot get to (yet) all my plants have been raised from seed collected by myself over many many years. Masses of failures but some nice successful ones at times. I am quite boring and keep most of them on a database.

And thank goodness you do keep a database, Tony W, because this is a very valuable collection of plants grown from wild seed and deserves to be properly catalogued. Well done!  SO exciting to have been able to travel and collect these little pinches of seed to grow these gorgeous crocus..... keyboard is covered in envious drool again!!

Tony G... nice to see your babies coming out... still quite slow here  :(
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Re: Crocus January 2008
« Reply #279 on: January 31, 2008, 12:11:11 AM »
Quote from: Tony Willis on January 30, 2008, 11:51:50 PM
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your alexandri is so much deeper than mine. All mine have very pale outer petals. it would be nice to get a wild deep form but I have not seen this one in flower and only collected seed which ended up as quite uniform plants

I have something very similar to yours from David Stephens' seed and another collection with one that is much darker.
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Re: Crocus January 2008
« Reply #280 on: January 31, 2008, 12:17:09 AM »
Tony I got your email and replied. Perhaps it is in your spam file. Meanwhile I will re send the message through the forum intranet.

By the way very impressed with the fact that these are all grown from seed. As a convert to crocus I hope to emulate this in the fullness of time and presumably it does take time
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Re: Crocus January 2008
« Reply #281 on: January 31, 2008, 01:45:48 AM »
Tony,

Isn't that aerius just beautiful!!  Love those veinings/marblings/ whatever you want to call it.  Very different!!  All great pics!!  :)
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Re: Crocus January 2008
« Reply #282 on: January 31, 2008, 09:05:14 AM »
Tony
I think David collected his alexandri at the same site as I did.It was pretty easy as I do not think any other species grow with it and it is abundant.Higher up there is chrysanthus but I do not think they meet.

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Re: Crocus January 2008
« Reply #283 on: January 31, 2008, 10:27:08 AM »
Quote from: Tony Willis on January 31, 2008, 09:05:14 AM
Tony
I think David collected his alexandri at the same site as I did.It was pretty easy as I do not think any other species grow with it and it is abundant.Higher up there is chrysanthus but I do not think they meet.


Tony(s), I have a collection from Mt. Falakro S0220, received as biflorus ssp alexandrii, but this one
turned out to be Crocus pulchellus!
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Re: Crocus January 2008
« Reply #284 on: January 31, 2008, 12:52:11 PM »
Quote from: Andrew on January 30, 2008, 08:27:07 AM

In three years ssp gargaricus has never increased, has your's Thomas ?


Andrew I have now checked mine: It has two big shots, just breaking through the soil!
I started with 1 corm in 2006! Seems like they feel better in the open garden!
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