Crocus September 2014

[Roma]

First Crocus pulchellus of the season flowering yesterday.  Another was open in the border today.

[Lesley Cox]

Really nice Roma, looking lovely in the grass.

[Tony Willis]

My first of the season,a self sown weed in the plunge.

[Janis Ruksans]

My first of the season,a self sown weed in the plunge.

Could be ilgazensis.
Janis

[udo]

a seedling from Crocus autranii with open flower today

[krisderaeymaeker]

a seedling from Crocus autranii with open flower today

Lovely Dirk  , how old is it ?

[udo]

Lovely Dirk  , how old is it ?

Hi Kris,
this is a four years old plant. His mother grown from JJAseed.

[Maggi Young]

a seedling from Crocus autranii with open flower today

 Is there some Crocus kotschyanus blood in there, Dirk ?

[ruben]

Hi Dirk,

Does the Crocus autranii also has got the strange habit to germinate in the second year after sowing, i just read this in a document of the crocus group... .

For me Crocus kotschyanus ssp. kotschyanus and Crocus hadriaticus ssp. parnassicus where in flower today.

[tonyg]

Is there some Crocus kotschyanus blood in there, Dirk ?

Looks quite like others I have seen ... including the one I grew    It is quite closely related to kotschyanus though.

Awaiting Dirk's opinion too.

[tonyg]

Here's my first of the season.  Crocus kotschyanus growing in a raised bed outside.  Nearly halfway through re-potting the collection and it looks like the last growing season was indeed a good one with plenty of healthy corms with plenty of healthy corms all ready to grow!

[udo]

Is there some Crocus kotschyanus blood in there, Dirk ?

Maggi, I am confused a little bit. Why should be there Crocus kotschyanus with in it. He blossoms when autranii is over. Unfortunately, Crocus autranii, scharojanii and vallicola have the habit to open her blossoms only at higher temperatures a little further.

Ruben, except with Crocus michelsonii and sometimes caspius the biggest part of the seeds germinates in the first year, but only if on time (August) of the seeds comes to the ground.

[Maggi Young]

Dirk, I thought the flower did not look as I might expect "pure" autranii to look - you said it was from seed and it is often possible that species flower at odd times in other seasons so in cultivation a hybrid might be possible.  I am not aware of the full range of variability in autranii so I was asking if you felt it was pure. Its seems you do. 

[Graeme Strachan]

Here is my first of the season - Crocus Vallicola

       regards

           Graeme

[Maggi Young]

One of my favourites, Graeme - the wispy tips on a bloom that manages to be dainty and sturdy at the same time is a winner for me.