Crocus September 2014

[Graeme Strachan]

Maggi,
           Thanks - this is always my first one of the season and rekindles my enjoyment of crocuses.

              regards

                    Graeme

[Steve Garvie]

Here is my first of the season - Crocus Vallicola

       regards

           Graeme

Lovely images of this beautiful crocus Graeme!

Here is a close relative -Crocus autranii (I can take no credit for flowering it as it was only recently bought from Janis Ruksans).

[tonyg]

Wonderful light and detail Steve 

[Janis Ruksans]

Crocus autranii easily hybridizes with Crocus gilanicus F-1 generation looks exactly as autranii, may be a bit lighter in colour, but you can note this only when both are side to side. In F-2 hybrids split in various forms - closer to gilanicus and closer to autranii. So only seedlings of your plant can confirm that your plant are "pure" or hybrid.
If you will saw seeds immediately after harvesting - C. autranii will germinate in first spring as all other crocuses. Don't keep seeds till autumn, saw just after harvesting!

This day is very joyful for me. Just got parcel with few crocuses from Russia. They were collected last autumn in Abchasia - true and clean Crocus autranii and sample of Crocus speciosus from Talish, near Lerik - must be crocus described as C. polyanthus by Grossheim (nomen nudum) collected there this spring. Corms travelled long way - at first to Russia, then brought to Kiev by my Ukrainian friend who forwarded those to Lithuania (via Byelorussia) and from Lithuania were posted to me. After treating with insecticides and fungicides corms were immediately potted.

Corms collected for me by my Ukrainian friend still stay in Donetsk unplanted in my Ukrainian friend's parents garden.  He can't reach them and may be all his collection will be lost due terrorist horror in East Ukraine, if Europe and other world will not stop new Hitler of 21-st century - Putin.
Janis
 

[Janis Ruksans]

Lovely images of this beautiful crocus Graeme!

Here is a close relative -Crocus autranii (I can take no credit for flowering it as it was only recently bought from Janis Ruksans).

True and perfect!
Janis

[Tony Willis]

Steve

a superb picture.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Steve
A superb picture.

Oh yes it is ! Great picture Steve.

Here autranii is in bud and I hope to see the open flowers very soon.

[Oakwood]

in wild....

[Maggi Young]

My word, Dima, these are beautiful photos of these most gorgeous of Crocus 
Crocus scharojanii and C. vallicola are glorious when we manage to grow them in our gardens but these magnificent specimens in the wild are "something else", so to speak.  Wow!

[art600]

Seeing Crocus sharojanii is on my 'Bucket list' 

[Cyril L]

Dima, seeing these wonderful crocus in the wild prompts me to post some pictures of my plants in the last few weeks.

Crocus vallicola
Crocus autranii
Crocus scharojanii

[udo]

Dima, seeing these wonderful crocus in the wild prompts me to post some pictures of my plants in the last few weeks.

Crocus vallicola
Crocus autranii
Crocus scharojanii

Cyril,
real wonderful pictures, especially the Crocus scharojanii.
I have ever only one flower in the year.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Dima, seeing these wonderful crocus in the wild prompts me to post some pictures of my plants in the last few weeks.
Crocus vallicola
Crocus autranii
Crocus scharojanii

    I agree with Dirk .Stunning pots with some superb Crocus Cyril....

[krisderaeymaeker]

in wild....

Lovely to see them growing in the wild Dima. Superb and thanks for showing. 

[pehe]

in wild....

Dima, I envy you seeing Scharojanii in the wild. It is really beautiful pictures of these rare crocus.
These valicola from Dombai are more beautiful than the Turkish ones I grow.
Have you been travelling in this area recently?

Poul