Crocus October 2014

[tonyg]

Meanwhile back at Pot Central ...

Crocus tournefortii x boryi
Crocus longiflorus
Crocus gilanicus - often makes flowers with fewer than 6 petals here.  I suspect I keep it too dry in summer.
Crocus kotschyanus - pale form, almost white
Crocus thomasii

[Steve Garvie]

Crocus cartwrightianus: A variable species ranging from white to quite dark forms.




Crocus archibaldiorum: A recently described affiliate of speciosus, even more recently acquired from Janis.

[Janis Ruksans]

Meanwhile back at Pot Central ...

Crocus tournefortii x boryi
Crocus longiflorus
Crocus gilanicus - often makes flowers with fewer than 6 petals here.  I suspect I keep it too dry in summer.
Crocus kotschyanus - pale form, almost white
Crocus thomasii

Is your Crocus tournefortii x boryi hybrid wild collected or rised in garden? I lost mine wild hybrid from frost in  winter a year ago. May be 1-2 small cormlets alive but very doubtfully. It was fertile and frost killed even seedlings.
Janis

[Janis Ruksans]

Crocus cartwrightianus: A variable species ranging from white to quite dark forms.




Crocus archibaldiorum: A recently described affiliate of speciosus, even more recently acquired from Janis.

Excellent pictures of Crocus archibaldiorum! Thanks for posting them! Hope you like it. It is one of the best from speciosus group. Can compete only with one new which I intend to describe as Crocus armeniacum in nearest future. Another beauty is Crocus elegans. Of course everyone is beautiful.
Janis
Janis

[tonyg]

Is your Crocus tournefortii x boryi hybrid wild collected or rised in garden? I lost mine wild hybrid from frost in  winter a year ago. May be 1-2 small cormlets alive but very doubtfully. It was fertile and frost killed even seedlings.
Janis

Raised from seed of cultivated plants.  It's quite vigorous and also fertile.  I keep most in pots but have a few in the garden .... still waiting for them to show. 
Edit - they are appearing but somewhat eaten by snails 

[Thomas Huber]

Franz, your speciosus is standing very well !!
My own are often bended by the wind and rain, some even fall down only because they are to large.... 
Do you grow wild plants or are this trade plants?

[pehe]

Beautiful pics Steve!

Flowering now:

1. Crocus puringhiorum and gilanicus
2. C. puringhiorum
3. Crucus nudiflorus
4. Crocus oreocreticus
5. Crocus niveus

Poul

[pehe]

And a few more

1. speciosus xantholaimos
2 + 3. Crocus vallicola

Poul

[hadacekf]

Thomas,  this are  trade plants.

[johnw]

The very first Crocus flower of this season, in the ground that is.  Crocus nudiflorus.

johnw -  +17c and still finding dry soil a few inches down.

[Tony Willis]

Poul

a lovely pot of vallicola,a delight to see.

[pehe]

Thank you Tony!
I like this species very much too.

Poul

[Matt T]

Some more out here:

1. Crocus cartwrightianus 'Michel' 'Marcel' - 'Michel' will be in flower in a few days
2. As above, closer - I like these flowers with a dark centre and the veining in this one is lovely
3. Crocus goulimyi leucanthus - just the faintest blush of colour in the outer segments
4. Crocus laevigatus SBL348 - the smallest, but full of character

[jens]

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The Crocus serotinus ssp serotinus is grown from seed and I could confirm the bulb this summer after the repotting.

[Maggi Young]

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