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When Ibrahim sent me the first corms of this crocus my first opinion was that it is hybrid, too. It was the reason why I visited Turkey in Europe. I drove along the all mountain ridge and everywhere found only Crocus ibrahimii and no one pulchellus or speciosus was seen there. The last pulchellus I saw just at Istambul (even inside city border), then was gap without crocuses and further started C. ibrahimi almost to Bulgarian border, so may be it could be found in adjacent Bulgaria, too.Janis
Formidable Crocus, Tony !
Does Ibrahim look in this area each season? I wonder if the hybrid might flower before/after the parents? In my few crocus travels I have noticed that flowering season can be very short.... indeed also true here in cultivation :-(I remember when C goulimyi leucanthus was described that it was said not to grow with the blue flowered plants but I spoke to someone who had been to the locations another year and found blue flowered plants too.