Crocus - November 2014

[ruben]

Stunning Crocusses Ibrahim! It's Always nice to see the plants in their natural habit!
Hans, you're yellow cambessedesii yellow back is so gorgeous!
Janis, i very much like you're cancellatus from syria!

Today i saw the first appearance of noses from Crocus biflorus nubigena, crocus michelsonii, crocus alatavicus, ... . 

[Janis Ruksans]

Stunning Crocusses Ibrahim! It's Always nice to see the plants in their natural habit!
Hans, you're yellow cambessedesii yellow back is so gorgeous!
Janis, i very much like you're cancellatus from syria!

Today i saw the first appearance of noses from Crocus biflorus nubigena, crocus michelsonii, crocus alatavicus, ... . 

With me blooms two samples of Tulipa biflora group from Kazahstan... Incredible, it is only mid-November. Spring crocuses fortunately still sleeping.

[art600]

With me blooms two samples of Tulipa biflora group from Kazahstan... Incredible, it is only mid-November. Spring crocuses fortunately still sleeping.

Janis

Even more peculiar I have two Fritillaria karelinii in bud 

Arthur

[I.S.]

Here are few frames from my part.
C. cancellatus subsp. pamphylicus Gündogmus
C. cancellatus subsp. lycius Saklıkent

[I.S.]

And my eastern cancellatus with big white flowers which is not common for subsp. damascenus.
C. cancellatus subsp. damascenus Diyarbakır East Tr.
C. nerimaniae from SW. Tr.

[I.S.]

My pallaesii selection from NW. Tr. and a white form from SW. Tr.
C. pallasii subsp. pallasii

[Janis Ruksans]

Excellent pictures Ibrahim, especially pamphylicus.
C. pallasii from Labranda is the best form of pallasii known to me, but I have only 3 corms from there and between those are not whites. I didn't visit this place at blooming time of pallasii, all my specimens are collected in summer when crocuses are out of bloom.
Janis.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Thanks for sharing this wonderful pictures Ibrahim .

[Oron Peri]

Here are few frames from my part.
C. cancellatus subsp. pamphylicus Gündogmus

Ibrahim, it is a real stunner

Here Crocus finally start to flower, a couple of weeks later than usual.
First is C. ochroleucus 'Dalton White' which is a pure albino form of this species.

[papapoly]

Oron,

I never had sucess with Cr. ochroleucus.  Perhaps kept it too moist?

Here are recent pictures (November 2014) of 3 Crocus species from Greece.

First 3 Crocus robertianus from Central Greece.

[papapoly]

Next 5 images are Crocus mazziaricus from Central Greece, growing in low altitude (300 m) and facing South.  It is growing in soil pockets in very rocky terrain.

George

[papapoly]

 Three images from a different location, about 30 km away.
They are not Crocus mazziaricus  They are Crocus macedonicus, identification made by Janis.Also

[papapoly]

Please let me correct:

The last 3 images, 0107, 0110 and 0120 are from a different location, about 30 km away. 
They are nor Crocus mazziaricus!  They are Crocus macedonicus, identification made by Janis.

Growing in turf, facing North and NE at 500 m.

George Papapolymerou

[krisderaeymaeker]

Wecome to this forum George ! Nice to see those pictures from the wild !

Here Crocus hyemalis is stil in flower. 

[I.S.]

George,
It is very nice to see plants in wild. Specially this C. macedonicus! According to my pallasii forms your C. macedonicus have very nice prominent and longer styles. Thank you so much for showing us these beauties.
İbrahim