Crocus December

[Oron Peri]

Here is my C. wattiorum.
ibrahim

Ibrahim, that is a super crocus!!

Here are a couple from today
C. longiflorus and a white form of C. hyemalis [no yellow in the throat]

[Janis Ruksans]

Kris
I'm growing wattiorum in standart mix - 1 part peat moss + 3 parts coarse sand + dolomite chalk and watering with 0.2% complex fertilizer solution. I'm adding additional peat only for Crocus carpetanus. In summer are kept in same greenhouse where temperature can raise up to + 40 C. It splits, but blooms well and I didn't noted decreasing of corm size. At present I have 5 pots of flowering size + 3 pots with seedlings of various years. They got full sun. May be you need more fertilizer and longer watering to make season longer? We have quite different natural conditions with Holland.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Kris
I'm growing wattiorum in standart mix - 1 part peat moss + 3 parts coarse sand + dolomite chalk and watering with 0.2% complex fertilizer solution. I'm adding additional peat only for Crocus carpetanus. In summer are kept in same greenhouse where temperature can raise up to + 40 C. It splits, but blooms well and I didn't noted decreasing of corm size. At present I have 5 pots of flowering size + 3 pots with seedlings of various years. They got full sun. May be you need more fertilizer and longer watering to make season longer? We have quite different natural conditions with Holland.

Many thanks for this information Janis . I certainly try to use this information to get a better performance. I surely  think that they can use more fertilizer. But as you say , then maybe I have to water them longer .
I am curious about the peat moss , is this the same as "sphagnum" ? Do you have a picture of this moss ?       

[krisderaeymaeker]

As promised to Maggi  here my pictures taken in Turkey last week of november ....

It was not easy to find them because this is a rare plant and the  flowering season was almost finished. First I did'nt find any plant at "the locus classicus" but after a while I suddenly find one that was just over.
It was growing in a very big gap in a rock between small grasses ....

[krisderaeymaeker]

The first one is always the most difficult to find ......Suddenly I find some with very fresh flower  .
It was growing higher up in a vertical crevice.

[krisderaeymaeker]

It was amazing to see the way that the flowering stem almost lies down ........

[krisderaeymaeker]

And  higher up more wattiorum stil  in flower  ...... This time in horizontal crevices ....

[krisderaeymaeker]

This plant grows on a fantastic place .........

[krisderaeymaeker]

Only few plants where growing in the soil .........

Hope to give you a good impression of our fantastic Crocus wattiorum ....

[Maggi Young]

Who would think that these crocus could make a life in such places?    Most interesting to see this, Kris, thank you!

[pehe]

Amazing to see crocus growing in these narrow crevices but it seems they like to grow in this way.
Could it be the key for growing them successful?
Kris, I have the same experience as you. My wattiorum did also split up in many small corms.

Poul

[Hans A.]

Great pictures Oron, Ibrahim and Kris!
Thanks a lot for sharing them!

Oh yes- quite the crevice plant!    We have a Crocus (pulchellus) hybrid that has seeded itself in the very small gap
( 0.5cm) between two paving slabs on the terrace in our garden. I feel so sorry for the poor thing in such a tight spot!

Lost Crocus wattiorum once when I grew it in the open ground, now nearly all Crocus species I grow are in crevices where they respond well, even they cannot be lifted  without dismantling the rockery, but so far there is still some space left. Here as example C. cambessedesii (which also grows in crevices in nature).

[Oron Peri]

Thanks Hans,

Photos a bit dark as it is cloudy today,:
C. graevolens from its south most area of distribution in S. Lebanon.
C. tournfortii - deep color ex. Crete

and two unusual color forms of C. laevigatus, 'John's Yellow' and a creme colored form.

[Janis Ruksans]

Phantastic crocuses again, Oron!
Especially this laevigatus - never could image so deep yellow toned, although I saw some yellow shaded, but far from yours.
Janis

[Steve Garvie]

A wonderful array of crocus Oron!

Nice series of Crocus wattiorum Kris!
I'm a bit late but here is my plant (recent light levels here have been atrocious, the flower opened under a small spotlight):