Crocus January 2015

[Matt T]

A chance find that one can only dream of. Stunning!

[ruben]

A Stunning form Tony!

[Maggi Young]

Lovely, Tony- hard to think of another with such a full cover of that depth of colour on the outers which make it so "yummy"

[Melvyn Jope]

Fabulous form Tony.

[Cyril L]

Crocus biflorus alexandri

quite pleased with this as it camee from a random collection of crocus seed pods I made on Mt Falackro in Northern Greece most of which are C. pulchellus.

Very special Tony.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Kris, these crocus are well grown and compact, the way I like them.  Scottish weather has been rather dull and damp and my C. 'Sunspot' is a little elongated.  I love the C. taseliensis, one of the newly described species, wonderful combination of white petals, yellow and black stamens, red style with speckling on the reverse of the outer petals.  I have asked Janis and Liga for this but no reply yet.

Thanks Cyril . For me it is not only a matter of quantity but also of quality  But as you say , if you get dull weather for weeks then it is over .....
Sure Janis or Liga  wil answer and other wise..... 

[krisderaeymaeker]

With many thanks to the nice gentleman who share this with me ......Crocus sieberi ssp. sieberi   

[krisderaeymaeker]

And the conditions of sieberi ssp. sieberi in Crete .....

[carolesmith]

Crocus biflorus alexandri

quite pleased with this as it camee from a random collection of crocus seed pods I made on Mt Falackro in Northern Greece most of which are C. pulchellus.

Only 'quite' pleased. That is unbelievably beautiful.

[Tony Willis]

Kris

lovely pictures from Crete,I have never seen them in such quantity.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Crocus biflorus alexandri

quite pleased with this as it camee from a random collection of crocus seed pods I made on Mt Falackro in Northern Greece most of which are C. pulchellus.

You've got every reason to be happy with this one Tony, it's a gem !!

[tonyg]

Crocus biflorus ssp alexandrii.

Nice form sent to me by Lesley Cox 

If you read this Lesley - please can you let us know where you got it from - thanks!

[Tim Ingram]

Really super photo Tony! A proper bulb frame is beckoning more and more, plus a diversion towards crocus from the snowdrops we have been collecting over the past few years. In the garden we have had big trouble with rabbits in the past but are now properly fenced and it would be good to establish more crocus outside too (don't too often see these pictured here?)

[Matt T]

Lovely Tony. Excellent coverage of colour on the outers and just the faintest blush to the tips of the inners. A lovely form.

[tonyg]

Another special crocus.  Crocus reticulatus, form from Mt Falakro, Greece.  Original collection David Stephens 2002, these are seedlings from 2005 seed.  Freshly open today .... indoors, it's perishing cold outside.  Just two or three corms, flowering well.  Little chance of seed set in this cold weather but I will hand pollinate in a day or two, bring them onto a cool windowsill overnight ... and pray! 



Edit by my : Seems this plant may be the recently named Crocus orphei