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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! (Attachment Link)
Great show, Ruben ! I love the C. sieberi sieberi Some more in flower over here :Crocus biflorus ssp adamiiCrocus biflorus ssp alexandri - the blue on the outers is almost black
It isn't C. reticulatus, but just recently named Crocus orphei - very special species from very isolated but quite large population. Unfortunately not seen by me in nature. I three times went there to search for it and allways were stopped by late snowfall.Janis
Hi Luc,C. alexandri - is it wild form or Dutch garden cultivar?Janis
Crocus biflorus ssp alexandri - the blue on the outers is almost black
Hi Janis, I think it is a Dutch garden cultivar.
Unique colour Luc, the black on the reverse of the outers is very eye-catching. Has it got a cultivar name?
I must add that I'm very happy with the plant !
It is a lovely plant Luc, reminded me of cultivar LadyKiller but looking at Thomas's reference pictures of this, yours is not quite the same. However (risking controversy) yours does look very like Ruben's C biflorus alexandrii, pictured a few pages back. The lighting is different which may account for the seemingly very dark colour of yours but maybe they came from the same source??