Crocus February 2015

[Yann]

A nice hybrid.

[Maggi Young]

No crocus far enough advanced in our garden to open their flowers yet. 
A couple with colour just beginning to show, so perhaps if we have some more sunny days we will have flowers. 
Meanwhile it is a pleasure to see the pictures here 

[ruben]

Thanks for the information Maggi! Its the first time I saw a picture of Crocus sieberii 'Midas Touch'. Would be great to grow it but i do not know anybody who have it available? (maybe for swap)?

Nice pictures of the Flemisch Riviera Kris 

Some crocusses in flower today:

Crocus sieberii 'Violet Queen'
Crocus sieberii atticus 'Vardousia'
Crocus sieberii 'Michaels Hoogs Memory'
Crocus crysanthus 'Charmer'

[ruben]

Crocus biflorus ssp. adamii
Crocus candidus ssp. subflavus
Crocus baytopiorum
Crocus korolkowii 'Agalik'

[Maggi Young]

Just looking back through the forum and fond some photos - here  http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=3031.msg76689#msg76689 - Art shows some  under that name but which look a stronger colour. 

Here: http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=2643.msg208878#msg208878  Marcus shows the plant he got direct from Alan Edwards.

 Janis mentions  'Midas Gold'  in his book - he talks about the Scottish connection the plant may have 

J. R. -  Crocuses, page 170  -
" In 1994 Alan Edwards spotted an unexpected yellow seedling among a group of plants raised from seed of Crocus sieberi.  He considered the new form to be on the same level with 'Bowles White' but with the white surface color replaced by two tones of yellow. Edwards later named it 'Midas Touch'. The seeds had come from cultivated  plants of Crocus sieberi grown by Lyn Bezzant in Scotland. These plants undoubtedly were a hybrid with an unknown species, perhaps C. chrysanthus or C. cvijicii. The latter seems more probable because like C. sieberi it alsobelongs to the section Reticulati. "

Janis also mentions he has tried to make  a similar cross himself.

[Cyril L]

Lovely pictures everyone.  We are having a mildish sunny spell with more crocus opening their flowers.

Crocus adanensis (OS1024)
Crocus baytopiorum
Crocus dalmaticus (ex SRGC seed)
Crocus herbertii
Crocus korolkowii (ex Dytiscus)

[Mike Ireland]

We had our first really sunny day yesterday & the first Crocus tommasinianus finally opened.
A couple of bulbs came from Roy Elliotts garden in the late 1980s, now the garden has them everywhere, in every shade possible.
Amazing what plants can do when left alone. Last photo is from 2011.

[Graeme Strachan]

Great photos everyone

Contrasting stigmas
A sunny day in Aberdeen today but the crocuses were closed up by the time I got home from work. I took a couple of pots inside and warmed them up and took a couple of not too good flash photos.

Crocus Danfordiae
Crocus Chrysanthus Sunspot

           Graeme

[Cyril L]

Crocus vernus, one of the easiest crocus, flowering against a wall.

[ruben]

Very nice Crocus adanenis Cyril! And you have the true form with a white throat!! Superb.

12 degrees, full sun. A first spring feeling.

Some of the crocus habitats in my garden
Crocus sieberii 'Ronald Ginns'

[ruben]

Crocus crysanthus 'Charmer'
Crocus angustifolius 'Bronze Form'
Crocus biflorus ssp. weldenii 'Albus'
Crocus crysanthus 'Milea'

[ruben]

2 unnamed selections of versicolor.

A white Crocus versicolor
A coloured form of Crocus versicolor

A speckled form of Crocus tommasinianus

Crocus alatavicus

[ruben]

Crocus baytopiorum
Crocus paschei
Crocus dalmaticus 'Petrovac'
Crocus angustifolius

[ruben]

Crocus fleischeri 'Gulek Pass'
Crocus leichtlinii

[Ross Barbour]

Very interesting to see you're beds Rubén. Gorgeous flowers.