Crocus February 2015

[Hans A.]

  - Janis, are you sure it is not a tulip???

[YT]

For that one everyone will envy. Got is very kind preswent from friend in CA, who found this unique colour in wild - Crocus alatavicus. No photoshop applied!
Janis

It's truly an enchanted crocus, Janis

[Shadylanejewel]

Yes, schocked even I. Nothing similar saw before. Pity, it is alatavicus and it is very lasy splitter.
Janis

  Absolutely Gorgeous!  Guess it will be a couple years before it's available? 

[udo]

A realy nice Crocus alatavicus, Janis.
Here some others from my garden:
Crocus hartmannianus
    ''      isauricus from Belpinar Gec, Turkey
    ''      adamii or similar spec. from Nessebar, Bulgaria
    ''      tauricus from Krim
    ''      sieberi, several creme-yellow forms

[Maggi Young]

Yes, schocked even I. Nothing similar saw before. Pity, it is alatavicus and it is very lasy splitter.
Janis

So frustrating that the most beautiful are the worst to increase.     But it is often the case, isn't it -  in so many  plants -we should be accustomed to this - but it's hard.....

[Lewis Potter]

All these photos of these plants make me what to have more. They are glorious.  The best I can offer is this, I think its a Crocus tommasinianus, still its nice though. Also I have a Crocus x luteus but it has not flowered yet.

[Oron Peri]

For that one everyone will envy. Got is very kind preswent from friend in CA, who found this unique colour in wild - Crocus alatavicus. No photoshop applied!
Janis

Janis
After checking to be sure it is not April 1st... absolutely fantastic!!

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Just returned from Greece and found that CRocus blooming started with me, too. Regardless of very hard frost last night, flowers alive and now in sun nicely opens.
Here Crocus fauseri, named after Australian "croconut" Otto Fauser by HKEP.
Janis

Otto truly deserves a superb Crocus like this named after him Janis, it's a real stunner !!!

Janis,
The pink alatavicus is simply flabbergasting !! 
What a unique piece !

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Janis

truly wonderful,what a find.

Some more ordinary ones!

Crocus cvijicii

Crocus reticulatus

Crocus pelistericus

Crocus sieberi

Your "ordinary" ones make us all gasp for air, Tony ! 

[tonyg]

For that one everyone will envy. Got is very kind preswent from friend in CA, who found this unique colour in wild - Crocus alatavicus. No photoshop applied!
Janis

Wow!  Now I think I have seen everything!!

[krisderaeymaeker]

Janis you are right .....all Croconuts are envy but also without words anymore. This form of alatavicus is by far the most exciting and unique Crocus of recent years and maybe ever.
Crocus fauseri is also fantastic and is for sure on each wishlist. I am so happy that it is named after a great plantsman like Otto.
Tony , great plants ! Stil champions league ....

[Cyril L]

For that one everyone will envy. Got is very kind preswent from friend in CA, who found this unique colour in wild - Crocus alatavicus. No photoshop applied!
Janis

Janis, I can only echo what has been said regarding the pink C. alatavicus.  Unbelievable!

And so many other wonderful crocus being posted.

[ruben]

Stunning Janis! And a totally new colour in to crocus!
Is alatavicus easy to cross with a more virgorous species? Maybe this pink is dominant?

[Otto Fauser]

Thank you Janis for sharing your excellent photos of "my" Crocus and the yellow backed form is particular beautiful , but not as beautiful as your stunning alatavicus  . Did it arrive from another planet ?

[johnw]

Now tell us Janis what trouble you will get into with that alatavicus pollen. It will be interesting to see if white-flowered mothers will pass the colour along.

johnw