Crocus november 2015

[tonyg]

Lots of nice crocus here at present - not much sunshine though.  Here are a couple of seed raised forms of Crocus laevigatus neither of which is much like it's parent!

[Matt T]

It would appear that there are two plants going around under the name Crocus hadriaticus 'Purple Heart'?

Here are a couple of quick shots of my two today.

Type 1


Type 2


And a better photo of my Type 1 taken a while ago:http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=13626.msg343838#msg343838


I think the Type 1 (from Janis & Liga) is the correct plant, with the Type 2 (from a well-known purveyor of rare plants) an imposter, probably a selection of C. cartwrightianus but not its own selection also named 'Purple Heart'?

Assuming that Anne's plant below is the C. hadriaticus 'Purple Heart' and not the cultivar of C. cartwrightianus by the same name - this fits with my Type 1: http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=13710.msg344402#msg344402


Ruben has shown a plant that fits with my Type 2: http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=13626.msg343663#msg343663

[Janis Ruksans]

It would appear that there are two plants going around under the name Crocus hadriaticus 'Purple Heart'?

Yes, there are two types in original stock coming from its riser from very start as mixed together. It took long time for us to sort them out and we still are not certain that occasional paler will not be between those which we suppose to be correct clone. Some season both looks very close. I think it happened at first selection of seedling to be named. Such things can happen because seedlings sometimes can start to split before the first blooming and then you took out 2-3 very similarly looking plants supposing them as clone. Especially I noted this in breeding of Tulipa, but I think this is the case with hadriaticus Purple Heart, too. AH simply didn't note the difference between them at very start and so in increasing went two clones mixed together.

[udo]

nice Sunday weather, some more flowers:
Crocus clusii 'Poseidon'
    ''      longiflorus from Nebrodi Range, Sicily
    ''      kotschyanus, a late and smaller form with good contrast

[WimB]

    ''      kotschyanus, a late and smaller form with good contrast

That's a really beautiful form, Dirk!

[Yann]

Crocus lycius, devasted by rain, had to bring some pots in the greenhouse

[Maggi Young]

Ooof! We have heavy rain too - horrible.

[annew]

My 'Purple Heart' can from Janis also.

[Thomas Huber]

Some impressions from Germany:
Crocus speciosus Artabir + Albus and C. ligusticus growing well here
Crocus cambessedesii in my coldframe
mixed planting with melantherus, hadriaticus + mazziaricus
C. laevigatus with 11 petals
my crocuslawn

[Thomas Huber]

A new discovery from the Athens area: the most western location of Crocus pallasii
mixed planting with C. robertianus, ligusticus, tournefortii + goulimyi bicolored form
autumn in Neustadt

[ruben]

Very nice striped kotschyanus Dirk! Really love it!

Great show Thomas  !  That pallasii from Athens region is special and very nice!

[annew]

Nice to see your crocuses Thomas.

[YT]

Crocus cartwrightianus, JJA 342.810

[Yann]

Crocus wattiorum is certainly one of my top 5 favorites

[olegKon]

The collection of autumn crocuses in Istanbul University botanic garden. For understandable reasons it was impossible to get closer to them. There is a big collection of flowering bulbs (also raised beds like these but wooden) in the second botanic garden of Istanbul, а much bigger one. Both gardens there are not that easy to find.