Crocus March 2017

[pehe]

And the last ones for today

Crocus Skyline
Crocus tommasinianus Roseus

Many more to come.
Crocus pelistericus and scardicus has just poked through. I hope they will slow down a little because I will be in China the next 2 weeks.

Poul

[Maggi Young]

Have  a great trip to China, Poul - I feel like  offering to come watch over your crocus while you are away!

[Gerdk]

This is what I got as Crocus tommasinianus Albus -
I am not sure about the identification of this (sterile) species

Gerd

[pehe]

Have  a great trip to China, Poul - I feel like  offering to come watch over your crocus while you are away!

Thank you Maggi!
You are welcome to look after my Crocus - and I have some Galanthus too
And if you do, I am sure my wife has some chocolate for you. 

My trip to China is strictly business, and there are little (if any) time for botanizing

Poul

[pehe]

Also a nice collection of Crocus. Crocus caricus is one of my favourites.

Today not much more but Crocus abantensis that has opened its flowers.

Thanks Stefan!
Your collection is very nice too! Maybee we can do some swapping in the summer?

Poul

[sokol]

Of course we can Poul. I hope you will have a successful trip.

Today I photographed some Crocus that are flowering for the first time, first two from self collected seed. I hope I determined them correctly.

[sokol]

some Crocus nubigena from Ikaria and Samos

[sokol]

And this Crocus got as Crocus reticulatus is probably Crocus variegatus.

[Armin]

Great images from everybody.

Crocus neglectus from the wild


If you want to see more images http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=15235.msg373491#msg373491

[Tony Willis]

Crocus pelistericus ,a pale lavender form

[pehe]

Tony, is that an offspring of your white pelistericus or a wild variant?

Poul

[WimB]

The "blues" of the day:

Crocus 'Karin'
Crocus 'Spring Beauty'
Crocus veluchensis 'Pearl of Rhodop'
and Crocus veluchensis, from seeds of the Crocus Group and with a little helper to make some seeds of itself.

[Tony Willis]

Tony, is that an offspring of your white pelistericus or a wild variant?

Poul

It is a cross from a white and purple one. Very pleased with the colour.

[Maggi Young]

This week in Dresden -  photo by Zdena Kosourová

[Janis Ruksans]

Yesterday finished despatching of pre-ordered books and so can allow some time for forum. Not many pictures were made in this very unusual, cold and rainy, dark spring when the earliest bloomers from CA flowers in same time as the earliest ones. Outside is cold rain and I only made brief look in greenhouse, so unpleasant weather is now, but there some pictures made few days ago when we had some of very few sunny hours this spring.
At first 2 pictures of crocus beds (date when picture taken below each picture) in my new greenhouse - still under building.
Then two pictures of my collections gem - pink Crocus alatavicus. Crocus alatavicus didn't grew well this spring - was damaged by late frosts, but this one not suffered.
In same day was pictured comparatively late bloomer - Crocus antalyensioides - yellow/blue form - most likely hybrid with flavus or mouradii.