Crocus October 2017

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To all of you: Thanks for showing these beautiful and rare crocus!

Here are some more common ones from my garden:
Crocus banaticus Snow Drift
Crocus cartwrightianus Albus
Crocus laevigatus
Crocus kotschyanus

Poul

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Crocus banaticus seedlings showing nice variations

Poul

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Crocus vallicola seedlings

Poul

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Crocus mathewii

Poul

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Crocus banaticus seedlings showing nice variations

Poul

Must be frustrating to have to struggle with these weeds Poul ! 

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Crocus cartwrightianus is extremely variable crocus. The cv. Purple Heart is so similar to C. mathewii that only position of point where stigma splits allow to separate both.

The bottom Crocus on picture 10 is breathtaking Janis !! 

[sokol]

Good to have you back here Ruben and you show some nice rarities.

Also stunning pictures, Poul. Here hopefully the last rainy day but I fear my first Crocus vallicola is gone before my second is open. So no cross pollination is possible this year.

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Must be frustrating to have to struggle with these weeds Poul ! 

Yes, it is a "big" problem, they even seed around in my lawn 

And now vallicola has started doing the same   My garden must be too wet and cool. At least this summer, if you can call rain and cold weather summer

Poul

[annew]

I love the pointed petals on the C vallicola - so elegant.

[sokol]

Unfortunately I have no seeding around of Crocus vallicola. Maybe one day I will have it, you never know.

But I am happy with me second plant to be in flower after the first is gone.



My last Crocus gilanicus are darker than the others before.



Crocus niveus from the Richea plateau.



And first flower of Crocus cartwrightianus from Southern Evia after 7 years.




I collected seeds of Crocus atticus and Crocus laevigatus at the same location and they have already flowered here.

[sokol]

Also first flower of this Crocus asumaniae.

[Yann]

very autumn crocuses, mine are still in buds, usually i'm getting them very early...usually doesn't mean always 

[Janis Ruksans]

I hope today finish repotting of my collections. Not so bad - a little earlier than I supposed. Now started more abundant blooming of crocuses and I'm catching short moments of sun between almost endless rains (at today we got all average yearly amount of water, and it is the second wettest year during all records and up to end of year could be even surpassed catastrophic 1928 year). Real catastrophe for farmers.
But in greenhouse no problems - you can see main part of autumn bloomers.
Now some crocuses - nicely blooms Crocus archibaldiorum from type locality.
F-2 generation seedling from Dirk's hybrid Crocus hadriaticus x sativus var. cashmerianus more resembles C. hadriaticus.
Still are blooming Crocus mazziaricus aff. from Samos Island in Greece (KJGR-074)
and in last picture Crocus caspius from Norman Stevens.

[Janis Ruksans]

In this entry 3 acquisitions of Crocus kotschyanus - showing variability of base colour. HKEP are from ascent of Cebeliakra, prov. Hatay, 1150 m; next is from Tepekoy, Mersin Prov., Goktepe Dagi and the last again from prov. Hatay, 23 km before Yeladag from Antakya.
And the first flower of Crocus nerimaniae - healthy (virus-free) reproduction from wild plants.

[Yann]

thanks for sharing stunning crocuses and views of your greenhouse