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It is a strange season. Crocus vallicola is still flowering, months later than usual. The late spring flowering Crocus minimus has leaves, C. tauricus is almost in bud and C. cvijicii is above ground.But these behave normal:Crocus ochroleucusCrocus robertianusCrocus wattiorumPoul
Single alternative could be blue form of niveus, although then stigma must be more divided. Of course you could identify by corms. No one other crocus has so polished corm tunics as goulimyi, very different from finely reticulated tunics of niveus. Branching of stigma can vary and is something unclear on your pictures. Just where in Pellopones you collected it?
The same with me - vallicola 2 stocks still in full flower. From spring bloomers only suaveolens at this moment showed leaf tips. Others still are underground. Very surprised about your tauricus. Never saw it in autumn. C. minimus here is bertween the latest spring bloomers (wild forms) - it bloomed with me even in mid-May.
It was collected in southern Mani, on the same place was Crocus niveus. Previous photo was taken by mobile, now it should by better.
These C. minimus from Dirk flowered in April this spring, so I am very surprised too. C. tauricus (which I got from Augi last year) flowered in February this spring. My suaveolens has also leaves now, but that is not unusual, as they sometimes flower before X-mas.Poul
Beautiful Crocus flowers from all! an inspiration to grow more from seeds.Meanwhile, in September I bought few packets with the label - C. zonatus pink (which I google and saw the name is kotschyanus) but now they flower and look like C. ochroleucus if I'm not wrong? I have C. ochroleucus from previous year but not flowering yet. They are terrible with names here (Dutch stock); C. speciosus is still sold as C. sativus.... (Attachment Link)
99.99% - Crocus niveus.
Why not Crocus goulimyi? The style overtops the anthers just a bit and is not much divided. Maybe a bit too much? (Attachment Link) (Attachment Link)
Looks like C. ochroleucus
Leaves! In goulimyi always they are developed at blooming time (I never saw goulimyi in flowers without leaves), but exact identification will be done after checking corm tunics.