Crocus February - 2009

[Hendrik Van Bogaert]

Ladies and Gentlements,
Already several weeks I follow your conversations and pictures on the forum.
My name is Hendrik van Bogaert and I live in Belgium.
Already more then 30 years I collect plants; my specialities are woodlanders, pleiones, asarums and of course many bulbs.
I hope that I can contribute with my knownledge and pictures.

Here with a first picture of a wild form of Crocus chrysanthus. Enjoy!
 

[tonyg]

Welcome Hendrik!
I look forward to hearing more from you - that is a very fine form of Crocus chrysanthus.
Thank-you for joining us.

[Hendrik Van Bogaert]

Welcome Hendrik!
I look forward to hearing more from you - that is a very fine form of Crocus chrysanthus.
Thank-you for joining us.

Hi Tonyg,

Thank you for your warm welcome!
Here with a new picture of Crocus cyprius.

[tonyg]

A healthy potfull of C cyprius.  It looks like there is more than one clone, do you get seeds from them?

[Hendrik Van Bogaert]

A healthy potfull of C cyprius.  It looks like there is more than one clone, do you get seeds from them?

Unfortunately not, they flower in my greenhouse always very early and at the moment there are no bees..
I can try to fertilize them by hand.

Next treasure: Crocus biflorus ssp. mubigena

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Welkom Hendrik !
Nice to see another compatriot on the forum !  Very nice start too !   Wonderful pix !  I love the C.biflorus nubigena   
I hope you will stick with us and show us lots more !

[Ian Y]

Welcome Hendrik and thank you for sharing your Crocus pictures with us I look forward to many more.

It is especially nice to see flowers as we still have around 15cms or snow and my job for today is to clear it off the glass house roof in case they collapse under the increasing weight.

[Hendrik Van Bogaert]

I will try to send you more pictures but actually the wether is too dark.
Many more will follow.
I do my best.

Thank you all for the warm welcome.

Next picture: Crocus heuffelianus 'Carpathian Wonder' one of Janis treasures...and carefully multiplied.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

 

[tonyg]

Wonderful!  Perhaps Janis is watching

[Hendrik Van Bogaert]

Wonderful!  Perhaps Janis is watching

For all who suffer under snow, cold and cloudy weather a next picture:Crocus adanensis

[Tony Willis]

Welcome Hendrik lovely plants,I really like the C. chrysanthus.

I have been pollinating my cyprius by hand in the hope of seeds.

[Hendrik Van Bogaert]

Welcome Hendrik lovely plants,I really like the C. chrysanthus.

I have been pollinating my cyprius by hand in the hope of seeds.

Thank you for your advice. I will try it.
And now a few more:
- close-up of Crocus alatavicus
- Crocus biflorus ssp. weldenii (I got it under this name, but probably not correct. Could it be ssp alexandri? This crocus has a yellow throat...nevertheless a very nice crocus)

[Thomas Huber]

Welcome Hendrik, great to have you here - nice photos!

Crocus biflorus ssp alexandrii doesn't have a yellow throat, like weldenii.
So it must be another ssp of biflorus or perhaps a hybrid.


Re my photo of C. tommasinianus Claret:
Photo has been removed and Becky has apoligized for her mistake.

[Hendrik Van Bogaert]

Welcome Hendrik, great to have you here - nice photos!

Crocus biflorus ssp alexandrii doesn't have a yellow throat, like weldenii.
So it must be another ssp of biflorus or perhaps a hybrid.


Re my photo of C. tommasinianus Claret:
Photo has been removed and Becky has apoligized for her mistake.

Correct what you write. It is probably a hybrid.