Crocus March 2009

[annew]

I defer to the experts - but they came from Thomas! They are very nice anyway.

[Michael J Campbell]

 A few from yesterday.Sorry they are a little fuzzy,taken in a hurry and no time for a tripod.

Crocus chrysanthus Zenith
Crocus heuffelianus. Is this one virused?
Crocus heuffelianus 'DARK EYES'
Crocus heuffelianus 'WILDLIFE'
Crocus reticulatus x angustifolius 'LITTER AMBER'

[tonyg]

Anne - if it came from Thomas I will defer to him
Michael - difficult to tell.  Probably not but look for other signs eg any pale patches on the leaves, tendancy to die back early.  Is it a singleton or will there be other flowers in the pot?  Another pic with flower open in sunshine may tell us more.

[Michael J Campbell]

Thanks Tony, will try and get a pic tomorrow if the sun shines.

[Martin Baxendale]

I defer to the experts - but they came from Thomas! They are very nice anyway.

I've never seen a tom  with colouring like that on the tube and marks like that at the petal bases. All mine (and I have loads of colour forms flowering now) have pale whitish tubes. Maybe a labelling mix-up. I'd say vernus like Tony. The petal shape looks more like vernus too.

[Thomas Huber]

I defer to the experts - but they came from Thomas! They are very nice anyway.

Anne, these plants came originally from Dix and were sold as vernus ssp albiflorus,
what they not are. The style is much longer than in true albiflorus and is looking
like tommasinianus. This is why I labelled them as tommies, but obviously
there is some vernus blood included.

[Martin Baxendale]

I defer to the experts - but they came from Thomas! They are very nice anyway.

Anne, these plants came originally from Dix and were sold as vernus ssp albiflorus,
what they not are. The style is much longer than in true albiflorus and is looking
like tommasinianus. This is why I labelled them as tommies, but obviously
there is some vernus blood included.

They look very nice too. It'd be interesting to see a pic of the inside, Anne, so we can see what Thomas means about the style. Be nice to just see them fully open too.

[Sinchets]

Some more Crocuses flowering today in the open garden. Crocus biflorus weldenii cultivar, Crocus chrysanthus 'Dorothy', Crocus tommasinianus 'Roseus' and Crocus veluchensis 'Pearl of Rhodopi'. Finally a Crocus I am not sure of, as i must have grown from a small corm left behind by the voles. Any ideas?

[I.S.]

Tony & Simon,
 the blue form of Cr. pestalozzaehas been grown in Australia for at least 50 years,
I do not know if 'caeruleus' is a valid published name ,and it is a slightly larger flower
 than the white form I grow, which came to me in 1977. It was collectedin Camlica ,
Turkey , both colour forms are good garden plants.
  Simon , Thomas is correct: your Cr. kosaninii [04 march ] is a tommie .

Çamlıca is a hill near Beykoz asian part of Istanbul. We go there at the weekend to drink somethings and to see the scene of Istanbul and the bosphorus. I can not find place even to park my car. It is not posible this crocus to live here any more. And I have seen some pics of C. pestalozzae just near here from Beykoz they were also white. Second thing this crocus does not like hill, they live nearly in the water or in the meadow where we can find water on. Asian part of town I have seen severel locations of this plant they were all same and with big quantities.
But this time I just discovered a location of C. pestalozzae var. caeruleus from quite different corner. It was so rare I could seen only a few in walking of whole day. The location was near a fontain where the cows and sheeps drink water! In the meadow under the water. I do not think that,this plant can live long time in this conditions. The weather was rainy and photos are not so clear.

[annew]

Anne - if it came from Thomas I will defer to him
Michael - difficult to tell.  Probably not but look for other signs eg any pale patches on the leaves, tendancy to die back early.  Is it a singleton or will there be other flowers in the pot?  Another pic with flower open in sunshine may tell us more.

There was a pot at Loughborough today that agreed with you!

[Maggi Young]

Anne - if it came from Thomas I will defer to him

There was a pot at Loughborough today that agreed with you!

That agreed with Tony's first thought or with his agreement to Thomas, who changed hs mind......

[Armin]

Michael,
"Zenith" and "Dark Eyes" are superb cultivars

Ibrahim,
lovely "wet" pictures from the wild even the story you tell is sad. C. pestalozzae is a species on my wish list.

Hi et all,
Today the weather god was gracious here. Against the forecast rain stopped around noontime.
As it was quite windy and cold to open the flowers fully my focus was to take photos of the buds and outer markings.
Results can be seen below.

Simon,
do you have a picture showing the outer markings of "Dorothy"?


 C. ancyrensis Golden Bunch IMG_0439
 C. (flavus x angustiflius) Yellow Mammoth IMG_0437
 C. angustifolius IMG_0417
 C. chrysanthus Goldilocks IMG_0431

[Armin]

more...

 C. versicolor Picturatus IMG_0428
 C. versicolor Picturatus IMG_0414
 C. versicolor Picturatus top view IMG_0415
 C. chrysanthus Blue Bird IMG_0423

[Armin]

and more...

 C. chrysanthus (biflorus) Miss Vain IMG_0435
 C. chrysanthus Ard Schenk IMG_0430
 C. chrysanthus Cream Beauty IMG_0441
 C. chrysanthus Romance IMG_0429

[Armin]

more follows...
 C. chrysanthus Romance IMG_0425
 C. chrysanthus Romance IMG_0412
 C. chrysanthus Snow Bunting IMG_0418
 C. chrysanthus White IMG_0420