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Re: Crocus March 2009
« Reply #150 on: March 08, 2009, 06:02:48 PM »
Tony, I have a couple of the trade form of minimus ready for the dissection knife. Which bits am I especially looking for?
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Re: Crocus March 2009
« Reply #151 on: March 08, 2009, 07:35:09 PM »
Simon, I'm anxious what the experts say regarding my cultivars "Dorothy" and "Fuscotinctus".
This year I can see differences between them. I studied the plantsman March 1997 article. But must still confirm when open if my "Dorothy" has basal lobes without black. Not easy to distinguish both, they resemble so much.
I wait for your picture.
Armin, this is my 'Dorothy' taken today- again I am interested to hear if she is true.
Simon.

Hallo Simon,
I can't judge yours is "Dorothy" just from picture but the KAVB describes them as follows:

"Dorothy"(Barr&Sons): Flowers light yellow, outside striped bronzy, anthers with blackish basal tips which are absent in 'Fuscotinctus'

"Fuscotinctus"(Tubergen): Flowers inside chinese yellow (HCC 606), outer petals entirely striped and feathered plum purple (HCC 934) on lemon yellow ground (HCC 4), base bronzy, basal tips of anthers absent, in contrast to chrysanthus 'Dorothy'

Please check the color of the basal tips of the anthers.

Today was raining here - so I did not check for my case.

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Armin

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Re: Crocus March 2009
« Reply #152 on: March 08, 2009, 07:38:39 PM »
Here a second attempt (first time the pictures did not appear)
2 Crocus from the same place - Gökçe Pass, near Alanya - Turkey
identification welcome - TH told me something about hybrids ( I can't memorize it)
Gerd

Hi Gerd,
it seems I have to visit you next week ;)
Very beautiful crocus 8)
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Armin

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Re: Crocus March 2009
« Reply #153 on: March 08, 2009, 07:49:41 PM »
Simon, Gerd, here are Thomas' chrysanthus cultivar pix....... in pdf to make for easy keeping!
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Re: Crocus March 2009
« Reply #154 on: March 08, 2009, 07:50:17 PM »
Gerd, both of them are super. The area is C. biflorus subsp. isauricus and C. chrysanthus habitation. But I am not sure also to tell you :-\
And I want to attache the pictures of C. biflorus subsp. crewei from last week. I have seen severel locations of this crocus. What I think for these biflorus subspecieses. are more identifiable by leaves. ( number, color or wideness )
For example the C. biflorus subsp. crewei which I have seen have always 3 leaves just for yung corms have 2, the leaves were quite wide ( maybe widest in the biflorus grp.) and very nive grey color.
-Crocus biflorus subsp. crewei forms.

Ibrahim,
I begrudge you for being our forums "correspondent" in Istanbul. :D
"My surprise" is very beautiful. Please post a picture when open. 8)
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Armin

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Re: Crocus March 2009
« Reply #155 on: March 08, 2009, 07:52:44 PM »
Maggi, good idea.
Thank you.
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Armin

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Re: Crocus March 2009
« Reply #156 on: March 08, 2009, 07:58:09 PM »
Here are a couple of better pics of the Crocus vernus that I posted recently.  To compliment them other forms of Crocus vernus.
Crocus vernus albiflorus Wurzjoch
Crocus vernus albiflorus Paso de Elbe
Crocus vernus albiflorus Susten Pass
Crocus vernus Montenegro
Crocus vernus Val D'Incles, Andorra
The last one brings back special memories.  I collected the seed on my first mountain flower holiday in 1996 :)

Tony,
thank you for posting these pictures. Those images recall my memories of June 1992 in the Swiss Alps.
Thousands of small white and blue flowering crocus on a meadow.
This made me becoming a croconut ;D

 
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Armin

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Re: Crocus March 2009
« Reply #157 on: March 08, 2009, 08:56:49 PM »
I took these pictures on 28 February but I usually spend so much time catching up with the Forum postings I never get round to posting my own pics. 
Crocus minimus on the left and crocus corsicus (both trade forms, probably from Paul Christian some years ago)
Crocus corsicus
Crocus minimus
Crocus corsicus flowers are now over but minimus still looks fresh.
Roma Fiddes, near Aberdeen in north East Scotland.

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Re: Crocus March 2009
« Reply #158 on: March 08, 2009, 10:10:19 PM »
I hope this is the right place for these pictures I made during a little trip?

Having such a beautiful sunny but rather fresh day we decided to make
a short trip by car.
There is a small river running out of the Rhine near the city of Utrecht and comes
out into the IJsselmeer near Amsterdam.
During the 16th and 17th age many rich Amsterdam merchants build along this river big estates
where they could stay during the summer, when it was too hot and sticky in the city.
During winter they stayed in the city, because these houses were too cold in the open
countryside.
Many of these estates still exist and some have a beautiful display of Crocus this time of year.
I made pictures of two of these places.
When we were walking around we saw also a very nice small dyke made from used roof tiles, which
is on the first picture.
Luit van Delft, right in the heart of the beautiful flowerbulb district, Noordwijkerhout, Holland.

Sadly Luit died on 14th October 2016 - happily we can still enjoy his posts to the Forum

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Re: Crocus March 2009
« Reply #159 on: March 08, 2009, 10:13:13 PM »
This is the right place :)
They look like Crocus vernus (?)

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Re: Crocus March 2009
« Reply #160 on: March 08, 2009, 10:20:21 PM »
What a wonderful surround for a beautiful house. I like the roof tile dyke too. :) Take the top off and you'd have the original crevice garden.
« Last Edit: March 08, 2009, 10:22:06 PM by Lesley Cox »
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Re: Crocus March 2009
« Reply #161 on: March 08, 2009, 11:42:45 PM »
Just a quick pic of the outside of Janis's tom x vernus cross 'Yalta'. The intense purple-blue of the flower tube contrasts fantastically with the pale outers. The camera hasn't caught the colour quite right - it's more of a purplish colour, but the pic does demonstrate the strong contrast.


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Re: Crocus March 2009
« Reply #162 on: March 09, 2009, 06:39:54 AM »
Maggi, Ibrahim - thank you for identification help!

Armin, see you if you like!

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Re: Crocus March 2009
« Reply #163 on: March 09, 2009, 08:33:34 AM »
Here is a nice corocusfrom last week travel which has a very wide distrubition in south and south west Turkey.
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Re: Crocus March 2009
« Reply #164 on: March 09, 2009, 09:07:39 AM »
This thread never ceases to amaze me...  :o :o :o
Wonderful pix everyone - it's a delight to relish them !
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