Crocus September 2009

[udo]

a other species from the kotschyanus section:
Cr.autranii from Caucasus

[mark smyth]

Very nice, Dirk

My first are out and many have noses poking through without the first rain fall

I got this last year as pulchellus x speciosus or the other way spec x pul. Like last year the flowers are disappontingly small

[I.S.]

Mark this is a pure C. pulchellus!.
That is the reason why they are smaller than C. puchellus x speciosus

[tonyg]

It looks like C pulchellus.  If it were pulchellus x speciosus xantholaimos then it could well have smaller flowers. 

[Janis Ruksans]

Very nice, Dirk

My first are out and many have noses poking through without the first rain fall

I got this last year as pulchellus x speciosus or the other way spec x pul. Like last year the flowers are disappontingly small

Mark, It is pure pulchellus, there are no signs of speciosus in flower. By the way, seedlings of hybrids usually yields in second generation some looking as pure species.
Janis

[mark smyth]

Thanks. It's now relabelled. It came from a RHS garden shop 

[Michael J Campbell]

A couple in flower today,well almost.

Crocus hadriaticus.
Crocus autranii ex JR.  Almost open, not enough sunshine,maybe tomorrow.

[Ragged Robin]

Hoping for more sunshine to see your Crocus autranii ex JR tomorrow, Michael - it's a lovely velvet purple and interesting to see Crocus hadriaticus after the crocus quest, in the puzzle thread, posted by Diane ages ago!

[David Nicholson]

Nothing showing for me yet. Nice start folks.

[mark smyth]

Plenty of noses showing in pots here even before the rain fell. Crocus speciosus white form were well developed when I repotted them

[Michael J Campbell]

Nothing showing for me yet. Nice start folks.

David,I had to start watering early because with the dull cool weather the bulbs were showing noses on the 25th of August,so that is when they got their first shower.

[mark smyth]

and while we wait for some action here is what was happening waaaaaay back in 2006

www.srgc.org.uk/discus/messages/5012/39933.html

[David Nicholson]

I took my first two pictures on 11 September last year, Crocus pulchellus 'Inspiration' and C. speciosus 'Artabir' I hope to have something to show before 12 September when we go to Spain for a week.

[Janis Ruksans]

A couple in flower today,well almost.

Crocus hadriaticus.
Crocus autranii ex JR.  Almost open, not enough sunshine,maybe tomorrow.

Oh, Michael,
My first thought was that I sent you wrong corm as autranii - so dark it is on your picture, but then after more careful look the tips of flower segments and white base of segments confirmed that plant is true although I never noted so dark shade in my collection. My own corms of autranii still are without flowers, may be I sent the best to my customers. But I hope to few blooms something later.
Janis

[Maggi Young]

and while we wait for some action here is what was happening waaaaaay back in 2006

www.srgc.org.uk/discus/messages/5012/39933.html

That's fun, Mark..... and a good reminder of all the great stuff there is in the old (archived) version of the Forum!  

http://www.srgc.org.uk/cgi-bin/discus/discus.cgi?pg=topics is the Old Forum homepage