Crocus September 2009

[Armin]

Great stuff from everybody!

It is a treat to review the croci pictures of the old forum. Marc, thanks for the recall.
 
No crocus buds yet to find in my garden. After 4 weeks of drought had 26ltr/m² rain from yesterday night till now with a sharp drop in temperatures. Hope this will propel new growth.

[ashley]

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

That's exquisite Michael
I hope you show it to us again once it opens fully.

[Michael J Campbell]

Here are some more pics of Crocus autranii  and one of crocus gilanicus from Janis, still not fully open, no sunshine today.

Crocus autranii 1-2 and 3
Crocus gilanicus

[Tony Willis]

Michael the autranii is really beautiful and a pleasure to see.

 

[ashley]

Thanks Michael; your autranii is such a fine colour. 
I have some gilanicus seedlings but am finding them rather slow so far

[tonyg]

MMM Crocus autranii - you will hand pollinate it won't you.

Michael, Janis - is this crocus any more difficult to grow than say Crocus kotschyanus?  I presume it does not make little rice grain cormlets like C kotschyanus

[Gerry Webster]

Crocus banaticus

A very vigorous form, originally obtained from the late-lamented Hythe Alpines

[Michael J Campbell]

MMM Crocus autranii - you will hand pollinate it won't you. Wink

Have done Tony,but the weather is dull ,cold and wet,not sure if the pollen will run.

Michael, Janis - is this crocus any more difficult to grow than say Crocus kotschyanus?  I presume it does not make little rice grain cormlets like C kotschyanus Cheesy

Don't know as I have only recently acquired it.

[Anthony Darby]

I have just received a corm of Crocus mathewii 'Dream Dancer' from Rareplants. Two shoots, and the corm was as big as an onion set: it would only just fit into the circle made by my thumb and fore finger!

[Maggi Young]

I have just received a corm of Crocus mathewii 'Dream Dancer' from Rareplants. Two shoots, and the corm was as big as an onion set: it would only just fit into the circle made by my thumb and fore finger!

Crumbs..... it''ll be interesting to see what comes up ! 

[Tony Willis]

At the price of them I would have expected it to be the size of an onion never mind a set!

It looks good on the web and I hope it flowers well and look forward to seeing a picture.

[Janis Ruksans]

MMM Crocus autranii - you will hand pollinate it won't you.

Michael, Janis - is this crocus any more difficult to grow than say Crocus kotschyanus?  I presume it does not make little rice grain cormlets like C kotschyanus

Yes, I never saw any grain for autranii and splitting in two happens quite rarely. I'm handpollinating flowers regardless of bee hive in my greenhouse and sawing seeds. I can't be proud with good seed crops and several times lost mother plants - once from winter frost - it is less hardy than kotschyanus and once I forgot that it needs some moisture in summer. Last season was very good - I had 10 for sell and 5 left with me and I got good seed crop. In same time I lost many Erythronium and Trillium seedlings - forgot that they need moisture in summer. Too large collection...
Janis

[Geebo]

Hi Michael,
I relay like the two crocuses You posted,I will have to look out for Janis next bulb list,here is one I got from Janis lately just flowered a few day`s ago pity it did not last so long this time.
and of course Colchium Jarislavna,in case You missed in my post re flowers in Sept 

Cheers,
Guy

[Janis Ruksans]

My collection really became too large. Today found that Crocus speciosus which I collected in Crimea on Tschatir dag yaila almost finished blooming and I didn't noted it. Now too late for pictures, only in notebook I can write that those are the earliest of my speciosus. It isn't so early as lost form from Ai-Petri which I named "praecox" and which bloomed in first days of August but it blooms well before of all other speciosus from my present collection.
Janis

[Anthony Darby]

I'm sure we'd all be willing to help Jānis make his collection more manageable?