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Janis Ruksans

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Re: Crocus September 2009
« Reply #210 on: September 22, 2009, 07:01:23 PM »
More and more crocuses start blooming here but weather changed to cloudy and rainy, so flowers stay closed and no pictures can be maid. Some sun offered only at Sunday.
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Re: Crocus September 2009
« Reply #211 on: September 22, 2009, 07:05:53 PM »
Wonderful plants everyone.  Great to see pulchellus in the wild Simon 8)

Quote from: Gerry Webster on September 21, 2009, 11:54:56 PM
Ashley - the yellow throat suggests C. hadriaticus but the veining and the very low division of the style points to C. cartwrightianus. I wonder if it is a hybrid?

Quote from: tonyg on September 22, 2009, 08:54:28 AM
If the style divides right down in the throat of the flower then hybridity remains a possibility.

Thanks very much for your comments Gerry and Tony G.  Yes I wondered about the possibility of a hybrid too.  However the style divides at about the point where the stamens angle outward, 5-6 mm above the throat so it seems to be hadriaticus all right, albeit unusual. 

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The style branches themselves are 1.8-2.3 cm long, well outside the normal range (up to 1.5 cm according to Brian Matthew).

Mark & Tony W, credit for the photos goes to my better half Helen ;)  Given the standard of your own pictures this is praise indeed & I'll pass it on!
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Re: Crocus September 2009
« Reply #212 on: September 22, 2009, 07:08:08 PM »
Ashley, your Helen takes a very good picture.
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Re: Crocus September 2009
« Reply #213 on: September 22, 2009, 07:10:43 PM »
Certainly a lot better than me ;D
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Re: Crocus September 2009
« Reply #214 on: September 22, 2009, 10:39:02 PM »
Ashley practice makes perfect.

Do the two of you use the same camera?
« Last Edit: September 24, 2009, 09:42:20 AM by mark smyth »
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Re: Crocus September 2009
« Reply #215 on: September 23, 2009, 08:13:02 AM »
Ashley,
very pretty crocus especial the terrific photos of C. hadriaticus and the white C. goulimyi.  8)
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Re: Crocus September 2009
« Reply #216 on: September 23, 2009, 09:15:13 AM »
Very nice hadriaticus Mark !!

Congrats to both the photographer and the grower Ashley !

Out here, lots of sunshine to make Crocus flowers open up.... :D but no Crocus showing yet...  :(
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Re: Crocus September 2009
« Reply #217 on: September 23, 2009, 09:45:04 AM »
The first crocus this autumn is Crocus pulchellus
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Re: Crocus September 2009
« Reply #218 on: September 23, 2009, 10:51:48 AM »
Oleg,
an excellent photo from a nice crocus. :D
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Re: Crocus September 2009
« Reply #219 on: September 23, 2009, 11:04:14 AM »
The first Crocus flowering here in the garden- Crocus cancellatus mazziaricus  :)
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Re: Crocus September 2009
« Reply #220 on: September 23, 2009, 11:43:57 AM »
Here was short break in clouds and crocuses started to open. I quickly pictured them. Names are under slides. Crocus speciosus Artabir has the largest blooms, another is wild form from Armenia (Zhirair). Crocus cancellatus mazziaricus are two different forms - the blue colored stock is very variable from almost white to blue. C. boryi is the earliest blooming form received from E. Pasche, comes from Greek islands. May be few pictures more later today.
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Re: Crocus September 2009
« Reply #221 on: September 23, 2009, 01:29:20 PM »
A pair of pictures from today. Crocus pallasii subsp. pallasii from Crimea, Ukraina (Kaya-bash heights) - first flower coming up.
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Re: Crocus September 2009
« Reply #222 on: September 23, 2009, 02:03:03 PM »
Janis, your crocus photos are always fascinatingly beautiful but your two photos of Crocus pallasii are wonderful, glowing like goblets with molten gold stamens  :)
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Re: Crocus September 2009
« Reply #223 on: September 23, 2009, 02:28:06 PM »
As shown in my post reply 205 above the Crocus pallasii ssp pallasii that I have are never good flowers. Every year they have long narrow petals. Is the shape variable?

How variable is nudiflorus? I have one open today that is shorter than the rest and much ricker in colour. The petals are more rounded with dark purple tips
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Re: Crocus September 2009
« Reply #224 on: September 23, 2009, 03:09:22 PM »
Crocus pallasii is very variable.  Having a fairly wide distribution in the wild this is not surprising. 

Crocus nudiflorus less variable, narrower distribution.  Lighter, darker, taller shorter ... yes, that about sums them up.
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