Crocus October 2009

[Janis Ruksans]

Only one from my greenhouse today - closed and something malformed (due cold summer) flowers of Crocus nerimaniae.
Janis

[mark smyth]

wow! lovely markings.

[Gerry Webster]

I have a white gouimyi flowering today. Again lost label  I dont know where my labels go. How do I know if it is Mani White or other white forms of goulimyi? It has green spots on the sheaths. I have photos but not edited

Mark - as grown by me 'Mani White' has pointed, overlapping tepals. So, when looked at from above it the flower has a definite triangular shape. Also it is creamy-white in colour rather than pure white. Some years it can be strongly scented though mine are not this year There is a photo from Dominique a few posts earlier (though not from above). I might post one in the next day or so.

[mark smyth]

Thanks Gerry. Here it is

[Janis Ruksans]

What I have seen as C. nerimaniae there was no sign of striped and connective anthers! (they were with fully dark anthers).

I have striped nerimaniae (1 corm)
Janis

[Janis Ruksans]

Crocus autranii (or a hybrid with C gilanicus) pollinated - hope it is as generous with seed as Crocus gilanicus.

By color shade seem to be pure autranii
Janis

[Tony Willis]

What I have seen as C. nerimaniae there was no sign of striped and connective anthers! (they were with fully dark anthers).

I have striped nerimaniae (1 corm)
Janis

I think Ibrahim was referring to the anthers which are black before they ripen and then they split down each edge to reveal the pollen appearing striped.

Janis I think they need a warm sunny day to open and are not the easiest to grow.Here is another of mine flowering today which has a nicely marked tube.

I have seen many in the wild and they are very uniform.

[tonyg]

I was for some days out of home - visited Goteborg's Botanical Garden in Sweden, so didn't read entries on Crocus forum. Returned to real winter - all around is white, covered by snow. So crocuses are closed but I can show few pictures from Gothenburg BG.
See the malformed flowers of Crocus gilanicus - many flowers has less than 6 flower segments. Most possibly caused by too cool summer.
Janis

This looks like the form I grow which produces flowers with 4, 5 or 6 petals.  Seems healthy.

[Janis Ruksans]

See the malformed flowers of Crocus gilanicus - many flowers has less than 6 flower segments. Most possibly caused by too cool summer.
Janis

This looks like the form I grow which produces flowers with 4, 5 or 6 petals.  Seems healthy.
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In Goteborg stock was healthy
Janis

[Janis Ruksans]

Janis I think they need a warm sunny day to open and are not the easiest to grow.Here is another of mine flowering today which has a nicely marked tube.

I have seen many in the wild and they are very uniform.

Yes, the weather is very poor here in last days, and I'm afraid no sun will be this week. Blooming in general is much poorer than year before.
With me nerimaniae seems more hardy than wattiorum (wattiorum suffered last winter, nerimaniae - not). This autumn it blooms better than wattiorum, last has very small and thin flowers, may be for smaller size of corms after difficult winter and cool summer. By color it is quite uniform, only one specimen of my collection has slightly striped back of petals, generally variation is in base color and shape. I don't think that it is very difficult, of course - not the easiest.
Janis

[art600]

Two more examples of Crocus mathewii

The first was grown from Crocus Group seed - there should be more in the pot.

When Keith Moorhouse died earlier this year, I was invited to buy his Access frame and the bulbs within.  The second mathewii was an un-named corm (sadly only one) from the frame.

[Melvyn Jope]

Arthur, how nice to have such a superb plant come from an un-named pot!

The photo is another form of Crocus cancellatus from Didima in flower today, I like the bold markings on this one.

[Gerry Webster]

Thanks Gerry. Here it is

Mark - that doesn't look like 'Mani White' as I know it. I photographed mine today but the photo - taken in a rush -  was poor. I'll try again tomorrow.

[Sinchets]

What a lovely C.cancellatus, Melvyn.
Flowering here today
more Crocus tournefortii
and also one that has me stumped- any ideas?

[tonyg]

and also one that has me stumped- any ideas?

Simon - petals look like C speciosus, creamy anthers suggest a hybrid with Crocus pulchellus.