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mark smyth

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Re: Crocus October 2009
« Reply #150 on: October 06, 2009, 06:13:38 PM »
Janis is there a hybrid seedling in the pot of Crocus cancellatus subsp. mazziaricus ?
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Re: Crocus October 2009
« Reply #151 on: October 06, 2009, 06:26:57 PM »
Janis is there a hybrid seedling in the pot of Crocus cancellatus subsp. mazziaricus ?
I don't think so, it is labeled as wild stock (LST-402). It comes from surroundings of Denizli where was collected together with C. baytopiorum. It turned very variable there.
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Re: Crocus October 2009
« Reply #152 on: October 06, 2009, 06:48:22 PM »
Can't wait for these to open!
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Re: Crocus October 2009
« Reply #153 on: October 06, 2009, 07:07:20 PM »
Armin I didnt notice you reply about 6 pages back. I'll sort it out now thanks.
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Re: Crocus October 2009
« Reply #154 on: October 06, 2009, 07:45:30 PM »
Can't wait for these to open!

Wow Anthony, stunning ones. Is it a mathewi form?

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Re: Crocus October 2009
« Reply #155 on: October 06, 2009, 07:48:10 PM »
Can't wait for these to open!

Nor can I, Anthony, they look gorgeous  :)
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Re: Crocus October 2009
« Reply #156 on: October 06, 2009, 07:55:10 PM »
Yes, John, everything fine here with the Hubi's.
Would love to see some of your photos from last years visit - my own plants still seem to sleep.
Some are up, but most plants just begin to show their noses. And weather isn't good for photographing now  :-[

Hi Thomas,

Here they are. I forgot the labels, but I am sure the darker ones are Oxonian. Maybe you can help me to ID your Crocus.

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Re: Crocus October 2009
« Reply #157 on: October 06, 2009, 07:58:08 PM »
An all blue mathewii?

Is this speciosus too well coloured to be speciosus?
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Re: Crocus October 2009
« Reply #158 on: October 06, 2009, 08:12:07 PM »
Crocus mathewii 'Dream Dancer'.
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Re: Crocus October 2009
« Reply #159 on: October 06, 2009, 09:28:29 PM »
Such good news about the book too. A Christmas present for 2101.

Bit optimistic on the longevity front, Lelsey? Or have you been at the virgins' bloody again? I'd stick to the pinot noir; it's easier to get out of the table cloths.

Lesley, you will be about 158 in 2101-are you sure you will make it ;D

I'm hopeful David  ;D but all the same had better rely only on 2010.
That's why we gave up tablecloths years ago Martin.
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Re: Crocus October 2009
« Reply #160 on: October 06, 2009, 10:43:33 PM »
Any ideas as to what this one is?
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Re: Crocus October 2009
« Reply #161 on: October 06, 2009, 10:53:00 PM »
Any ideas as to what this one is?

Looks like goulimyi. Slightly unusual overlapping petal arrangement, but I assume that's cos it's just opened.
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Re: Crocus October 2009
« Reply #162 on: October 06, 2009, 11:21:47 PM »
Janis,

Excellent photos.  The standout to me is the contrasts in Crocus cancellatus pamphylicus, one I've never seen before.

Anthony,

I just adore the buds of the Dream Dancer.  Even not know what the flowers are like, those buds are brilliant.  I hope it, or seed to try, makes it to Australia one day.  Gorgeous!
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Re: Crocus October 2009
« Reply #163 on: October 07, 2009, 01:01:20 AM »
Could my dark orange centred C. speciosus, a few posts above, be C. speciosus xantholaimos.

All my original C. speciosus purchases broke down to rice and I gave up on them. I bought speciosus xantholaimos in 2006. Three years is long enough for the corms to build to flowering size again.

 


 
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Re: Crocus October 2009
« Reply #164 on: October 07, 2009, 05:31:35 AM »
Yes, John, everything fine here with the Hubi's.
Would love to see some of your photos from last years visit - my own plants still seem to sleep.
Some are up, but most plants just begin to show their noses. And weather isn't good for photographing now  :-[

Hi Thomas,

Here they are. I forgot the labels, but I am sure the darker ones are Oxonian. Maybe you can help me to ID your Crocus.

Cheers,

Pictures 86,87,88 - Oxonian
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