Crocus October 2009

[Lesley Cox]

Thomas, did the corms of C. caspius that I sent a couple of years ago, survive?

[Armin]

Nice C. banaticus

Today in sultry warm 24°C in flower

C. speciosus
C. pulchellus "Zephyr"
C. hadriaticus

[dominique]

Thank to all these pics
I have four different forms of tournefortii, one early, one now one more late and one albus late too. This is the best

[Ragged Robin]

Fantastic photos, Armin and Dominique, really showing off the centres with such wild styles adding character 

[Thomas Huber]

Thomas, did the corms of C. caspius that I sent a couple of years ago, survive?

Sorry Lesley, nothing from your corms, nor Tony's or Otto's. I still have to wait if the
seedlings from Otto and Ian survived. Will see in the next weeks.

[mark smyth]

Today while pollinating my white Crocus speciosus I noticed that one pot, source unknown, is different from the other three pots again source unknown. At least one pot is of corms bought at my first discussion weekend in Elgin.

The three pots have flowers with orange styles and orange pollen. The other pot has flowers with cream pollen and dark orange styles. All have white flowers with a pale yellow throat.

[Armin]

Thanks Robin,
Dominique, nice pot ful

Mark, it just shows how variable C. speciosus can be, right? Any nice pictures for us?

What reimpress me of C. speciosus is its really fast growth. As of this season my tallest one elongated to almost 21cm within 2days.
Isn't that amazing Almost overnight flowers appear.
Unfortunately weather is too dull to open flower

[mark smyth]

Armin of course I have photos. I have just edited them. One flower has a yellow style.

What's also amazing about Crocus corms is how can they produce such a big flower from a small corm. When I repotted my speciosus Album they were about the size of big peas.

[Armin]

Mark,
both forms are pretty nice
Yes, it is a kind of magic that small corms can produce such large flowers.

[Anthony Darby]

Crocus mathewii 'Dream Dancer' opened in the sunshine today.

[Tony Willis]

Anthony that is truly spectacular.

[mark smyth]

spectacular and I'm soooooo jealous

[Ragged Robin]

Jealous as anything - what a bird's eye view  

[Gerry Webster]

Very impressive Anthony. I wonder how many years it will be before the price comes down?

[Janis Ruksans]

Crocus mathewii 'Dream Dancer' opened in the sunshine today.

Incredible beauty! I have one plant with something lilac shaded flower, but such... ooooh!
Janis