Crocus February 2011

[art600]

Lucky Luc 

[Tony Willis]

Some more in flower today

Crocus vernus
Crocus biflorus ssp pulchricolor
Crocus sieberi in four different collections

[ian mcenery]

Nice ones Tony I particularly like the sieberis

[Armin]

Tony,
excellent variations in your the C. sieberi (now atticus?).

The white form of C. pulchricolor is beautiful. Does it have a nice yellow/orange center too?
Cvs. 'Ard Schenk' and 'Aubade' likely can't deny their perental type.

I like your striped C. vernus too. Do I see one of the possible remote ancestor of 'King of the Striped' on my monitor?
In case you get some seed surplus I would be glad to germinate and grow them in my garden,too.

[WimB]

In flower here today:

Crocus abantensis and
Crocus sieberi subsp sublimis 'Tricolor'

[Janis Ruksans]

In flower here today:

Crocus abantensis and
Crocus sieberi subsp sublimis 'Tricolor'

Excellent pictures (and plants, of course), Wim.
Janis

[Luc Gilgemyn]

The sun was present today !!

1 and 2 : obtained as Crocus corsicus.. but with a yellow throat ?! 

3 and 4 : the above mentioned Crocus sieberii sublimis 'Tricolor'

5) Crocus etruscus... found by a snail 

6) Crocus biflorus ssp biflorus parkinsonii ( the troat is yellow, so not C. versicolor picturatus as Armin and TonyG pointed out !)

[Armin]

Wim and Luc,

very nice images and obvious you had better weather then here.

Luc,
the C. corsicus is also very early in blossom (usual it is one of the last to flower). Maybe hybrid with C. imperati. But very beautiful.

[tonyg]

Not much sun or warm to open crocus here.  I visited my roadside friends yesterday and found a few more examples of the variable Gold Tip hybrids.  I start this show with a picture of some originals and three of the Gold Tip hybrids.  I am on the lookout for seedlings that show signs of clonal increase.  I did find a few that show some promise.  I also noted that there are some nice seedlings which are white with a purple back.  The one shown is not alone but in poor light it was the only one I got an in focus shot of.  One had almost complete purple reverse with white inside.

[Janis Ruksans]

The sun was present today !!

1 and 2 : obtained as Crocus corsicus.. but with a yellow throat ?! 

Seem usual commercial hybrid distributed as C. corsicus (earlier sometimes even by me, too - without intention, of course - I'm learning all the time).
Janis

[Janis Ruksans]

Not much sun or warm to open crocus here.  I visited my roadside friends yesterday and found a few more examples of the variable Gold Tip hybrids.  I start this show with a picture of some originals and three of the Gold Tip hybrids.  I am on the lookout for seedlings that show signs of clonal increase.  I did find a few that show some promise.  I also noted that there are some nice seedlings which are white with a purple back.  The one shown is not alone but in poor light it was the only one I got an in focus shot of.  One had almost complete purple reverse with white inside.

Especially like Gold-3. Planted in cultivated soil, receiving better conditions than in grass, it could start increasing. Found this with wild hybrids. Most of them are as single corm in wild, but introduced, cultivated, fertilized, watered etc. - they start to multiply.
Janis

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Thanks for the info Janis ! 

Wonderful treasure hunt you've been having Tony - some really attractive babies in that lawn !!!
I hope you have another chance to go back when there's some sunshine. 

[Michael J Campbell]

Crocus chrysanthus Zenith.
Crocus chrysanthus nr Edesson
Crocus Heuffelianus  Dark eyes.

[Maggi Young]

I would say your crocus are lovely Michael, but I'm cheesed off by your '14 degrees today' boast in another thread... so I'm not saying anything  
 we were safely in a show hall in Dunblane but it was a grim day here.... driving wind and rain, so there would have been no crocus open and smiling like yours here 

[Michael J Campbell]