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Gerry Webster

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Re: Crocus October 2011
« Reply #60 on: October 13, 2011, 08:28:06 PM »
Crocus robertianus

In the past I have found this species very difficult & have lost it several times. Recently I’ve had more success by keeping the plants  in an open plunge during the summer so that they do not become too hot & dry.

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Re: Crocus October 2011
« Reply #61 on: October 13, 2011, 08:33:47 PM »
Crocus longiflorus

A form received some years ago  from Norman Stevens

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Re: Crocus October 2011
« Reply #62 on: October 13, 2011, 08:41:52 PM »
Crocus tournefortii

A very pale lilac form

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Re: Crocus October 2011
« Reply #63 on: October 13, 2011, 10:00:00 PM »
Tony, on a happier note here is Crocus wattiorum from you last year. Two of the corms have flowers with particularly marked exterior stripes which are particularly attractive. Sorry about the lighting, I had to do this after work when it was dark!

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Re: Crocus October 2011
« Reply #64 on: October 13, 2011, 11:08:39 PM »
Alex

that is pleasing,no doubt you are busy pollinating!

Hopefully the C. nerimaniae seedlings will be moving along as well.
Chorley, Lancashire zone 8b

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Re: Crocus October 2011
« Reply #65 on: October 13, 2011, 11:18:03 PM »
Yes, I got almost full germination from those  - lots of little corms when i repotted a couple of months ago, but flowering a year or two off of course....

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Re: Crocus October 2011
« Reply #66 on: October 14, 2011, 05:36:16 PM »
Hello,

a few pictures of Crocusses here in Austria.
The season is not so good, many species still under ground or without flowers this season!
Herbert,
in Linz, Austria

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Re: Crocus October 2011
« Reply #67 on: October 14, 2011, 07:23:36 PM »
Last night with the first frost, follow a sunny friday and some new flowers:
Cr.hadriaticus ssp.hadriaticus with a dark yellow throat, a first step to a yellow  hadriaticus? :P
   nerimaniae in two several forms
   robertianus
   wattiorum
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Re: Crocus October 2011
« Reply #68 on: October 14, 2011, 07:31:40 PM »
and more:
Cr.laevigatus in two forms
   mathewii in several colours, the second flowerwave after a period with to higher  temperatures :D
   sativus
   serotinus ssp.salzmannii 'Erectophyllus' vs. goulimyi 'Mani White'
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Lesley Cox

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Re: Crocus October 2011
« Reply #69 on: October 14, 2011, 08:25:39 PM »
This year performance  of Crocus here is not that good but there is an  exception with this Crocus goulimyi .......

"Six little dickie birds, sitting in a row..." ;D
Lesley Cox - near Dunedin, lower east coast, South Island of New Zealand - Zone 9

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Re: Crocus October 2011
« Reply #70 on: October 14, 2011, 08:34:57 PM »
 Crocus speciosus 'Artabir' is flowering now in the garden.
Lichtervelde, West-Vlaanderen

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Re: Crocus October 2011
« Reply #71 on: October 14, 2011, 08:35:31 PM »
I think that yellow-throated hadriaticus is a real gem. I have several variations of hadriaticus (nothing like the yellow though  :))and find it one of the best and most vigorous of all crocuses, a really good plant.

Yesterday I was delighted to find two seed pods on C. laevigatus, the gold-backed form, though gold is opptimistic, a soft yellow is nearer.
Lesley Cox - near Dunedin, lower east coast, South Island of New Zealand - Zone 9

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Re: Crocus October 2011
« Reply #72 on: October 14, 2011, 08:38:02 PM »
About a week ago, Crocuc cancellatus subsp. cancellatus was flowering here in the garden.
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Re: Crocus October 2011
« Reply #73 on: October 14, 2011, 09:08:14 PM »
A couple of variants of the form of Crocus biflorus ssp melantherus with stippled petals.

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Re: Crocus October 2011
« Reply #74 on: October 14, 2011, 09:12:46 PM »
Some pictrures of some sunny hours today
Crocus cartwrightianus Halloween
Crocus laevigatus form from Peloponnese
Still more pictures of virused nerimaniae (I have healthy plants, too :D)
Few pictures of Crocus pallasii from Chios and Samos
and as last - Crocus wattiorum in full flowers today
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