Crocus October 2007

[Boyed]

And some other pictures
crocus goulimyi 'Mani White'
crocus goulimyi  - nice form from Tony, which blooms earlier than my other stock and has wider petals. Thanks Tony for this beauty!!!

[David Nicholson]

Here is a pic of my Crocus laevigatus Fontenayi (thank you Thomas, it's lovely)

[David Shaw]

Beautiful crocus and a nice picture, David.

[Michael]

  I just LOOOOve those orange anthers stamens!!!

[David Nicholson]

Beautiful crocus and a nice picture, David.

 

Thank you David it was taken using the flower setting on SP1/SP2 on the Fuji s 5700-I'm getting more used to it now (I think!)

[tonyg]

Fantastic bicolor form of Crocus niveus Zhirair.  Very interesting to hear that you are getting such good increase with your growing methods.  Two points seem significant.  The winter growing conditions are clearly very much liked by the plants.  Here I tend to grow them 'hard', in cold frames, exposing them to some frost.  This is in part to combat aphids which thrive in warmer conditions here and also to avoid the higher temperatures in early spring that occur in a greenhouse.  I grow too many to be 'shuffling' them around at different seasons but perhaps a soil warming cable, in the sand below, to keep frost away from the roots would be advantageous.  You talk of using a rich leafy soil.  I think this is good, my compost has added nutrients to compensate for the absence of leaf mould which is not easily found here.  (No trees in this garden!)
I cannot promise a comparison shot for the C niveus white form - flowers mostly over here .

[Anthony Darby]

Here are two Crocus goulimyi flowering from SRGC seed.

[mark smyth]

yesterday at work I tested my Nikon Coolpix 500 and my Canon 900Ti again with a few subjects taken with me

[mark smyth]

same again
C. robertianus taken with the canon and then the Nikon

[mark smyth]

C. goulimyi

[mark smyth]

C. speciosus 'Alba'

[mark smyth]

C. speciosus 'Alba'

[mark smyth]

and just to keep the comparisons together here's Nerine flexuosa

[mark smyth]

and to show how good the Nikon is

[tonyg]

Mark - as a Nikon owner I sometimes think that my camera makes the flowers look better than they really are 

Seriously though - the best comparison is between the actual plant and the photo. 
The nikon pics are more 'contrasty' and very striking. I like them .... but perhaps the Canon pics are truer to life?