Crocus October-2012

[John Aipassa]

Stunning Crocus hadriaticus x 'Purple Heart' in my garden from Janis.
 

[udo]

After a cold period with snow, finally some new flowers.
Crocus gilanicus
            laevigatus, dark blue and goldback form
            longiflorus
            nerimaniae
            tournefortii, a pale form

[JimF]

Some October crocus. I was delayed in getting photos from camera to computer.

Crocus banaticus - Dark Form - from John Grimshaw many years ago
Crocus banaticus 'Snowdrift' flowering a week later
Crocus mathewii
Crocus speciosus 'Albus' flowering earlier than the normal species
Crocus cancellatus spp. lycius aka C. lycius - profile
C. cancellatus ssp. lycius - it never quite opened in a spell of cool weather.
More to follow
Jim

[JimF]

More from October
I should note that C. bananticus -Dark Form in the previous post is darker then the photo shows.

Crocus asumaniae
2 Crocus cartwrightianus 'Marcel' - open flower and profile
Crocus goulimyi 'Mani White' - I notice most postings show pollen staining. Mine did so upon opening the pollen must be an early shedder.
2 Crocus goulimyi 'Agia Sofia' - Melvyn Jope's fine selection. The photo doesn't capture the unique coloring.

Jim

[JimF]

part 3 of Oct crocuses from WA state

2 Crocus hadriaticus 'Jumbo' - the flowers are so large it never stands up. I had to tip the pot at an angle to get it "upright"
2 Crocus hadriaticus 'Purple Heart' with four inter tepals and four outers. Is that normal? I don't find any reference to this.
2 Crocus kotschyanus HKEP 9205 - the white pollen look so exotic - on any crocus.

[JimF]

part 4 - some of them are still in bloom now, holding flowers in cooler temps.