Crocus October-2012

[ronm]

At long last! The first of the C.speciosus ( I think ? ) beginning to flower in the garden today. Many more 'noses' just peeping through.

[daveyp1970]

Nice Ron,nice patch of iris as well is it attica?

[ronm]

I.reichenbachii Davey. A nice patch of I attica grows about four feet behind it, 
Also a Salix reticulata and one that was meant to be S. r. nivalis, but isn't !

[tonyg]

Just to prove I do still grow crocuses!  Here are a few from what promises to be a very good flowering this autumn.  The bad news is that I am away for ten days soon and will miss a lot of them

In a raised bed, Crocus boryi x tournefortii
Crocus niveus, just love these bicolored ones.
Crocus pulchellus 'albus' which pops up around the garden having been planted out a few times.  It's a  survivor!
A close up of a southern form of Crocus serotinus salzmannii

[Janis Ruksans]

Another unexpected beauty from Greece - Crocus melantherus form seen at Stemnitsa and it immediately got name 'Gold'.
Janis

[daveyp1970]

  Wow super stuff Janis thank for taking us along on your trip.

[Tony Willis]

A couple of mine

Crocus pulchellus from Mt Vertisikos in Greece

Crocus mathewii

[daveyp1970]

A couple of mine

Crocus pulchellus from Mt Vertisikos in Greece

Crocus mathewii

Super pot full of Pulchellus Tony are they a mixed cloned pot of Mathewii as well?

[Tony Willis]

David

yes they are both from seed I collected so several individual plants in each pot and I think the pulchellus is a lovely thing .

[pehe]

Last winter I lost my Crocus mathewii, and I ordered two bulbs from a well known supplier. I was happy when I received them as they were quite big and healthy. But what a disappointment when they opened!
Now I search for a better coloured clone.

Poul

[Melvyn Jope]

I was in the Peloponnese last week and was able to see lots of Crocus boryi and Crocus niveus but not one C. goulimyi, still too much like summer with daytime temperatures of 28 degrees

[Janis Ruksans]

Last winter I lost my Crocus mathewii, and I ordered two bulbs from a well known supplier. I was happy when I received them as they were quite big and healthy. But what a disappointment when they opened!
Now I search for a better coloured clone.

Poul

It looks as Crocus hadriaticus. Happy that you didn't receive this "mathewii" from me. I think that my stock is clean. I suppose that I know source of your plants.
Janis

[pehe]

It looks as Crocus hadriaticus. Happy that you didn't receive this "mathewii" from me. I think that my stock is clean. I suppose that I know source of your plants.
Janis

 Janis, you are right, they are not from you. All the bulbs I have got from you have been true to name and of very good quality not to mention that they are always send out in the beginning of August.
But until now I have been satisfied with the supplier of these 'mathewii' , so I think that it will most fair to contact him and tell about his unclean stock.

Exciting crocus you have found in Greece! I wish you all luck with further findings!

Poul

[freddyvl]

Today

[Gerry Webster]

Janis, you are right, they are not from you. All the bulbs I have got from you have been true to name and of very good quality not to mention that they are always send out in the beginning of August.
But until now I have been satisfied with the supplier of these 'mathewii' , so I think that it will most fair to contact him and tell about his unclean stock.
Poul

Poul - I can guess who your supplier is & will be interested to hear how he responds. A response I have had more than once is " species are variable"!