Crocus November 2012

[Gerry Webster]

One from the greenhouse today- Crocus serotinus ssp clusii 'Poseidon'.

David - I find this grows quite well outside - it has survived the last two cold winters. And it has stood up  to the recent heavy rain.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Some pics from yesterday in my garden - thanks to very generous friends two exceptional beauties are flowering on the Balearic Islands:
Crocus hyemalis - looks every year better  - and also Crocus moabiticus has adapted well the last years to the local conditions, it is the first time it has a fascinating flower.
As the control of moisture in pots is quite difficult with such delicate and rare plants I planted them out (accompanied by
 some heavy bellyache) - it seems the decision was not wrong.

Wow Hans    Stunning and such a joy to see them planted out !

[David Nicholson]

David - I find this grows quite well outside - it has survived the last two cold winters. And it has stood up  to the recent heavy rain.

Gerry, I used to keep it outside in a pot but it never flowered for me (and broke down into very small corms) so last season I took it into the greenhouse and got a flower and it's been there ever since. If I can build up the corms a bit I may try it in the garden.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Not the season, but I want to add here pictures of some of mine nubigena, mostly from Lesbos and Samos.
Janis

Great to see this Janis . Wich period they flowering on Lesbos and Samos ?

[Janis Ruksans]

Great to see this Janis . Wich period they flowering on Lesbos and Samos ?

Pictures are from my collection, I collected original bulbs long after flowering by half-dry leaves and identified by corm tunics at collecting time. They are blooming in nature in February.
Janis

[Oron Peri]

Hans, either you live in the desert or you are a master grower!

Janis and Ibrahim, C. demirizianus is stunning! , hopefully one of its characteristics is that it sets seeds freely...

[Oron Peri]

Some Crocus blooming this sunny morning:

C. pallasii hussknechtii white form from Jordan.
C. pallasii pallasii Album
C. pallasii pallasii  with narrow petals [ similar to pallasii turcicus]
C. hermoneus subsp palaestinus
C. Species Nova
C. hyemails with small flowers
C. aleppicus with very large flowers

[I.S.]

  Oron,
It is very nice to see the crosuses from your part 
I hope I will be able to grow somethings from your natives.
at least I have more chance then european croconus
Your hussknechtii is a little strange! I didn't see before with white anthers!
Best my Wishes...

[krisderaeymaeker]

Very nice to see Oron . Like Ibrahim already mentioned... I hope I can grow some of them in the future.
It is so special , the idea that Crocus can grow in  desert or semi desert -area .

[krisderaeymaeker]

This weekend I had Crocus wattiorum in flower ...

[Oron Peri]

  Oron,
Your hussknechtii is a little strange! I didn't see before with white anthers!
Best my Wishes...

Salem Ibrahim,

In fact it is the first time i see it as well as it flower now for the first time, tomorrow I'll check the pollen.

[Oron Peri]

It is so special , the idea that Crocus can grow in  desert or semi desert -area .

Well, all deserts where Crocus grow, used to have, not very long ago a Mediterranean climate. They have just developed ways to survive.
The deserts are spreading north quite rapidly, for example C. aleppicus which grows in the desert is about a third of the size of the northern populations.
Some populations receive almost 950mm while other can live with less then 80mm.

[Oron Peri]

I hope I can grow some of them in the future.

...and i hope i can grow species from  high, cold elevations.
Maybe we can swap our gardens for a few years...

[Hans A.]

Kris and Oron, thanks a lot for your comments!

Hans, either you live in the desert or you are a master grower!

Have a good  Microclimate.

[I.S.]

Kris and Oron, thanks a lot for your comments!
Have a good  Microclimate.

Hans your magic is not only from the climate
You are using more stons than the other growers
Mostly you are master grower!