Crocus November 2012

[Tony Willis]

This weekend I had Crocus wattiorum in flower ...

Kris

very nice plants. They are two weeks later than mine which are now well over probably due to different watering regimes.

 Interesting to see them flowering with the leaves which is supposed to be one of the differences with C. nerimaniae. This year my C. wattiorum have flowered without leaves just like the C. nerimaniae

[udo]

Kris, nice to see Crocus wattiorum in so later time.

Tony,
in my observation blossoms Crocus nerimaniae always without foliage, it appears only weeks after the blossom and remains also the whole winter about no longer as 2-3 cm. With Crocus wattiorum the foliage comes by the end of the blossom and grows in mild weather the whole winter. Now Crocus nerimaniae about 2 mm has
long foliage, Crocus wattiorum about 5 cm.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Kris
very nice plants. They are two weeks later than mine which are now well over probably due to different watering regimes.
 Interesting to see them flowering with the leaves which is supposed to be one of the differences with C. nerimaniae. This year my C. wattiorum have flowered without leaves just like the C. nerimaniae

Thanks Tony & Dirk . Everything is late here , don't know why. I have some Crocus (boryi , eg) that are stil in bud .
I start to water the first weekend of september...
But I changed my growing conditions ...Previous years I grew them in some kind of plunged bed outside (covered in winter)
But in wintertime I had a lot of damage and lost many plants (especially Colchicum) So I want to rebuild this plungebed ...
And now (emmergency) I put al the pots with bulbs in my greenhouse (not an alpinehouse)wich is very hot. We had a warm august and september .That's maybe a reason ? 

[Janis Ruksans]

Kris, nice to see Crocus wattiorum in so later time.

Tony,
in my observation blossoms Crocus nerimaniae always without foliage, it appears only weeks after the blossom and remains also the whole winter about no longer as 2-3 cm. With Crocus wattiorum the foliage comes by the end of the blossom and grows in mild weather the whole winter. Now Crocus nerimaniae about 2 mm has
long foliage, Crocus wattiorum about 5 cm.

Just checked my plants - nerimaniae has 2-5 cm long leaves (finished blooming ~10 days ago), wattiorum - 5-10 cm long leaves (last flowers plucked off today). Outside is snow and minus 3 C.
Janis

[Tony Willis]

Just checked my plants - nerimaniae has 2-5 cm long leaves (finished blooming ~10 days ago), wattiorum - 5-10 cm long leaves (last flowers plucked off today). Outside is snow and minus 3 C.
Janis

I just checked mine and the nerimaniae and the wattiorum are both just visible at soil level only a few mm long.

I have looked at my photographs of wattiorum  in the wild and they also have no leaves visible.

Clearly they are variable.

[I.S.]

Tony,
On my observation, C. wattiorum is flowering with leaves even sometimes leaves start to grow earlier then flowers.
C. nerimaniae flower without leaves. On my nerimaniae the flowers are over long times ago but the leaves just showed the tips.
I just put my wattiorum page link: the photos taken in different gardens and in different conditions.
http://crocusmania.blogspot.com/search/label/wattiorum
with my best wishes..
ibrahim

[Janis Ruksans]

Tony,
On my observation, C. wattiorum is flowering with leaves even sometimes leaves start to grow earlier then flowers.
C. nerimaniae flower without leaves. On my nerimaniae the flowers are over long times ago but the leaves just showed the tips.
I just put my wattiorum page link: the photos taken in different gardens and in different conditions.
http://crocusmania.blogspot.com/search/label/wattiorum
with my best wishes..
ibrahim

Excellent homepage and pictures, Ibrahim. My greetings!
Janis