I have just posted two images on the wiki of crocuses in flower today, November 7: http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/… http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/… The pot of Crocus moabiticus may not look like a medal-winner but I am very proud of it, having grown these from seed in the early 1990s (SBL 171) and maintained them since. There is now another pot in the frame of small offsets, not yet flowering (it rarely makes offsets) and two pots of seedlings of different ages, and seed and corms have gone to other growers. It is one of the rarest crocus species and deserves to be kept going. Its habitat in Jordan is under severe pressure from development and overgrazing. These plants are kept quite dry in summer. Not apparent in the photo is the persistent dry (marcescent) foliage, which I removed when repotting them this summer. This form of Crocus cartwrightianus ("wild saffron") has the number CEH613 and is very vividly colored in comparison to other forms of the species, which is easily cultivated in mild climates. Jane McGary Northwestern Oregon
