On 21 Oct 06, at 9:04, John Grimshaw wrote: > ...Crocus kotschyanus... this is the 'poor relation' of the > commoner autumn crocuses, lacking the specatacular colour and size > of the speciosus clan... I have an excellent form of C. k here, salvaged (believe it or not) from a feral patch by a bus stop in front of an undeveloped rocky outcrop. In this form, the flowers are as big as those of C. speciosus. Don't believe the pundits who claim C.k. is a small- flowered species. 'Tain't. -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate on beautiful Vancouver Island