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Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 17:31:24 -0800
From: Jane McGary
Subject: [pbs] Crocus michelsonii
To: Pacific Bulb Society

I have posted a photo of Crocus michelsonii on the wiki. I got seeds
collected by Jan Jilek in 2000 and this is the first time the corms have
flowered, but they are robust plants by now with several flowers per

It is a very beautiful winter crocus from Turkmenistan and Iran, nearly
true blue outside and white inside, with a distinctive white style with
very short branches. It is barely fragrant, if at all.