Thanks Lauw I chance the name on the labels now the trick to find the real one Roland 2012/11/9 contact <contact@bulbargence.com>: > Hello Rolland, > Here is some aditional i formation from Jane Macgary written January > 2001: > Further in the catalog (hoog& Dix), the plant grown in gardens as C. > cartwrightianus > 'Albus' is referred to C. hadriaticus. Since C. hadriaticus is a hardy, > rapidly increasing, floriferous species, and also self-sows as much as any > crocus I know, perhaps "C. cashmirianus 'Albus'" is just a selection of C. > hadriaticus. The distinguishing feature between cartwrightianus and > hadriaticus is that the style branches of C. hadriaticus are "less than > half as long as the perianth segments and arise at a point well above the > throat" (Mathew), whereas in C. cartwrightianus the style branches divide > down in the throat. > Greetings > > Lauw de Jager > http://www.bulbargence.com/ > > -----Original Message----- > >From Brian Mathew: C. cartwightianus albus is, in fact, C. hadriaticus > it seems there are white C. cartwightianus but always with a small purple > throat like the white C. longiflorus I found have a few small linesin the > throat > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ -- R de Boer La Maugardiere 1 F 27260 EPAIGNES FRANCE Phone./Fax 0033-232-576-204 Email: bulborum@gmail.com