Winter farewell, Crocuses from my garden in Ritterhude

[Na Bha]

 

Crocuses from my garden in Ritterhude. Fotos taken on 21. March 2011.

Crocus perennial  flowering plant, family Iridaceae. native to a large area from coastal and

subalpine areas of central and southern europe, north africa, middle East and Central Asia to China. (Wiki)

And the sun is shining. Enjoy

Nalini

[Balkar Arya]

Gorgeous flowers!!!

Thanks for sharing

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[tanay bose]

Very nice capture

Tanay

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[Na Bha]

Thank you Balkar ji and Tanay for you appreciation.

the colors are returning and it does good.

Regards

Nalini

[Anand Kumar Bhatt]

Lovely flowers and lovely photographs.

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[Satish Phadke]

Nalini ji
We are really enjoying. Colours are so beautiful that  they appear unnatural.

[promila chaturvedi]

Nalini Ji,

I love crpcus, but cannot grow them in Delhi's climate.

Regards,

Promila

[Na Bha]

That is life Promila ji,
I love mangos but can't grow them here.
I enjoy, what is available here.
It is good, that we can't do everything everywhere.
Regards
Nalini

[Dr Pankaj Kumar]

Lovely flowers. Do they smell of saffron in this condition?

Yes there are many things which we want but we dont get it. I searched
for Annona squamosa today in all the markets of Dehradun with one of
the members of this group Ninad Raut, but couldnt find any :((....

I remember during this season at home, I would just speak up at home,
"MUMMY, I WANT TO EAT SHAREEFA (mummy shareefa khana hai!!)" and my
dad would get 2-3 kgs of it by lunch!!!

Pankaj

On Aug 21, 1:58 am, Na Bha <nabha-megh...@gmx.de> wrote:
> That is life Promila ji,
> I love mangos but can't grow them here.
> I enjoy, what is available here.
> It is good, that we can't do everything everywhere.
> Regards
> Nalini
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> Am 20.08.2011 14:47, schrieb promila chaturvedi:
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> > Nalini Ji,
> > I love crpcus, but cannot grow them in Delhi's climate.
> > Regards,
> > Promila
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[Ushadi micromini]

Nalini: brilliant colors and photography// in camera or cropping//
looks good....

Promila: I know... you need a snow cover of about 4 month's for crocus
to do well in naturalized state..
or 6 weeks of refrigeration for the horticulture grade bulbs shipped
from Holland for forcing and growing... you could try that...
nurseries sell them in October...try Sunder nursery in Delhi... or
Sutton seeds on the net...
Go figure...

Pankaj: that's DAD for you... In Bengal we call it SITAPHAL... its
out in the market,
this week it seems they pretty good ripe ones...they dont last long
though ...

I wonder if one can ship them to you safely so that a few at least
would arrive so you can enjoy the taste?
If I can find a good way to do it, I can send you some...from
Kolkata..

ANYONE at eflora : please tell me if fruits can be shipped fast and
easy?

Usha di
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[Na Bha]

Thanks. No these flowers don't smell of saffran, they don't have any smell. Saffran is the crocus, which flowers in Autumn.
I don't have Saffran. But I have Herbstzeitlose (Colchicum autumnale) which is called autumn crocus. Fotos sending in a separate mail.

BTW. what is SHAREEFA?
I searched on net and found a singer withe name Shareefa. Strange!!
Regards
Nalini

[Pankaj Kumar]

Shareefa is also called Sitaphal. Botanicaly its Annona squamosa.
Pankaj

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[promila chaturvedi]

Nalini Ji,

 I fully agree with you. I also enjoy whatever is arround or I can grow at my place or at some other places here in Delhi.

Regards,

Promila

[Gurcharan Singh]

Forwarding for ID

Distributed as   Crocus species/ hybrids- Ritterhude, Germany

I hope Crocus vernus (Purple) and its Yellow and White cultivars.

Group discussion at

Winter farewell, Crocuses from my garden in Ritterhude (google.com)

[Gurcharan Singh]

Forwarding for ID

Distributed as   Crocus species/ hybrids- Ritterhude, Germany

I hope Crocus vernus (Purple) and its Yellow and White cultivars.

Group discussion at

Winter farewell, Crocuses from my garden in Ritterhude (google.com)