Talk:Crocus

message: It would be nice to expand this page with data on:
* how to plant crocuses
* other gardening details
This would be actually nice to have for all plants.
A useful site to look for this information is: www.ehow.com/how_5050_plant-crocuses.html (ehow is now blacklisted, so cannot be a proper link)
Discoleo 19:06, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I ageee, it would be good to include appropriate cultivation details (or control details, for invasive plants) for every plant page. On the other hand, if every page contained such details in full they could get very long. Perhaps a general "Cultivation of bulbs" page could be linked to instead, with any extra information specific to the plant in question being kept for its own page? This page, by the way, has become rather disorganised. I'll have a go at re-ordering it. SiGarb | Talk 10:37, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Can common names be "misused"? I've asked for a citation that the common names "Autumn crocus" and "Prairie crocus" are errors, rather than simply the usual disconnect between common names and botanical taxonomy. --Toby Bartels 22:44, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That's a good point. 65.213.77.129 (talk) 14:22, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Misused names 

message: I have taken a photo of what looks like a Crocus - would anyone be able to advise me which one it is? Flickr.com Crocus. I'm quite happy for this pic to be used on Wikipedia.
UPDATE: Thanks for your message Réginald. Again, I'm happy for this to be used on Wiki as an example. --~Xytram~ (talk) 17:04, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Crocus tommasinianus 

message: I have replaced the picture of the taxobox by that of the true Crocus longiflorus taken in my garden. This beautiful autumn-flowering Crocus has a fragrant lilac flower with 3 red stigmas and an orange throat. --Réginald (To reply) 08:50, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Crocus longiflorus 

message: The ranges given do not include North America. Growing up in Long Island, New York, the crocuses were a familiar sight on the first sunny days after winter. Since it's 'original research' I'm not going to modify the article, but perhaps someone could find a good source to cite which gives the correct and complete ranges for this plant. SteubenGlass (talk) 01:58, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The ranges refer to where crocuses are native plants. They are widely grown in North America but not native to that continent. Rivertorch (talk) 07:37, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Range is incorrect 

message: The caption on the photo of crocuses growing "in the foothills of the Eiger" is perhaps a little misleading. Though the Eiger does appear in that photo, it's just the peak at the far left; the peak in the center is the M%C3%B6nch, and the one on the right (the highest of the group, and the most prominent one in the picture) is the Jungfrau. Probably the most accurate way to describe it is to say that the crocuses in question are growing "in the foothills of the Bernese Alps," or perhaps just "in the Bernese Oberland. 65.213.77.129 (talk) 14:22, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd say that "in the foothills of the Bernese Alps" sounds good. Feel free to be bold and change it. Rivertorch (talk) 04:45, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: OK. Thanks. 65.213.77.129 (talk) 13:41, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Caption on photo 

message: I was surprised there were no pages for the common cultivated species, so I created them. Mgoodyear (talk) 18:50, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cultivars 

message: In Series Aleppici Crocus saris was added by 213.149.97.38 on 29 October 2005. 
I do not find any reference about this species. I guess this is a wrong input. I propose to delete it. --Réginald (To reply)  —Preceding undated comment added 11:03, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: There are a few Google hits, excluding Wikipedia mirrors, for c. saris. Only a few, and none that I can find look especially reliable. The burden normally should be on whoever added it to cite a source. On the other hand, there are umpteen species listed there, others of which may have a dearth of information online. I'd suggest tagging it (like this: ), leaving a message for the editor who added it, then removing it after a reasonable interval if you get no response. Rivertorch (talk) 17:37, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I have done it. I will watch it. If there is no reply within 2 to 3 weeks, I will remove it. --Réginald (To reply) 08:02, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

text: PS: Have a look on Crocus and Krokusse, which have recently been updated by Muscari and myself, respectively, and do no refer to Crocus saris. --Réginald (To reply) 09:56, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unknown species 

message: --Réginald (To reply) 18:02, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: That's looking better. But don't you feel that the moved species need to be highlighted in some way? (PS I've just demoted the Footnotes title so that it doesn't end up as a section of this page!) SiGarb | (Talk) 18:22, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Footnotes 

message: This is unnecessarily mysterious, as though the re-editor was unaware that saffron is derived from Crocus sativus, a sterile triploid mutant of C. cartwrightianus. The layout for this page has been busted, leaving white gaps.--Wetman (talk) 21:48, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Saffron: "certain species"

message: This taxon is one on the three subspecies of Crocus olivieri.
Its correct name is Crocus olivieri Gray subsp. istanbulensis B. Mathew. --Réginald (To reply) 12:51, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: To close the discussion I have added the 3 subspecies and a reference of the RHS to substantiate it: . --Réginald (To reply) 17:41, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: For consistency purpose I have added the subspecies of the other species (cf. World Checklist). --Réginald alias Meneerke bloem (To reply) 10:01, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Crocus olivieri istanbulensis 

message: It would be interesting to know what gives crocus its color.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.120.226.138 (talk) 14:32, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: color

message: I hope I didn't step on anyone's toes and I apologize if I did. Personally, I like botanical drawings or a good picture of the type species for the taxobox image. Feel free to change it. I added the previous image to the species gallery.User-duck (talk) 08:53, 24 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: It's good to be bold, as you did, and it's exceptionally good to note on the talk page what you did before anyone objects, so don't worry about stepping on toes. You may have a preference for botanical drawings, but the question we need to ask is: does it best serve our readers? In this case, the answer is no. The new image is pretty, but it is not the most accurate representation possible of a crocus, mainly because the color is way off: neither C. sativus nor vernus have flowers of the hue depicted. So I'm undoing the change you made. That said, I don't think the current image is necessarily the best we can do. RivertorchFIREWATER 16:14, 24 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Changed image in taxobox 

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