We Visited The Largest Crocus Flower Collection In The World Starts Blooming

Did you know that around 250 varieties of crocus flowers, and one man in Latvia, Jānis Rukšāns, has the world's largest collection? We visited him this week to see how the collection has started the bloom! He currently has around 1700 bulbs, and they are blooming gradually, so in no two days, the visit would be the same!

Jānis is also an amazing storyteller - while showing the rarest specimens - the light blue crocus from Turkey, or the pink from Kyrgyzstan, which he calls "a mistake of nature," as this is a result of mutation, he also tells stories of how he has been part of numerous expeditions to get the rare bulbs all around the world! He recently published a book in the Latvian language about his experience! He says some of his favorite expeditions have been to Turkey and Iran, that have an amazing diversity of crocus flower and fantastic landscapes. He says he has recently received his vaccine and is very much looking forward to resuming the travels!

Visited by: Alina & Jekabs Andrusaitis

Photos by: Jekabs Andrusaitis

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A Rare Variety Of Blue Crocus From Turkey

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We Visited The Largest Crocus Flower Collection In The World Starts Blooming

A Rare Variety Of Blue Crocus From Turkey

The Best Days For Visit Are Sunny Ones, As Then Crocus Flowers Open Up And Fill The Flower Nursery With A Honey Like Smell

Jānis Keeps A Meticulous List Of All Of The Varieties And Catalogues His Vast Collection With Pictures And Descriptions

Jānis Has Many Other Varieties Of Flowers As Well, Many Lesser Known And Even Indistinguishable By Others

It May Look Like A Common House Variety At First, But When You Notice The Details, You Will See Many Differences In Each Flower

The First Iris Flowers Are Also Blooming In The Same Greenhouse

Extremely Delicate And To Be Only Observed, Not Touched

Fantastic Color Combinations, Many Originally Found In Nature, But Many He Has Also Developed Himself

Visitors Must Wear A Mask, Only Same Household Members Can Come Together, And Maximum Of 15 People Per Greenhouse

Just Two Weeks Ago We Had -22°c Temperatures, But Now The Spring Has Come And The Greenhouse Is Blooming

Daffodils Are Also Starting To Come Up

Close UPS May Reveal Details You Won't Even Notice With Eyes

Have You Seen Anything Like This Before?

Black And White Variety

Jānis Showing The Rare Pink Specimen To The Visitors

There Are Several Rows Of Beautiful Flowers, And No Two Days Will Be The Same - The Empty Patches Are Places Where Crocus Will Start Blooming Soon