Hiki ke palekana i ke kuʻikahi i kapaʻia i nā mea kahiko o ka puna,ʻoiai aia kekahiʻano e ulu i ka hāʻule. No kaʻohana iris lākou a he mau mea ulu liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi me nāʻano momona o nā pua pua. I kēia lā, aiaʻekolu paha mauʻano o kēia hanana. Kūwili nā kuʻikahi i ka pua a pua pua.
Keʻike neiʻoe? ʻO ka inoaʻo "Crocus" mai ka Helene kahiko mai, a ua unuhiʻiaʻo ia me "thread", "fiber", a me "saffron" - mai ka'ōlelo Arabic a unuhiʻia me he "melemele".
E noʻonoʻo i kaʻano o crocuses a me ko lākouʻano nui a me nāʻano.
Adams Saffron (Hawaiiana Adami)
Kapa inoaʻia no ka mahaloʻana i keʻano o ka meaʻai. M.I. ʻAdamu. Ua kapaʻia kaʻanoʻo Caucasus Central, Iran. ʻO ka Peduncle he kiʻekiʻe kona 4-6 cm. E hiki mai ka puaʻa mai ka lilac liʻiliʻi i kaʻeleʻeleʻeleʻele i keʻanoʻeleʻele me ke kōlena waena waena o ka 3-5 cm. ʻO ka wā ulu kahi hapa lua oʻApelila a mau i ka 25 mau lā. 
ʻO Altavsky Saffron (Crocus alatavicus)
Ua manaʻoʻia ka lāhui i ka'āina maoli o Central Asia. ʻO ke kūlaʻau he kiʻekiʻe o 6 - 8 knm. He keʻokeʻo ka pua me kahi kiko melemele, ma waho o kaʻeleʻeleʻulaʻulaʻeleʻele. E waiho ana i ka hohonu 3-5 cm ka lōʻihi i ka wā e ulu ana. Kūle ka ulu i ka mahina mua oʻApelila no 20-25 mau lā. 
Kuleana Banata (Kalikimaka)
ʻO ka kiʻekiʻe o ka mea kanu he 15-30 cm. He lahilahi nā lau, he 15 knm ka lōʻihi.ʻO nā pua he pale lilac a lilac paha meʻeono pua. ʻO nā pailaʻekolu o ka'ōpū i loko, ua liʻiliʻi lākou ma mua o nā halaʻekolu o ka pōʻai waho. ʻO ka mahina uluʻo Sepatemaba. Hoʻopukaʻia ma ka Papa Ulaʻo Serbia a me Ukraine. 
He mea nui! Hoʻomaʻamaʻa pinepine nā mea kanu pua i ka hoʻokupu - nā mea ulu ulu i kekahi lā kūikawā, e like me ka lā 8 o Malaki a me ka makahiki hou paha. He nui nā mea iʻikeʻia a me nā mea huna e like me ia.
ʻO ke kaiʻo Saffron (Crocus vernus)
Hoʻonui ke kiʻekiʻe i 15 knm.ʻO ka momona o nā pua keʻokeʻo, keʻokeʻo, kaʻulaʻula o ke anawaena o 3.5-5 cm. He nui aku ka nui o nā mahele o ka perianth ma mua o nā mea i loko. Hoʻoulu houʻia ka lono makuahine i kēlā me kēia makahiki. ʻAʻole kahi ulu o ka mea kanu. ʻO ka wā ulu kahi hapa lua oʻApelila. 
He mauʻano likeʻole kēiaʻano:
- "Agnes" - he pua me ke anawaena he 3.5 cm o ka lilac liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi me kahi palena kālā;
- "Vanguard" - he pua me kaʻanuʻu o 4.5 cm bluish-purple kala, ma waho o ke kālā, ka pua i loko oʻApelila;
- "Ka nani o Sassenheim" - he pua me ke kahawaʻi he 5 cm hina hina me nāʻulaʻulaʻulaʻula a me ka meaʻulaʻula;
- "Iubili" - he pua me kaʻanuʻu o 5 knm o kaʻulaʻula, he lālā'ālohilohi a me kahi kumuʻulaʻula;
- "Jeanne d'arc" - he pua me ka laulā 9cm keʻokeʻo;
- "Queen of de Blues" - he pua me ka'ōmaʻomaʻu o ka polu polu'āhāhā 4.5 cm, me ka lālā'ālohilohi a me kahi pouli;
- "Kathleen Perlow" - he pua me ke anawaena he 4.5 knm keʻokeʻo;
- "Little Dorrit" - he pua pualena kala-uliuli;
- "Nigro Boy" - he pua me ka diameter o 4.5 knm i loko o kaʻeleʻeleʻulaʻulaʻeleʻele me kahi meaʻulaʻula, i ka hopena o Mei;
- "Pallas" - he pua me kaʻanuʻu o 5 cm 'gray gray color me nā lilac a me ke kumuʻulaʻula;
- "Paulus Potter" - he pua me ka laulā o 5 cm i kahiʻulaʻulaʻeleʻele me kahi ulaʻula;
- Purpureu Grandiflora - he pua me ka diameter o 4.5 knm i keʻokeʻo me kahi wahi pouli;
- "Hoʻomanaʻo" - he pua me ke anawaena o kaʻilima 5.5 cm kaʻulaʻula-kala me ka wahi pouli;
- "Snowstar" - he pua me kaʻanuʻu he 5 cm keʻokeʻo me nāʻulaʻula pale ma ke kumu;
- ʻO "Flower Record" - he pua me ke anawaena o 11 cm kaʻulaʻula, e pili ana i nā kānana Dutch. ʻO ka piʻiʻana o ka ulu a hiki i 15 knm,ʻike nā lau ma hope o ka uluʻana. ʻO nā pua no 25 mau lā.
ʻO Geifel Saffron (Crocus heuffelianus)
Hāʻawiʻia i ka hanohano no ka mea hihiu o ka makahikiʻumikumamāiwa. I. Geyfelya. Uaʻikeʻia ka homeland o ka mea kanu i Transcarpathia a me ke Komohana o'Euka. He mau kumu kūmole ia o ka puna aʻo ia kekahi o nā kumukūʻau puna puna nui-pua. ʻO nā pua he 10-12 cm ke kiʻekiʻe, aʻo nā lau i ka wā e ulu ai ka pua, he 2-5 cm ka mīkini. ʻO ka wā ulu - ke hoʻomaka oʻApelila no 25 mau lā. ʻO ka mea ulu i ka nui o ka pua a me ka mea hoʻonani,ʻaʻole ia i emi iho i nā mea o Dutch. 
ʻO ke kīloi pua nani (Crocus chrysanthus)
Hoʻonui ia i kahi kiʻekiʻe o 20 knm. Ua liʻiliʻi nā lau aʻikeʻia iʻApelila me nā pua. Ka lōʻihi o ka uluʻana i 20 mau lā. ʻO ke pua he gula ma keʻanoʻeleʻele me nā'āpana pehi. ʻO nāʻano maʻamau o kēiaʻano:
- "Blue Bonn" - nā pua kalaʻula-kala me kahi kiko melemele;
- "Hoʻopili" - nā pua keʻokeʻo;
- "Ka Lau Leʻaleʻa" - nāʻano uliuli o nāʻanoʻeleʻele.
Korolkov saffron (Kukukowii)
ʻO ka'āina'ōiwiʻo Korolkova Crocusʻo ia ka Northern Uzbekistan. Hoʻonui ia i 10-30 cm ka lōʻihi me nā puaʻalaniʻulaʻula me nāʻulaʻulaʻula ma waho. Ua waiho liʻiliʻiʻo Leaves i kahiʻili keʻokeʻo ma waenakonu me ka lōʻihi o 5-6 cm ka lōʻihi. Hoʻopukaʻia ma ka Papa Ula. 
Pallas saffron (Crocus pallasii)
Hana i nā kuʻiʻole,ʻaʻole iʻoi aku ma luna o 5-6 cm, nā māka. ʻO nā pua keʻokeʻoʻeleʻele me kahi'ōniʻomaʻiʻeleʻele a loaʻa ka paeʻulaʻula a hiki i ka 4.5 knm ke anawaena. E pua ana i kaʻauʻau -ʻo Kepakemapa a puni ka malama. Ua liʻiliʻiʻo Leaves, a hiki i ka 20 knm ka lōʻihi, eʻikeʻia iʻApelila. 
Nā mea'alaʻula (Crocus speciosus)
No nā mea nui loa. He nui ka pua, a hiki i ka 12 knm ke anawaena, ka viole-viole ma kaʻoni me nāʻulaʻulaʻeleʻele aʻulaʻula paha. ʻO ka'ōkoʻa o kēiaʻano e pili ana i ka puaʻana o kaʻohi. Hoʻomaka ka hoʻomaka o ka pua i ka mahinaʻo Kepakemapa a mau no hoʻokahi malama. Waiho i ka 20-30 cm ka lōʻihi a he 0.6-1.3 huina ka laulā i ka puna a make i ke kauwela. 
ʻO nāʻano maʻamau o kēiaʻano:
- "Albus" - nā pua keʻokeʻo;
- "Artabir" - pua nani lilac;
- "Kassiope" - nā pua uliuli;
- "Oxonion" - pua nani uliuli;
- "Pallux" - pua nani keʻokeʻo.
He'ōmaʻomaʻo maʻamauʻo Saffron (Crocus flarus Weston)
ʻO ke kiʻekiʻe o ka peduncleʻo ia a hiki i ka 5-8 knm.ʻO ka pua he gula-ʻalani i loko o kaʻaʻahu me nāʻulaʻulaʻeleʻeleʻole i waho, hiki i ke anawaena o 6-7 cm. 
Keʻike neiʻoe? ʻO nāʻaʻahu o nā aliʻi kahiko, he melemele. Ua'ōwiliʻia lākou me ka pale. A ma Kina kahiko wale nō ka mō'ī i hoʻohanaʻia i ka paʻiʻona. ʻAʻohe mea'ē aʻe iʻaeʻia e hana i kēia.
Netihana Net (Crocus reticulatus)
Ke kapaʻia nei ka'āina'āina o Central a meʻEuʻEulopa, ka Caucasus a me Asia Minor. He lahilahi nā lau o ka mea kanu,ʻo ka lōʻihi o ka manawa ulu e 2-4 cm, aʻo ka lōʻihi o ka pua he 6-10 cm. 2-4 mau pua e ulu mai kahi pahu. ʻO ka pua keʻokeʻo'ōmaʻomaʻo me nāʻulaʻeleʻeleʻeleʻele ma waho i ke anawaena o 3-4 knm.ʻO ka manawa uluʻo ka hapa mua oʻApelila no 25 mau lā. Hoʻopukaʻia ma ka Papa Ula. 
Hoʻomaʻawaʻo Tomazini (Crocus tomasinianus)
Uaʻikeʻia ka homeland o kēiaʻanoʻo Yugoslavia, Hungary. Ke nānā nei i nāʻano kumu'ōmoleʻoi loa. Hiki ke ulu ma nā wahi pouli. Hoʻomaka ka hoʻomaka o ka pua iʻApelila. ʻO ka pua nani a me nā lilac me ka mālamalama i waena o ke anawaena he kikowaena o kaʻelima hulu.ʻO ka lōʻihi o nā lau i ka uluʻana he 7 knm. ʻO ka hikiʻole i nā mea hōʻailona ke hana i ka huapalapala ikaika: no ka lōʻihi e ulu aʻe ana iʻeono kūmara hou. 
ʻO nāʻano likeʻole o kēiaʻano:
- "People Bar" - pua nani lilac;
- "Ruby Giant" - nā pua nani o ka poniʻulaʻula-ulaʻula;
- "Whitewell Purple" - nā pua o ka poniʻulaʻula liʻiliʻi me ka ulu mauve.
ʻO Angustifolia koli (Crocus angustifolius)
I ka makahiki 1587, ua laweʻia mai kēiaʻano crocuses mai Constantinople a hiki i ka Pālaʻula Botania o Vienna. Ma keʻano, i loaʻa ma Crimea, nā Balkans, a me Asia Minor. ʻO ka līlū o kaʻoihana he hiki i ka 15 knm.ʻO nā puaʻa o kēiaʻano crocuses, he gula'ōmaʻomaʻo, ma waho o lākou heʻekolu lainaʻulaʻula ulaula, he 2.5 cm ke anawaena: ua liʻiliʻi nā lau, hiki i ka lōʻihi o 20-25 cm ka nui o ka corm a hiki i ka 2 knm ke anawaena. ʻO ka lālā ulu kahiʻoʻApelila. 
Keahi Saffron (Crocus sativus)
ʻO India kahi i hānauʻia o kaʻano. Ke ulu nei ke ao ma ka paeʻenehana no kaʻoihana meaʻai. ʻO ke kiʻekiʻeʻo ke kiʻekiʻe 15-30 cm me nā lau liʻiliʻi. ʻO ka pua nani keʻokeʻo a iʻole keʻokeʻo meʻeono mau momona a me kaʻalani. ʻO ka holoʻana ma kahi oʻelua pule. Ke ho'āʻo nei i nā hybrids. 
He mea nui! Hoʻokomoʻiaʻo Saffron i ka paila, ka pilaf e hāʻawi i kahi nani nani a me ka meaʻalaʻoluʻolu. No ka'ōmole 3 liters o ka wai i ka'ōmaʻomaʻo,ʻelua wale nō stigmas o ke kāloka.
Kalikimaka (Kalina sieberi)
Ke manaʻoʻia nei ka'āina'āinaʻo Girka, Bulgaria, Makedonia. Ua manaʻoʻia kekahi o nāʻano nani o nā crocuses. ʻO ka kiʻekiʻe o ka mea kanu he 8-10 knm. He nani keʻano o nā pua a hiki ke hiki i ka'ōmaʻomaʻo māmā i kaʻulaʻulaʻeleʻele. ʻO ka waenakonu o ka pua he melemele. 
Ma ka nānāʻana i nāʻano crocuses, hiki iā mākou ke'ōlelo aku hiki iā lākou ke ulu ma ka'āina a me ka windowsill. Pono ke kohoʻiaʻana o nā kīhāhā crocus ma ka manawa ulu a me ke kala o nā pua. Ponoʻoe e hoʻolohe i ka nui o ka pua a me ka manawa ulu. Ke hanaʻana i nā mele o nāʻano likeʻole, hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻokō i kēlā mau kumukūʻau e hoʻomau mau ana a eʻoluʻolu iāʻoe no kekahi manawa lōʻihi.
