Cyclamen 2014

[TC]

After 20 years of waiting, my Graecum has finally flowered ! I collected the seed in a wood near Marmaris in 1995 and it germinated the following year.  It started producing leaves but never a flower.  The corm reached about 12cms across and then one Winter, 5 years ago, it started to rot.  I cut out all the rot to a "safe" area and potted it in a gritty dry compost after dusting with flowers of sulphur.  It looked like a peeled potato!  The following year some roots and a few leaves appeared.
I potted it into a rectangular "long Tom" about 30cms. deep which I got in Ikea.  It then sat on a sandy base in the unheated glasshouse.  I put it on the staging in July and the leaves appeared about 5 weeks ago.  Then 10 days ago I saw the first flower appear.  Looking at the top of the corm, i could make out more flower buds forming.
Although it looks nothing spectacular, I am chuffed to see flowers at last.
A couple of pictures of Hederifolium in flower. The corm in the large pot is about 20cms and probably 30 years old.
The white one came from some of my own seed.

[Naoto The Zombie]

Hello boys & girls!
I went to AGS autumn show in Rainham yesterday and here are some pictures of cyclamen I took. Enjoy!

Peace!

[SJW]

Hello boys & girls!
I went to AGS autumn show in Rainham yesterday and here are some pictures of cyclamen I took.

What a great colour on the dark pink graecum. And would the final photo be one of Pat's (cycnich) CSE plants from Corfu? The dark purple hed may be his as well!

[Naoto The Zombie]

@SJW
Yes, that's hederifolium Cofu - stunning colour!

[Rimmer de Vries]

After 20 years of waiting, my Graecum has finally flowered !

Such a long wait.  and in a long tom!
it must be it does not get enough heat.
I have to keep it in a plastic pot with a saucer underneath or it dries out too much.

The last photo is the mother plant  in a 8" plastic pot and the "bulb" is about  6" diameter.   it sheds lots of seed and the other photos are  its seedlings in 4 and 6 inch p pots grown to flowering size in less that 3 years.  usually it sends up flowers before the leaves, but owe seedling have leaves first.

C greacum is the easiest for me to grow and flower in pots left on my sunny porch for 3 seasons.  in the 5 months of frigid winter (-25C) it goes in the basement under bright lights.

[johnw]

One of the old rolfsianums in a 10" pot, from the CS circa 87 and still flowering a month later but fading a wee bit in this brilliant sunshine. Short flowers stalks on this one.

johnw

[Roma]

Some of the Cyclamen hederifolium in this gravel border are not flowering as well as usual.   Some are a bit overcrowded but the thought of having to find homes for them all puts me off digging them up.  There are some interesting leaves.

[Maggi Young]

Could I be of any use is giving any boring ones a new home Roma ?   

[Roma]

Could I be of any use is giving any boring ones a new home Roma ?   

I'll keep you in mind, Maggi if I ever get round to digging them up

[Maggi Young]

I'll keep you in mind, Maggi if I ever get round to digging them up

Righty-ho - I'm not holding my breath! 

[johnstephen29]

Cyclamen Cilicium forma album has come into flower, lovely pure white flowers.


Cyclamen Cilicium forma album by johnstephen29, on Flickr

A c.purpuracens is soon to be in flower, this plant always starts into growth behind my other plants, they have nearly finished whereas this is just about to start.


Cyclamen Purpuracens by johnstephen29, on Flickr

Finally I have at long last managed to get C.Graecum subspecies Candicum to flower, just the one so far, but it's a start   it is still a young plant , about two or three years old, I got it off  Jill white down in brightlingsea in Essex, loverly woman who really knows her cyclamen. While on the subject of this plant, could anyone tell me please has the name changed to mindleri? Thanks John


Cyclamen Graecum subspecies Candicum or Mindleri? by johnstephen29, on Flickr

[Melvyn Jope]

Hello John, lovely Cyclamen cilicium album, just querying your second plant, looks like C.cilicium? and the one in flower in the third picture looks like C.rohlfsianum?

[johnstephen29]

Oh right thanks for that Melvyn, as I said I'd alway know them as purpuracens and Candicum, not too worry. I'm glad about the rohlfsianum, in the past I've always managed to kill any plants ive had. This one must be made of sterner stuff, I've had it awhile and it's still living.

[cycnich]

John
         Are you coming to Wisley next Saturday. If so I will bring you a mature candicum free of charge so you have the right thing.

[johnstephen29]

Hi Pat yes I am, thanks very much, that would be great. Have you heard of a name change for this plant?