Cyclamen 2014

[Tony Willis]

Cyclamen pseudibericum var roseum

[Mark Griffiths]

lovely, and early too!

[ArnoldT]

Cyclamen coum Yayladagi

[ian mcenery]

Cyclamen pseudibericum var roseum

Very nice Tony

You must be in the banana belt up there mine are nowhere near flowering

[SJW]

Very nice Tony

You must be in the banana belt up there mine are nowhere near flowering

Agreed! This is my best foliage form, buds showing but some way to go.

[SJW]

Another coum with a plain green leaf - 'kuznetsovii', flowers aren't as good as 'Porcelain', though. And a coum which isn't a prolific flowerer but does have good leaves.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Cyclamen pseudibericum var roseum

Beautiful but indeed very early.

I grow Cyclamen pseudibericum outside now for 3 years and it seems that they are hardy enough here despite some harsh wintercold last 3 years .

[David Nicholson]

Lovely Cyclamen all round folks.

[SJW]

A few more flowering C. coum.

[ian mcenery]

some nice plants there Steve

[SJW]

Thanks, Ian. I always think of coum as being quite unruly in pots, with leaves and flowers flopping about everywhere (unless you double pot). But then every year I'm pleasantly suprised by how good a panful can look!

[Roma]

Some lovely Cyclamen coum there, Steve.  I have problems growing them to a decent size these days.

Cyclamen coum and Cyclamen alpinum with more flowers than last time I showed them
Another Cyclamen elegans.  This one has plainer leaves but the flower is slightly darker and has the suggestion of a picotee edge.

[SJW]

Thanks, Roma. Your alpinum is flowering well - interesting leaves, too.

[Roma]

Steve, the alpinum is from Cyclamen Society seed and was labelled ex CSE but no number so I don't know how many generations from the original.   

[SJW]

Mention of seed from exchanges prompts me to ask if anyone has grown what is described in the 67th seedlist as Cyclamen hederifolium confusum ex. F&JK 97017? I received some of this seed so I'm intrigued to see what comes up. I know the SRGC checks species names with the IPNI but I'm not sure whether the latest changes in the naming of hederifolium/crassifolium/confusum have been universally adopted. Details were in the Cyclamen Society journal a few years ago and I know forumists such as Melvyn Jope and Pat Nicholls have posted information and discussed this on the Cyclamen thread in previous years. The only reference I can find online for ex F&JK 97017 says the seed?plant? was collected in Messenia which is in the Peloponnese. So that would make the plant Cyclamen hederifolium subsp. crassifolium rather than C. confusum which is now used for plants originating solely from Crete (well, at least until more fieldwork/research is undertaken...). Melvyn is the fount of all knowledge on this! This isn't a criticism of the seedex, I hasten to add. There's no reason why most gardeners would know about the reclassification of crassifolium and confusum unless they had a particular - oh alright, obsessive - interest in Cyclamen.