Cyclamen 2014

[johnralphcarpenter]

I 'cheat' a bit, David. Any seed I get after September I sow in the house using the 'Reading Method'. Germinated pots then go on a windowsill and are grown on indoors for the first season. So they are a bit mollycoddled. The seedlings do get a bit drawn but make good growth before their first dormancy.

Where can I read about the "Reading Method"?

[David Nicholson]

Two suggestions Ralph:-

  Diane Clements Midlands Diary on the AGS Site  http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/diaries/Midland/   

and The Cyclamen Society Site  http://www.cyclamen.org/propag_set.html

[johnralphcarpenter]

Thanks David, I have a lot of cyclamen seed to sow!

[Maggi Young]

2014  RHS Wisley Plant Society events

Cyclamen Society  Early Spring Show - 8 February

Enjoy exhibits of spring flowering cyclamen and companion bulbous plants, plus original artwork. Also features an 11am talk and Genus Cyclamen book signing by Brian Mathew VMH.

 10am-4pm, Hillside Event Centre                http://www.cyclamen.org/   pic.twitter.com/y3newmMzOE

Who is planning to be  there?

[latestart]

I got three different cyclamen seeds in the 2012 seed exchange, C. cilicium, C. coum and C. intaminatum. Just as well I did not read the foregoing before sowing my seeds. I cr how many seeds of each I had but i did plant them all on 4.2.13 one knuckle deep in 9x 9 x 11cm  deep pots. here is how they grew. All are still in their original pots. I helped pack seed and with the distribution stage and had a whale of a time. I am very disappointed that I will not be able to help in the distribution next year as it will be going elsewhere. As a very new SRGC member I learned a huge amount from taking part in both stages. Thank you for the opportunity.

[SJW]

Cyclamen Society  Early Spring Show - 8 February

Who is planning to be there?

I've been cleaning pots today in anticipation - a tedious job. It'll be a really early start for me on Saturday morning, hope the rain and wind holds off but the forecast isn't great. Still, that's a good excuse to linger in the Wisley glasshouses all afternoon.

[Bart]

Picked up this beautiful C. coum from a garden centre. Cheap, massive plants with loads of flower! Thought I share this one with you.

[Mark Griffiths]

I always give any Cyclamen species I see just in case there is a good one, nice find Bart!

[Mark Griffiths]

I suspect this wasn't as listed from Cyclamen Society seed but it's interesting all the same with almost no basal blotch. It's really small too, the leaves are small and the flowers are about as tall is C. parviflorum.

[annew]

An interesting one, Mark.

[Mark Griffiths]

It is. It reminds me of some of the true albumissum forms - some have the same almost plastic/ translucent looking noses. Except in pink.

[annew]

'Rosissimum'?

[Mark Griffiths]

I was hoping more along the lines of "var markgriffithsianum"

[fermi de Sousa]

...but it's interesting all the same with almost no basal blotch.

var. anosmia?
 
cheers
fermi

[Mark Griffiths]

as in "my dog's got nonosmia"?