Cyclamen 2014

[Mark Griffiths]

Must remember to tip out my pot with cyprium in it to separate the corm from the hederifolium that it is mixed with.

I have the same issue, I must have had mixed seed from the Cyclamen socitiety as I don't grow normal hederifolium in the greenhouse.

[Roma]

I paid a quick visit to the Cruickshank Botanic Garden last Friday to drop off plants for the plant sale and took the opportunity to see the Cyclamen rohlfsianum, parents of my plants.
The first one is one of the original two, collected in Cyrenia, Libya in 1952
Of the other three I am not sure which is the original and which are the two offspring, sown about 1982/83.

[Roma]

The leaves on my own plants are a bit lanky as they do not get enough light when the sun is lower in the sky
Cyclamen rohlfsianum - leaves

[Mark Griffiths]

very nice Roma!

[Maggi Young]

Lovely plants, Roma , all of them.
The parent plants are definitely in the "venerable " category now, aren't they?  A treat to see them.
 

[cycnich]

Wow 1952. Nearly as old as my mother in law but much easier on the eye.

[krisderaeymaeker]

I paid a quick visit to the Cruickshank Botanic Garden last Friday to drop off plants for the plant sale and took the opportunity to see the Cyclamen rohlfsianum, parents of my plants.
The first one is one of the original two, collected in Cyrenia, Libya in 1952
Of the other three I am not sure which is the original and which are the two offspring, sown about 1982/83.

What a story Roma ! Lovely and charming to see those parents . Isn't it great that Cyclamen getting that old without loosing their charm ?   

[krisderaeymaeker]

Wow 1952. Nearly as old as my mother in law but much easier on the eye.

 

[krisderaeymaeker]

The leaves on my own plants are a bit lanky as they do not get enough light when the sun is lower in the sky
Cyclamen rohlfsianum - leaves

Always a delight to see Roma . Here it was not a very good year for rohlfsianum .......I had almost no flowers....

[Oron Peri]

C. africanum is usually the first species to flower for me and is increasing rapidly.

[Anthony Darby]

Wow 1952. Nearly as old as my mother in law but much easier on the eye.

Maggi and I aren't commenting on that statement  , but I can say those leaves are stunning. Seeds definitely on my wish list.

[SJW]

I paid a quick visit to the Cruickshank Botanic Garden last Friday to drop off plants for the plant sale and took the opportunity to see the Cyclamen rohlfsianum, parents of my plants.
The first one is one of the original two, collected in Cyrenia, Libya in 1952
Of the other three I am not sure which is the original and which are the two offspring, sown about 1982/83.

Roma - good to see the original rohlfsianum plants at Cruickshank. As you know, I also have some offspring from these plants (I think you sent in the seed to the CS years ago?).  So it's interesting to see how the leaves compare with the ones I have.

[SJW]

Some more rohlfsianum leaves (not ex CBG). The third plant also has good, dark flowers...which didn't appear this year.

[David Nicholson]

I sowed some Cyclamen rohlfsianum seed seed mid-August and put them where all my seed pots go in an open frame outside. Weather's been awful here for the last couple of weeks apart from the odd reasonable day and , as there was no germination, I took pity on it and put it on the kitchen windowsill. I now see I have three seedlings germinated out of five sown. Do I assume that keeping them indoors will be the best option and try and keep them in growth for as long as possible?

[Maggi Young]

I sowed some Cyclamen rohlfsianum seed seed mid-August and put them where all my seed pots go in an open frame outside. Weather's been awful here for the last couple of weeks apart from the odd reasonable day and , as there was no germination, I took pity on it and put it on the kitchen windowsill. I now see I have three seedlings germinated out of five sown. Do I assume that keeping them indoors will be the best option and try and keep them in growth for as long as possible?

Well, that depends on whether or not your Yorkshire heart will allow the house to be kept frost-free, David...........