Cyclamen 2015

[Matt T]

C. intaminatum is starting to flower now, with more buds to come and a nice pinkish blush to the ageing flowers.

[SJW]

Where's Steve Walters this season??

Hi David - still here but regrettably with little time to spend online at the moment. It's been a rather fraught summer dealing with elderly parents who can no longer look after themselves properly in their own home (they have varying infirmities). Recently took the decision to move them in with us, at least temporarily. So my time has been spent on hospital/care home visits and fretting over stairlifts rather than sternbergias. It's played havoc with my summer repotting, tidying up and watering duties. I'm not sure who's more stressed - me or my plants! Given the likely SRGC demographic this is probably a scenario familiar to many forumists bringing back memories of loving care...or possibly cold sweats. 

Anyway, here's a few cyclamen flowering in the greenhouse today.

[SJW]

A few more including young purpurascens plants with promising leaves.

[Graeme]

Steve - you have some wonderful plants

[SJW]

Steve - you have some wonderful plants

Thanks, Graeme.

[David Nicholson]

Steve, no, it ain't easy, glad you found time to pop in..

[Maggi Young]

Steve, no, it ain't easy, glad you found time to pop in..

Hear, hear!
Times like this it's a blessing that bulbs, corms and tubers can be so self-sufficient, eh?!??

[Mark Griffiths]

very nice Steve, I think we may have had this conversation before but I think you are using plastic pots and capillary matting? I've switched to the same for some species that have a habit of keeling over.

[Anthony Darby]

Amazing plants on display there.

[David Nicholson]

A couple from the greenhouse today (two pics of each)

Cyclamen cyprium ex 'ES'. From seed kindly sent to me by Tony Willis in 2009. These are pretty prolific and I've distributed them to some Forumists.

This C. cilicium was sown from seed in August 2013, nothing special but all cilicium are nice in my view.

[SJW]

very nice Steve, I think we may have had this conversation before but I think you are using plastic pots and capillary matting? I've switched to the same for some species that have a habit of keeling over.

Hi Mark - I actually use a mixture of capillary matting, sand in gravel trays, and freestanding on the bench. No real order or structure to what goes where, just depends on how much room I have spare, and slotting in pots when spaces come available! However, last year I bought a 4'x2' sand plunge tray which now houses my clay pots of graecum and rohlfsianum. It may be a coincidence but my graecums are flowering really well this season...

[Alison S]

Enjoyed my first visit to a Cyclamen Society Show at Birmingham on Sunday. Maybe a few less plants there than I had imagined there would be, but plenty to aspire to as a relatively new grower.
We have always found the hall at the Birmingham Botanic Garden VERY difficult to take decent photos in (having attended a number of cactus shows in the same hall), but here are a few to give a flavour...

A couple of general views of the benches.
A very eyecatching dark purple C.hederifolium
2 pics of a C.maritimum - very attractive and, I think, awarded best in show.
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[Alison S]

Oops! I seem to have made a mistake in adding the photos, I will go back and read the instructions again and see if I can get it right next time.- Sorry.

[Maggi Young]

Better luck next time, Alison - will be great to see plants form the show.

 This section should help : http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=65.0   

[Graeme]

there is another show a week on Sunday at Wisley - I am not a RHS member at the moment - can I get into the show with just my Cyclamen Society card?