Cyclamen 2015

[Maggi Young]

Some tubers for the "Bulb" section  of the forum.......

From last year - on the subject of big old cyclamen tubers -

I don't have any actually, but I wanted to share that a friend from my greek forum found some extraordinarily large graecum bulbs in her cottage garden after getting rid of a large cane patch (thank god before the tractor got to them..) The largest of them weighs 17.5 kilos!! She gave them ancient philosophers' names and said she will move them in some kind of secret garden of hers... She's still trying to establish how old they might be! Care to guess?
http://fyta.createforumhosting.com/topic-t10199.html

The full story  in IRG #60  (International Rock Gardener) and
pictures of giant Cyclamen  graecum  from  her  Greek garden by Stavroula Ventouri
and Stavros Apostolou  is here  http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2014Dec221419264038IRG60.pdf

And now I share these photos by Robbie Blackhall Miles from his recent visit to Israel - these Cyclamen persicum tubers  from  the Tel-Aviv Botanic Garden are thought to be at least 100 years old!

[Maggi Young]

Robbie has also shown these cyclamen, embedded in a large rock , which has been moved to be a feature  ....

[Gene Mirro]

Cyclamen hederifolium tuber on 1-foot ruler:

[Maggi Young]

That's a beauty, Gene.  I'd call it "plumptious" (- which I once feared may not be a real word and was mightily glad to discover was recognised!)

[johnstephen29]

That's a nice big tuber you have there Gene, it must be quite a site when it is in flower. In the house I have three cyclamen in flower all persicum, first is a red cultivar started just before Christmas with plenty of buds to cum, second is a white cultivar which seems a lot more vigorous that the red, lastly is persicum var Autumnale which started just before Christmas, all three are making a great display in the kitchen windowsill, and have been owed and ard over by visitors.


Cyclamen Persicum cultivars by johnstephen29, on Flickr


Cyclamen Persicum cultivars white by johnstephen29, on Flickr


Cyclamen Persicum var Autumnale by johnstephen29, on Flickr

[hwscot]

We were at the local Dobies about a month ago and they were clearing out cyclamen, what I took to be persicum houseplants, but some were in 9cm pots with labels suggesting them for the open garden. At 50p a go seemed worth a try. I put half a dozen into a sunny border, and all seem ok so far, but one in particular has stood up very sturdily, and I see it has now set seed. (A planter by the window in the kitchen, with several persicum in it, has set seed very generously this year).

The 50p one has a flower not unlike this plain-leaved coum, though the 50p flowers are about four times the size.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

This simplebt wet Cyclamen coum shone brightly in this morning's sun.

[Lewis Potter]

After more enthusiasm and skill, and some of the advice given to me here. This is what my Cyclamen seeds have done within six weeks. (If I told you is wasn't proud of myself I would be lying

The pictures should come me OK now.

[David Nicholson]

(Files are to big to make into thumbnails)

Your Tinypic has too many adverts for me, have you tried the SRGC re-sizing tool?

[Maggi Young]

After more enthusiasm and skill, and some of the advice given to me here. This is what my Cyclamen seeds have done within six weeks. (If I told you is wasn't proud of myself I would be lying


(Files are to big to make into thumbnails)

Well, done - really exciting when you see the little plants growing, isn't it?

You can find the picture sizing tool here :
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=9993.0   - it only works with windows  machines - but there is other advice in the forum - such as  here http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=65.0

[Lewis Potter]

Your Tinypic has too many adverts for me, have you tried the SRGC re-sizing tool?

Ok David, I use chrome which seems to not show any ads, I'll use photobucket of something else next time.

[Lewis Potter]

Well, done - really exciting when you see the little plants growing, isn't it?

You can find the picture sizing tool here :
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=9993.0   - it only works with windows  machines - but there is other advice in the forum - such as  here http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=65.0

After using the re-size tool. It still say they are too big. Oh well, they will have to stay as links.

[Mark Griffiths]

If you open a picture in Paint you can resize it there. After a while you get a feel for the file size your camera generates and therefore the percentage you need to set resize to.

The process is

Right click on picture.

Choose "Open With" and then "Paint".

Under the Home Tab in Paint you will see "Resize"

In my case I find 30-35 works and I then upload to the forum.

[Carolyn]

Just sorting through some photos from last year and I thought this photo of cyclamen seedlings might be of interest.  The potful on the left was germinated by the "Reading method" - which in essence means soaking the seeds overnight to plump them up, sowing them at a steady 15 or 16C and keeping them in the dark.  C hederifolium germinated after around 21 days using this method.  The pots were then moved to an unheated greenhouse for the winter.  The pot on the right was my "control".  The same number of seeds were sown and the pot was placed in a coldframe.  It was brought into the greenhouse at the same time as the other pots.  The seeds were sown Sept 2013, the photo was taken at Christmas 2013 and the difference in growth remained throughout 2014.  I have also found this method gives better germination for many cyclamen species.

Carolyn McHale

Cyclamen hederifolium seedlings

[Mark Griffiths]

Carolyn, that's a great illustration - I've seen various debates on this and I've now moved to a semi Reading method which excludes the pre-soak.