Cyclamen 2015

[Maggi Young]

Unless seed is very fresh I think a pre-soak is always a good idea.
As for keeping pots at a steady 15-16 degrees C - I would be grateful to be kept at that temperature myself-  fat chance for  me  with the Bulb Despot in charge and no chance for any seed pots!  !

[Carolyn]

Mark,
Why do you not pre-soak the seeds? I find it plumps them up nicely and perhaps removes germination inhibitors.  My seed is harvested in July and I store it until September - just incase we get a heatwave. I can guarantee a nice steady temperature of 15C or so by September. The pots go into a cardboard box and are stored in the bottom of a little-used wardrobe (I have a very understanding husband!). 

Carolyn

[Mark Griffiths]

hi, the non soaking of seed is down to two factors - one because I noted that a number of growers in the Cyclamen Society article had dropped that and because domestics/ logistics make it difficult here. So far I've not noticed much difference in germination rates.

[Carolyn]

I'll try an experiment with soaking/not soaking next September.
Carolyn

[johnstephen29]

Hi I have some cyclamen Coum plants in flower and I noticed one, a descendant of a plant I got from Peter when he still ran Tile Barn looked a bit odd. On a couple of flower stalks are a single leaf exactly like the normal leaves, has anyone seen anything like this.


Cyclamen Coum by johnstephen29, on Flickr


Cyclamen Coum by johnstephen29, on Flickr

[Tony Willis]

John

it is not particularly unusual as is sometimes having two flowers on a stalk.

[johnstephen29]

Hi tony thanks for getting in touch, this is the first time I have seen this, I have had a plant with two flowers to a stalk.

[fermi de Sousa]

I'm much relieved - I got this Cyclamen from Otto last year and was dismayed when it went dormant with hardly any foliage development - but today I discovered these blooms peering through the mulch!
Cyclamen rohlfsianum in flower in mid summer,
cheers
fermi

[Tony Willis]

Cyclamen pseudibericum ssp roseum
two Cyclamen alpinum
Cyclamen coum seedling from  'Maurice dryden'

[johnstephen29]

Loverly cyclamen plants fermi & tony.

[Mark Griffiths]

very nice Tony! The pseudo-ibericum seems very early, I think the buds on mine are only just surfacing.

[Tony Willis]

very nice Tony! The pseudo-ibericum seems very early, I think the buds on mine are only just surfacing.

Mark

yes I thought it is early but looking at previous years records it is fairly typical.

[SJW]

Nice plants, Tony, and earlier than mine. Not sure about the 'Maurice Dryden' ID though. As well as the white flowers, I thought this variety also has silver/pewter leaves with a thin green edge?

[Graeme]

Nice plants, Tony, and earlier than mine. Not sure about the 'Maurice Dryden' ID though. As well as the white flowers, I thought this variety also has silver/pewter leaves with a thin green edge?

yes Steve - that one has the christmas tree leaf - so not like any of the 'Maurice Dryden' I have seen

C Coum 'Golan Heights' looks like it is going to flower with me and that has a solid green leaf

[Tony Willis]

you are both probably correct and it more than likely a seedling from Maurice Dryden. I did self it many years ago. I will amend my posting.