Cyclamen 2016

[Tony Willis]

Cyclamen pseudibericum forma roseum flowering am onth earlier than in other years

[Mark Griffiths]

very nice Tony. Despite the mild weather I don't have much out. A few coum in the garden but not under glass. The C. alpinum are starting and seem alot happier in the frame. It seems under glass they dry out and when I water them they just keel over. In the frame I can open up the lights, they get a good soaking but are fine. Probably a function of much better ventilation. Hopefully they'll continue to enjoy this treatment.

I also have something labelled C.elegans from Cyclamen Society seed. For some reason these have either flowered as coum or coum and possibly elegans mix. This one is in a mixed pot but I think this one is actually elegans. Can anyone confirm? It's been a while since I've had genuine C.elegans.

 

[Melvyn Jope]

Looks like C.elegans to me Mark.

[Chris Johnson]

Cyclamen alpinum

[SJW]

A couple of young plants of C. alpinum, one quite floriforous and the other with good leaf markings.

[SJW]

Cyclamen coum with a good leaf and C. coum 'Golan Heights'. The latter is a bit miffy with me...

[johnstephen29]

Two great looking coum's you have there Steve, happy new year mate(it's late I know, but I thought what the heck)😄

[SJW]

Two great looking coum's you have there Steve, happy new year mate(it's late I know, but I thought what the heck)😄

Thanks, John, and the same to you. I'd be happier in the new year if this blasted rain and wind would stop!

[johnstephen29]

Yeah it's the same down here mate.

[Rimmer de Vries]

A couple of young plants of C. alpinum, one quite floriforous and the other with good leaf markings.

how old are these plants?
where did you find the seed?

Thank you

[SJW]

how old are these plants?
where did you find the seed?
Thank you

Hi Rimmer.
Both plants are the same age -seed packet was sown in January 2012, so about three years old. The seed was from Cyclamen Society expedition plants and I'd have got these through the annual seed distribution. The Cyclamen Society is worth joining just for the seed list alone - they have a large and varied selection of species and cultivars listed every year.

[Matt T]

The Cyclamen Society is worth joining just for the seed list alone - they have a large and varied selection of species and cultivars listed every year.

Absolutely! AND, the seeds are distributed before they have dried out too much, so germination rates are excellent.

The info contained in the journals and other member benefits are great too.

[SJW]

Er, it's been a long time since O level maths, should have said four years old! Not as young as I thought...

[SJW]

Some more coum. Meaden's Crimson with dark flowers and plain green leaf, and ex Maurice Dryden seedling but with a blush pink flower.

[Claire Cockcroft]

This C. coum in the bed by my front walk caught my attention -- the flower is flat and 4 cm across.  The leaves look like ordinary coum.  I'm not sure I like it.  It lacks the character of the regular flowers.  (It's covered with plastic fencing to keep the squirrels from digging up the bed.  Also not attractive!)
...Claire