Cyclamen 2016

[Graeme]

finally got 2 minutes to take some photos

bottom alpine house - most of these coum had seeded in the plunge


hederifolium seedlings - finally a good amount of silvers



Coum - Golan Heights - with plenty of flowers - needs a decent pot next year



Coum Golan Heights - close up so you can see the teeth on the edge of the flowers

[Graeme]

split seed in one of the tunnels - these have got to be dug out this year as it needs filling - hederifolium and coum



why are all the best seedlings in the gravel below...........
This tunnel is to be emptied this year and everything in there will be recovered and potted up
some good leaf forms and some bi-colour flowers

[johnstephen29]

It went down to -5 last night where I live and I had forgotten that I had this tray of cyclamen seedlings from cs seed outside. It doesn't appear that the low temperatures have done any harm to them, c. confusum on the left and c. Coum subspecies caucasicum on the right. There are some nice leaf patterns and leaf shapes among them.

[fermi de Sousa]

The recent cooler weather seems to have prompted a Cyclamen graecum into bloom!
The initial pic was taken before some "housework" as recommended by Harry Jans at a photo workshop!
cheers
fermi

[Rogan]

A sure sign that autumn is upon us: my venerable Cyclamen greacum cultivar is excelling itself in its new home - it likes the western Cape! 

[Roma]

Cyclamen coum
Cyclamen x wellensiekii (libanoticum x cyprium)

[Claire Cockcroft]

I found this cyclamen blooming amongst some iris.  It's a seedling -- does anyone have an idea which it is?  Hederifolium is past and its leaves are definitely not coum.
Thanks!
...Claire

[cycnich]

I found this cyclamen blooming amongst some iris.  It's a seedling -- does anyone have an idea which it
Thanks!
...Claire

Cyclamen Pseudibericum

[Bart]

A few cyclamen flowering  now in the greenhouse.
First a seedling of a batch of C. pseudibericum ex OS 743 sown in 2010. This pot, intermingled with Ipheion, is the only one of the batch with any vigour. All other seedlings are only this year producing some flowers, and most plants have only 4 or 5 leaves.


Next a pot of Cyclamen parviflorum, and a detail of a flower. Don't know if it is commonly flowering for such a long time, must be nearly 3 months now, overlapping with intaminatum which also kept going.




I noticed some yellowing on young leaves on a variety of cyclamen this year, I don't think it is due to overwatering. Is it some kind of deficiency? Does anyone have an idea?





Another problem is the perpetual struggle against baby greenfly. Initially they are nearly invisible and suck on the young leaves which consequently develop in a deformed way- a bit hunched. With spraying oil (like croptex) suggested in Pleione culture so hard (impossible- think it's off the market) to come by and systemic pesticides surely best not used too often, what do people use to prevent/ kill these? I have limited greenhouse space, everything gets crammed in to survive the cold spells, so re-infection is inevitable... Any practical solutions would be very welcome.

[Bart]

Sorry same pic twice..
Here's C. alpinum with yellowing, and the greenfly on Allium atroviolaecum...

[Mark Griffiths]

Bart I had some similar yellow leaves on my parviflorum last year - looks a bit like your plant as it has shiny leaves and white flowers. This year it's ok. If anything I managed to overfeed it last year so unless what I managed to overfeed it with then caused a problem with it taking up some mineral then I don't think it's a deficiency. Propbably not overwatering either. (I've noticed you get yellow lreaves when you underwater too. Or they get too hot).

[MargaretB]

It's amazing how bulbs continue to thrive, despite everything I do.  Cyclamen coum Tilebarn Graham recently rediscovered after years of neglect.

[Mark Griffiths]

Margaret, sorry to say I don't think that is Tilebarn Graham. TG is very distinctive, Peter Moore describes it as looking like elegans with longer petals but I'd compare it to forms of C.pseudo-ibericum. I barely manage to keep it going here after buying a tuber from Peter, I suspect it's coming to the end of it's life and hasn't ever set seed. When I've tried to get it from Cyclamen Society seed so far it's turned out to be something else.

This is a pic from a few years back.

[Maggi Young]

It's amazing how bulbs continue to thrive, despite everything I do.  Cyclamen coum Tilebarn Graham recently rediscovered after years of neglect.

 No idea what the ID is of it - but what a good plant it is!

[Matt T]

That's a beautiful plant MargaretB. The silvered leaves compliment the shade of the flowers so well. Great when plants thrive with little intervention from us!