Cyclamen 2017

[Johan K.]

Cyclamen hederifolium part 2.

[Johan K.]

Cyclamen hederifolium part 3.

[Carolyn]

Super, Johan, particularly the ones with the sagittage leaves. The final one is a cracker!

[Maggi Young]

You are growing these very well, Johan - a show in itself!

[Yann]

Johan you own a very nice and clean collection, wonderful!!

[Johan K.]

Thanks for the compliments.

All together it gives this result.

[Yann]

without any comparison here baby Cyclamen mirabile from seeds of the Cyclamen Society

[Pennine Wanderer]

The two photos are of Cyclamen Balearicum grown from seed from the 2015 seed ex.  This is the first time I have grown Balearicum and according to the books it should  not flower until March.  From the photos is it the correct plant or something else?  I would be interested for any opinions.
Dave

[Pennine Wanderer]

Something went wrong so here, hopefully, is the second image.

[David Nicholson]

From seed Cyclamen cyprium ex 'ES'

[David Nicholson]

From Mike Quest's greenhouse today, Cyclamen africanum, a Jim Archibald collection that Mike obtained from Jo Hynes a couple of years ago. The label reads as follows "C. africanum, Archibald 0358000. Ex Algeria, Labylie. E. of Azazga, 850m. Oak scrub. 1/08 "

[David Nicholson]

Some other Cyclamen from Mike's greenhouse.

Cyclamen rohlfsianum - a nice leaf form, yet to flower.

C. mirabile 'Tilebarn Anne', flowering over but a lovely leaf

C. graecum ex CSE 94046 S.W. Crete

[David Nicholson]

I think Mike said he got these from the Discussion Weekend a couple of years ago as Cyclamen x hilderbrandii, one white flowered and one pink, and he has them in his garden. In his book Chris Grey-Wilson says of x hilderbrandii ""...... unfortunately the hybrid origin of plants in cultivation often has to be doubted and some I have been shown as putative hybrids fit comfortably into the range of variation of ordinary hederifolium....."".  I note that CG-W refers only to pink. Perhaps if the pictures are good enough one of the Cyclamen experts could give a view on these.

[SJW]

I think Mike said he got these from the Discussion Weekend a couple of years ago as Cyclamen x hilderbrandii, one white flowered and one pink, and he has them in his garden. In his book Chris Grey-Wilson says of x hilderbrandii ""...... unfortunately the hybrid origin of plants in cultivation often has to be doubted and some I have been shown as putative hybrids fit comfortably into the range of variation of ordinary hederifolium....."".  I note that CG-W refers only to pink. Perhaps if the pictures are good enough one of the Cyclamen experts could give a view on these.

I assume, given the parentage, that the hybrid isn't as hardy as hederifolium? The Cyclamen Society has this to say:

C. africanum is closely related to C. hederifolium. In the wild their ranges do not overlap but in cultivation they readily hybridise – C. x hildebrandii. C. africanum is generally a bigger plant, much less hardy, has a more spherical tuber, roots from the entire surface (flatter and generally bare of roots on the base in C. hederifolium) and has yellow anthers (rust coloured in C. hederifolium).

[fermi de Sousa]

I assume, given the parentage, that the hybrid isn't as hardy as hederifolium?

The "accepted wisdom" here is that is you aren't sure if you have C. hederifolium or C. africanum, leave it exposed to frost and if it dies it was C. africanum!
Reminds me of dunking witches!
cheers
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