Cyclamen 2022

[Roma]

Cyclamen creticum (more than one tuber in pot)



Cyclamen rhodium ssp peloponnesiacum and rhodium ssp vividum with Cyclamen repandum behind

[Guff]

Was looking at my cyclamen hederifolium bed, and noticed this flower. Could it be a hederifolium x
purpurascens cross?  Plant has no leaves showing.

Picked a hederifolium flower to show the differences.

[Yann]

The cyclamen season is well ahead this year with the drought, the few rains we had triggered most of the bulbs.

Cyclamen graecum i really must repot, it's almost cracking the pot. May other specimens are in the garden and don't need any special care nor they fear the wet winters.

[StevenS]

Loving that cyclamen bursting out of it's pot Yann!

It's the same here up 'north' and Cyclamen africanum is looking particularly crisp this year (outside all year uncovered).

[Herman Mylemans]

Cyclamen hederifolium

[Herman Mylemans]

Cyclamen mirabile f. niveum

[Herman Mylemans]

Cyclamen purpurascens f. album

[Stefan B.]

Cyclamen hederifolium dark purple form

[ashley]

That's a nice one Stefan.

I have something similar here in the garden, grown from seed received from Jan Bravenboer some years ago. 
Last spring I was also pleased to receive some seed ex 'Red Sky' from the SRGC exchange that germinated well. 
Time will tell whether the colour is distinct from these dark purples.

[Guff]

This video is from 2011....

[Maggi Young]

This video is from 2011....

Lovely!

[Guff]

Maggi, that was the perfect Fall day for cyclamen.

I'm wondering if anyone knows, a few plants of my hederifolium have a fragrance,  most of the plants don't. Just wondering why that is?

Next years project is to get these Purpurascens seedlings replanted in a new bed.
These were from last year, so almost a year old. I have seeds still from seed I collected this year, if anyone is interested in trade. I would be looking for Pulsatilla, Hepatica, Eranthis , Adonis.

[Herman Mylemans]

Guff, Cyclamen hederifolium ssp crassifolium, is a subspecies of Cyclamen hederifolium from the Greek Peloponnese, has a fragrance.

[Guff]

Herman thanks.

I think I recall buying hederifolium ssp crassifolium seeds.

Just curious, did you buy your Purpurascens Alba? Wondering how much they cost over there? I had bought seed from Jan, years ago. I have 13 plants under lights, from last years seed. Probably should plant them out.

Made a bed for Purpurascens Alba seeds. It will be interesting to see how many pop up. I counted out 400 seeds and planted them 2 inches apart. Just a temporary bed. I had about 30 seeds last year for 13 plants.


Purpurascens Alba seedlings are starting to show 10/8/2022

[Herman Mylemans]

Herman thanks.

I think I recall buying hederifolium ssp crassifolium seeds.

Just curious, did you buy your Purpurascens Alba? Wondering how much they cost over there? I had bought seed from Jan, years ago. I have 13 plants under lights, from last years seed. Probably should plant them out.

Made a bed for Purpurascens Alba seeds. It will be interesting to see how many pop up. I counted out 400 seeds and planted them 2 inches apart. Just a temporary bed. I had about 30 seeds last year for 13 plants.

Guff, I bought C. purpurascens f. album in 2017 from Jan Bravenboer, a few weeks before his death.