Cyclamen 2009

[Otto Fauser]

Maggi and Simon , C. hederifolium will reach that size tuber in about 20 years here in my garden, there are many here , as it selfsows everywhere , no special diet given.

Wow! Otto, are you SURE you didn't make them any cake? 

Maggi , do you think I should feed them Hot Cross Buns as an Easter Diet ?to make them obese .
 A Happy Easter to you and Ian .

[Sinchets]

Well remembering how big mine were when i planted them, i think i need to get the Tomorite on order!

[Tim Murphy]

Tim :
It's would be great if you could ask around for Cyclamen on Karpathos

Hans, I asked a few people about Cyclamen persicum on Karpathos whilst I was at the show on Saturday, and it does definitely grow on the island. It was seen growing around a church on the island in 1991 by a three man team from the Cyclamen Society on a field trip. Peter Moore (Tilebarn Nursery and current Society President) was one of the team members and he did say that it was likely that C. persicum had been introduced to the island for medicinal purposes and did not occur naturally on Karpathos.

[Hans J]

Tim ,

Thank you for asking about this plants .....this is what I have suppesed that this Cyclamen grows not naturally on this island ....
....and I have not looked near any churches for any Cyclamen.....

[Gerdk]

Hans,
In some cases visiting a church could be particularly promising!   

Gerd

[Hans J]

Gerd :

you should know my motto :

"Die Berge von unten,
die Kirchen von außen
und die Wirtshäuser von innen !"

[Gerdk]

Gerd :
you should know my motto :
die Kirchen von außen

Hans,
the churches from the outside -
and why did you miss Cyclamen persicum - I guess they aren't grown inside? 

Gerd

[Mark Griffiths]

Here's a weird one..came to me as "White Cyclamen pseudo-ibericum"..the leaves say pseudo-ibericum but the flower isn't like the C. pseudo-ibericum roseum I have had. The basal blotch looks a bit more like C. libanoticum..it certainly is the most "boxy" flowered C. pseudo-ibericum I've seen. Oh and it's only just come out, a month or so after both of those species.(as comparison I have C.creticum and C. rhodense out)

Thoughts?

[Denise Bridges]

Mark, your plant looks like a cross between C. libanoticum and C. pseudibericum known as x schwarzii.

The plants I have owned always seem to have a C. pseudibericum leaf and a C. libanoticunm flower (sort of), never the other way round...don't know why that is.

The one remaining plant I have is in flower now too, even though the other two species have already finished flowering.

[Mark Griffiths]

Possibly, the irony is that I have got seed of the hybrid several times, it usually turns out to be pseudo-ibericum!

[Denise Bridges]

That's interesting....maybe it's just the initial cross that gives those characteristics....not future offspring. 

I shall have a look at my plant tomorrow to see if it's set seed.

[Tony Willis]

the flowers on several of my Cyclamen pseudibericum ssp roseum (the ones that are almost white) look very much like those of C. libanoticum. its easy to see they are closely related.

[Tony Willis]

the cyclamen purpurascens have been out about a month now and the C. colchicum have now started

Cyclamen purpurascens
Cyclamen colchicum

[Paul T]

Tony,

I have purpurascens flowering here at the moment too! 

[David Nicholson]

Terrible day here today, windy and very heavy showers. Every time I start to do something in the garden the heavens open. According to last night's weather forecast our current lousy weather is being driven by the Jet Stream which is currently located to the South of Great Britain whereas it should be well to the north of us. Result = regular Atlantic lows being blown in. This was the reason for our terrible summer last year so the omens are not good. This information from the Met Office who, only a couple of weeks ago, were promising  a record summer this year

The plants are obviously feeling like autumn. Here's a pic of Cyclamen hederifolium, taken today in an off-shower moment. I had these in a pot last year and they didn't do too well so decided to plant them out. Yes, I've seen the weed.