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Re: Cyclamen 2009
« Reply #330 on: July 25, 2009, 03:36:57 AM »
Gerd, thanks.

It's interesting to see how the flower progresses, latest one. Would be cool to do a time lapse video.
 

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Re: Cyclamen 2009
« Reply #331 on: July 26, 2009, 02:28:50 AM »
I don't think it's going to get much darker. It will be another 3 weeks before I see another flower open on a different plant, crossing fingers.

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Re: Cyclamen 2009
« Reply #332 on: July 26, 2009, 06:11:52 AM »
I don't think it's going to get much darker. It will be another 3 weeks before I see another flower open on a different plant, crossing fingers.

Guff, Did you compare the color with the tone of 'Ruby Glow' ?
Your flower seems to be at least darker than those of 'normal' hederifolium'!

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Re: Cyclamen 2009
« Reply #333 on: July 28, 2009, 08:13:40 AM »
Here are two pics of a plant which I received as Cyclamen purpurascens album.
Is this really ' album' or are there plants which are totally white?
Please note the faint pink tinge around the base of the petals and the lines!

If I remember well Hans J. told me that his plant has the same coloration -
did you Hans?

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Re: Cyclamen 2009
« Reply #334 on: July 28, 2009, 08:22:29 AM »
Gerd ,

I have one plant which is pure white ( bought from a nursery in England )....but I have some seedlings ( from a strain which is white flowering) and they are mixed -from pure white until such plant as you have show
The problem with this white flowering purpurascens that they make never seeds ...I try it since many years ...
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Re: Cyclamen 2009
« Reply #335 on: July 28, 2009, 11:44:58 AM »
Gerd / Hans  - I got seed of the white purpurascens from the Cyclamen Society last distribution.  No seeds have sprouted to date whilst other purpurascens already have 1 cm corms.

The sun came out late yesterday - that would make about 2.125 days with sun this month. Last evening and this morning very dense fog, the same overcast skies as of 10:30 am. Saturday will make 7 weeks of this weather. Rather green here.

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John in coastal Nova Scotia

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Re: Cyclamen 2009
« Reply #336 on: July 28, 2009, 11:50:44 AM »
John

I'm sorry to report that my seeds of Cyc. purp. album from Cyc. Soc. sown before some years has all normal flowers ...
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Re: Cyclamen 2009
« Reply #337 on: July 28, 2009, 12:04:32 PM »
Thank you Hans. Waiting for the flowers of a second one which was called 'alba'.

John, Unfortunately I never tested seeds of white purpurascens.

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Re: Cyclamen 2009
« Reply #338 on: July 28, 2009, 10:29:19 PM »
I have Cyclamen purpurascens album flowering for the first time from Cyclamen Society seed sown in December 2007. Like yours Gerd it is pink inside and has pink veins.
Roma Fiddes, near Aberdeen in north East Scotland.

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Re: Cyclamen 2009
« Reply #339 on: July 29, 2009, 04:12:42 AM »
I just checked the label in the empty white purpurascens pot. It says CS06-94 so it must have been a free packet of old seed.

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Re: Cyclamen 2009
« Reply #340 on: July 29, 2009, 06:58:58 AM »
I have Cyclamen purpurascens album flowering for the first time from Cyclamen Society seed sown in December 2007. Like yours Gerd it is pink inside and has pink veins.

Less than 2 years - this is a good result! The flowers don't differ.
Thank you Roma!

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Re: Cyclamen 2009
« Reply #341 on: August 04, 2009, 11:34:06 PM »
Gerd, I agree it's darker then most normal pink hederifolium. Most of my pink's are a muddy pink, but I do have a few real pink ones in my bed. Getting excited about my hederifolium bed. A couple pictures, no flowers open, but lots of buds popping up.

Does the white purpurascens have the same scent as the normal pink form?

 

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Re: Cyclamen 2009
« Reply #342 on: August 05, 2009, 07:22:51 AM »
Gerd, I agree it's darker then most normal pink hederifolium. Most of my pink's are a muddy pink, but I do have a few real pink ones in my bed. Getting excited about my hederifolium bed. A couple pictures, no flowers open, but lots of buds popping up.

Does the white purpurascens have the same scent as the normal pink form?

Your hederifolium look very promisingly - with or without the dark ones. I am pretty sure there will be some better dark ones around anytime soon - I remember what Jan Bravenboer told me.
Don't know whether the white purpurascens is scented or not because my olfactory sense became nearly absent - unfortunately didn't ask my wife to test it.

We have to ask Hans Joschko who will read this hopefully!

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Re: Cyclamen 2009
« Reply #343 on: August 05, 2009, 03:36:30 PM »
Hi Guff and Gerd ,

I had test my C.purpurascens album today for fragrance ...the is no difference to the normal flowering plants -sometimes more -sometimes less !

here is a pic from today from all my white flowering ( mas o meno )
they are partly bought and partly grown from seeds ....the problem with this plants is they make fery few fertile fruits .... :'(

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Re: Cyclamen 2009
« Reply #344 on: August 05, 2009, 04:28:11 PM »
here are some pics from Cyc. colchicum - they have also really different colors of flowers .....and somtimes also plain leaves !

Cyc. colchicum different colors
Cyc. colchicum dark ( grown from seeds ex J.Bravenboer )
Cyc. colchicum light and with plain leaves ( grown from seeds ex Caucasus )
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