Cyclamen 2009

[Hans J]

here some different colors of Cyc. purpurascens :

Cyc. purpurascens 'Himbeer' ( grown from seeds ex Savoyen )
Cyc. purpurascens ( this seeds comes from C.S. -received as C.purpurascens album )
Cyc. purpurascens dark ( grown from seeds from a friend )

[johnw]

Hans  - A magnificent stand of white purpurascens.  Also some of those pink purpurascens are a unique shade - quite a breakthrough in the colour department.

I love the C. colchicum leaves. Is this species not reputed to be tender?

johnw  - sunny and +20c

[Guff]

Hans, very nice.

First flower open in my Hederifolium bed, just happens to be a muddy pink.

[Hans J]

John ,

I grow my C.colchicum in winter in my greenhouse -it is too much risk for me .
But I know from some friends in Germany they grow it outside -without any problems .

[Gerdk]

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 )

Hans,
Jan Bravenboer seems to be a good source for dark flowering Cyclamen. I never
expected this red with C. colchicum.
Congratulations for the fine white purpurascens!

Gerd

[Sinchets]

Cyclamen graecum flowering indoors. These are from seed.

[Paul T]

Wonderful Cyclamen everyone.  Hans, that is a fantastic display of the white purpurascens.  Well done.  Also interesting to see the different colours in the C. colchicum.  I've only ever seen dark pink before.  And they all look so beautifully grown. 

Thanks everyone.

[Hans J]

Paul - thank you 

I will try to produce seeds from this dark flowering colchicum !

[Guff]

Gerd, what do you think about this one? Still a few more days, can't wait.

[Gerdk]

Guff,
Difficult to decide - but looks fine. Hope dies last! 

Gerd

[Melvyn Jope]

The following photos show my first Cyclamen graecum in flower this year. It is ssp anatolicum and the plant originated from Monte Smith Rhodes.It is often said that some plants from this area are more like ssp candicum which is found in Crete, certainly the seed pods are similar in that they usually only contain two or three seeds. Looking closely at this plant I think the lines on the petals are reminiscent of C. intaminatum.

[Diane Clement]

The following photos show my first Cyclamen graecum in flower this year. It is ssp anatolicum and the plant originated from Monte Smith Rhodes.

Nice plants, Melvyn, surprisingly non-auriculate for C graecum - is that typical of the Monte Smith plants?

[Maggi Young]

Super pix, Melvyn. Admiring the  dry tawny leaves in the background, I realised this was old cyclamen foliage..... do you always leave the old foliage ? I would be inclined to remove it once it had died back, in case it got damp and harboured moulds  

[Melvyn Jope]

I wondered if someone would comment on the old foliage Maggi...... I regret to say the answer is that I have only just got around to cleaning the remaining leaves of some Cyclamen and it was then that I noticed this plant in flower. Thinking it would look more natural I decided to leave them there but once the photos were taken the leaves were removed, you are of course correct, leaving them on invites all sorts of problems.

[Paul T]

Melvyn,

Very nice flowers.  Very, very nice.  You're right that the veining is reminiscent of intaminatum.  I quite like the strong white and pink of the flowers too..... I have only ever seen (in person at least) pure white or pink flowers on graecum, never your combination.  Great stuff!!