Cyclamen 2009

[mark smyth]

Thanks.

[Martin Baxendale]

This was bought as C. hederifolium but it always has small flowers. Is it as bought?

The flower size can also be affected by severe dryness at the root at flowering time and by lack of nutrients. It's definitely hederiflolium.

[Thomas Huber]

The leaves look like hederifolium, but I'm missing the typical auricles of hederifolium  

Guff, interesting dark hederifolium, but what's wrong with your focus?? So many of your photos are fuzzy and out of focus!!
Did you ever try the manuel focus, this could help for better photos.

[mark smyth]

What is an auricle? I know what is is on grass.

[Martin Baxendale]

What is an auricle? I know what is is on grass.

Mark, the auricles are the little sticky-out slightly ear-like bits at the bases of the petals. You can see them clearly on Tony's pics. How prominent they are can vary. They're not prominent, as Thomas says, on your flowers, but I reckon you can still see them to some degree. The flowering time, leaves and general flower shape all point to hederifolium, even without very prominent auricles.

[Hans J]

Mark :

"Auricula" comes from latein - it means : little ears ( ear lobe )
in anatomie is "auricle" the outer ear

[Guff]

Thomas , thats a good picture in my shaky hands. The camera has trouble focusing.

I clipped a couple flowers, alba and a pinkish one and stuck them in the ground next to the dark purple. Couldn't decide which was the best picture.

[David Nicholson]

Here is one of my favourite Cyclamen-  Cyclamen cyprium E.S.

It has a wonderful scent and to my eye has the perfect Cyclamen leaf.

[Gerdk]

Very Early - fine plant and beautiful leaves!

Gerd

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Wonderful leaves David !! 

[Joakim B]

Nice plants Guff and David. Lovely plans and I like the comparison with the three flowers Guff.

Regarding closeups that is not as good as one wants I realized that also the small cameras have a macro function (often a flower symbol) and I improved the quality using that on my Olympus "my" camera but when using my parents one year younger equally expensive HP camera this function is not as good and give a bit out of focus pictures. (I usually use flash) If not using flash maybe a tripod is to be used? There are small ones that fit in the pocket. This is just beginner advice and You may know it already but not every one. I am not a good photographer my self but have improved a bit by playing around with the settings (macro on and off, "auto flash" on or of) of the camera and maybe it helps. There are more things to discover but this helped me a lot.

Keep the lovely cyclamen coming
Kind regards
Joakim

[Michael]

All my cyclamen are still dormant. The weather is still warm, so im looking forward to the cooler days to enjoy those magnificent leaves (and the flowers!)

[Sinchets]

Yesterday we saw more Cyclamen hederifolium in a wood near Topolovgrad. A lot of the plants here had scented flowers, but we hadn't noticed a scent at other locations we have visited. Are there scented and nonscented C.hederifolium?

[Martin Baxendale]

Are there scented and nonscented C.hederifolium?

Yes indeedy. Some populations can have quite a strong scent, but most have none.

[Sinchets]

Thanks, Martin.