Cyclamen 2009

[Guff]

Cilicium, this is it's third year flowering outside.

[Sinchets]

We visited a local woodland yesterday to see the Cyclamen hederifolium in flower. Most plants were flowering in shades of pale pink, 10% were albino, a very few were deeper pinks and 2 of plants we saw had narrower petals, which gave a propeller like form to the flowers.

[Guff]

This may be the one I was looking for.

Dark Purple Hederifolium

[johnw]

Guff - That one looks to be promising. Keep us posted on its progress.  Hope you get a purple.  What was your seed source?  

The darkest pink I have is ex 'Ruby' and it's not all that dark.

What ever happened to the screaming magenta coums that seemed to be everywhere and the commonly available back in the 70's? It think we could get them from a nursery in New York State.

johnw

[Rodger Whitlock]

What ever happened to the screaming magenta coums that seemed to be everywhere and the commonly available back in the 70's?

At a guess, the gene pool of Cyclamen coum in cultivation has broadened to include other forms, thanks to new introductions. From hiding behind trees and eavesdropping on my fellow gardrners, it sounds like the classic C. coum with dark unmarked foliage and a screaming magenta flower is now something of a rarity.

[johnw]

What ever happened to the screaming magenta coums that seemed to be everywhere and the commonly available back in the 70's?

At a guess, the gene pool of Cyclamen coum in cultivation has broadened to include other forms, thanks to new introductions. From hiding behind trees and eavesdropping on my fellow gardrners, it sounds like the classic C. coum with dark unmarked foliage and a screaming magenta flower is now something of a rarity.

Roger - That was my hunch as well. It is a real pity if it is a rarity now. I have grown alot of coum from seed and have never had one turn out like that magenta one.  Of course back in thiose days we wanted clearer pinks so I guess we are at fault.  Was it not sold as 'Atkinsii'? 

Another observation, twenty-five years ago the long leafed hederifolium was only to be seen in a few gardens the Victoria area. I first saw it on a garden tour there, a low modern house on the water with low rocky outcrops near the sea. A fellow who was editor of the ARS Victoria Chapter kindly sent me seed in the early 90's.  We called it the Vancouver Island long leaf form then.

johnw

[Guff]

The Dark Purple Hederifolium seeds are from Jan Bravenboer. I will post a picture when it opens. It looks like there is some extra petals on the backside, maybe it's two flowers forming. Last summer I had one with 3 flowers on one flower stalk.

From last summer.

[Hans J]

Hi ,

in this time I have a lot of flowering Cyc. graecum - this here is my darkest form !
...seeds collect from Mani in year 2000  

[Gerdk]

Hi Hans,
This is an interesting color indeed and a very fine photograph!

Gerd

[dominique]

a wonder !!! gorgeous plant Hans

[johnw]

Hi ,

in this time I have a lot of flowering Cyc. graecum - this here is my darkest form !
...seeds collect from Mani in year 2000  

Certainly up to your usual standards Hans. Both the plant and the photograph.

johnw

[Hans J]

Gerd- Dom -John 

Thank you for your compliments 

[Guff]

Not fully open, but I thought I would post it anyways. Monday or tuesday I will see if I can get a better picture. Very happy with this one.

Hans don't you have a red Hederifolium. Any pictures of it this year?

[mark smyth]

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

[Tony Willis]

mark I posted a picture showing some different flower sizes some days ago.They are very variable. here it is again