Cyclamen 2010

[Melvyn Jope]

Happy New Year to all Cyclamen enthusiasts!

A cold but bright morning here in South East England with the following Cyclamen in flower, also a few remaining C. hederifolium are still producing one or two flowers.
C. colchicum
C.purpurascens album
C.elegans
C.persicum var autumnale

[Gerdk]

Excellent start with a fine selection!
Thank you, Melvyn!

Gerd

[Paul T]

Melvyn,

Excellent pics.  The white purpurascens is to die for!!

Here, I have a couple of purpurascens just starting to flower (only pinks here though, and only a couple have flowers as yet..... I have a couple of different shades in my collection), and the first hederifolium flower opened a few days ago, with a few buds starting to show here and there on other plants.  Yours are finishing, mine are just starting. 

[cohan]

wonderful flowers for midwinter!
i agree with paul about the purpurascens album, also really like the persicum autumnale-very natural looking..

[annew]

Beautiful, Melvin, but isn't it a strange time of year for the C purpurascens to be in flower?

[Melvyn Jope]

Yes I agree Anne, most of my Cyclamen purpurascens and C. colchicum finished weeks ago which makes these even more pleasurable, the chance of pollination is slim so it is good that there was a good seed set from earlier flowers.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Indeed a fine selection Melvyn . C. elegans is maybe  also a underrated but fine plant. I like it more then coum but here it is not so easy ...I never tried in the garden and keep it in pots.But now I build up a stock from seedlings and in coming years trie to find a spot in the garden or rockgarden.
In our collection we have also persicum in flower and pseudoibericum as well. Cyprium is still flowering and outside off course coum but they were frozen this morning...
Yes a happy new year to all Kyklamos-friends     

[Lesley Cox]

Lovely pictures indeed, for a northern mid winter. and yes, especially the beautiful white purpurascens. Any white I've had as seed, has eventually flowered as pink.

[Hans A.]

Melvyn thanks for showing this wonderful selection - especially the white C. purpurascens is spectacular!

Here the first Cyclamen trochopteranthum flowers appear.

[Joakim B]

Lovely pictures
Now after Christmas I have access to a lot of pine needles
Is this something to use to cover adult cyclamen with or to have on top of newly sawn seeds.
Is it a good thing to use as part of the planting medium.

I ask since I have not read about it being used but that seen articles that in the wild some have a lot of this on top of the plants.
So I am interested if anyone used needles regading cyclamen.
Yes I know the acid loving plants would love it as well but they get more of tough love treatment . And do quite well with it.

All the best
Joakim

[Ragged Robin]

Joakim I have planted adult cyclamen as an experiment under a pine tree here n the Swiss Alps and covered them with lots of the needles as I too have seen this in the wild - I'll let you know the result when they hopefully perform next year when they emerge from the snow!

[Oron Peri]

C. persicum forma albidum in flower today.
This is the only strong plant I have from this form, usually they don't live long, but this plant has allready 9 years.
The stalk are long up to 40 cm.

[Hristo]

RR. I doubt that you will have any problems with your experiment, sounds like an ideal spot for them to grow and spread by seed, look for the ants!
Oron, only have 2 year old C.persicum from seed here so will be interesting to see if they make it to 9 years old, or is this only a feature of forma albidum?

[Tony Willis]

RR. I doubt that you will have any problems with your experiment, sounds like an ideal spot for them to grow and spread by seed, look for the ants!
Oron, only have 2 year old C.persicum from seed here so will be interesting to see if they make it to 9 years old, or is this only a feature of forma albidum?

My persicum were collected in Cyprus in 1996 and are still going strong.
They flower well every year and in truth have not been repotted for ten years.

[Hristo]

I wonder if the early deaths are down to genetic or environmental factors..........