Cyclamen 2010

[Tony Willis]

Shelagh  very nice to see and very interesting.Not something I have tried doing(yet)

[Lesley Cox]

Is it normal for the x Drydeniae seedlings to have extra petals?

[shelagh]

Sorry Lesley it needs someone with far more knowledge of Cyclamen to answer that.  Perhaps Diane will have an opinion when she gets back from sunning herself in Spain.

[Sinchets]

Found flowering yesterday throughout woodlands in southeast Bulgaria this Cyclamen coum is generally a shocking pink colour with a few plants being paler.

[Ragged Robin]

Wow, Simon, certainly is a shocking pink and quite gorgeous 

[Regelian]

Simon,

great colour and the markings are wonderfully clear.  Hope you were able to collect some for propagation.

[Sinchets]

Yes, Jamie. We had our first flowering from seed a few years ago and these also set seed so we now have babies appearing around them. Time will tell if they keep the strong pink when they mix with the paler pinks we have from UK stock.

[Diane Clement]

Cyclamen coum coming along very slowly here.  Those in the garden are in flower, though now with their fourth (or is it fifth?) covering of snow.  Those in pots always a bit behind the garden ones, due to shadier situation in frames and greenhouse.
I'm going to start with a link back to another thread where last year I showed for the first time a pure white coum.  

http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3204.0

Unlike other C coum albissimums the pedicel has no red colouring.
This year it has three flowers (maybe more to come, I hope).  Not exactly vigorous, although it seems healthy and has come through the winter well (in the past I have lost other albissimum clones in cold conditions).  The leaf is not as glossy as last year, and is dull in texture (and interest!)

[Diane Clement]

On an earlier thread, Cyclamen for identification:

http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3204.23

Basil mentions my albino coum as possibly being the third of its type.  I will be content to accept fourth place    
as Ashwood got there before me and have had a new white clone for sale for a couple of years.  They must have had good seed set as there were plenty of plants for sale this year.  
It is called Ashwood Snowflake.
I'm probably biased, but I see a very slight greyish/pinkish tinge at the nose, whereas mine is pure white.  Also the pedicel has some red colour, whereas mine is plain green.  
  

[Diane Clement]

And a couple of strong colours, the first is Linnet Jewel which is a good strong pink and I have several plants showing the same colouration, so clearly coming true from seed.
The second is a remarkable colour which I had difficulty in capturing and the picture does not do it justice - Meaden's Crimson.  It really is a dark crimson and the leaf is very dark green with almost a crimson tinge to it.  Also coming true from seed.

Cyclamen coum 'Linnet Jewel' and leaf
Cyclamen coum 'Meaden's Crimson' and leaf

[cohan]

Found flowering yesterday throughout woodlands in southeast Bulgaria this Cyclamen coum is generally a shocking pink colour with a few plants being paler.

great plants- i like the extra colour at the base of the petals..
is this a lower altitude than where you live?

[Sinchets]

Cohan, yes they are a good strong colour- maybe if we put a name to them they will be desirable 
The area we went to is halfway between us and Istanbul and maybe also half of our altitude. So so I am sure this is why they are in full force while ours are just beginning.

[cohan]

Cohan, yes they are a good strong colour- maybe if we put a name to them they will be desirable 
The area we went to is halfway between us and Istanbul and maybe also half of our altitude. So so I am sure this is why they are in full force while ours are just beginning.

oh yes, they need a name-- Cyclamen coum 'Super Magenta'?  C coum 'Flight of Fuchsia'? 'Purple Passion'? 'Valentine's Delight'? okay, i'll stop..
personally, i am most happy to see a name like Cyclamen coum  from Halfway to Istanbul; i'd much rather locality info than cultivar names that tell you nothing other than how fanciful someone's imagination is; of course if they are garden origin, have at it!

[Tony Willis]

Some Cyclamen coum. The first is from Kose Dag which is in Eastern Turkey,south from Trabzon. The second is from the North West near Nicksar a distance of over 500 miles from each other .
The third is a picture of a group of coum all from the same seed pod from Lake Abant in NW Turkey and the next two are two of the same plants showing the contrast in leaf markings. The plants from this area are a very rich dark colour.

[shelagh]

Wow Tony I don't know whether to feel sick or just turn green with envy.  Terrific plants, hope I last long enough to see some of ours get that big.