Cyclamen 2010

[David Nicholson]

Gerry, you could well be right. My plant has the greyish veins in the petals that seem to be typical intaminatum but the flower shape in general seems to be closer to cilicium. I have Grey-Wilson's updated edition (2002) and pages 90-96 cover both the species.

My plant was a raffle prize won in 2008 at one of our local group meetings.

[Tony Willis]

Cyclamen intaminatum is a little variable in the wild and I think many of the plants in cultivation have been raised from an old introduction. Certainly mine has small white flowers with greyish lines and is not particularly exciting. Here are two in the wild with both twisted petals and pink lines. Both nibbled I am afraid.

[Pauli]

Hello,

here pictures of my rohlfseanums.
They are not difficult to grow here as long as they get a summer baking and no frost.

Hope that stargazer comes up again next year!


All the best from Austria

Herbert

[krisderaeymaeker]

Kris, when I see your Star Gazer flowers I cannot help but think of an ancient English  "delicacy" : Stargazey Pie  
This is a type of Cornish pie said to date from Tudor times -  Stargazey Pie was traditionally  made from seven different types of fish with boiled eggs and layer of mashed potato underneath the crust of pastry from which fish head and tails protrude – giving the pie its name as the fish 'gaze' at the sky.
 see here for a more modern recipe..... no flowerss needed.... http://www.greatbritishkitchen.co.uk/recipebook/index.php?option=com_rapidrecipe&page=viewrecipe&recipe_id=1015
 This picture is not of a real pie... it is a polymer clay miniature , see here : http://www.kivasminiatures.com/

Oh yes ,I can clearly see the resemblance Maggi . (Or I am stil that hungry that I see food in anything.... )
You say "ancient" ,so I can't eat this pie anymore ? But any how ,it is an artful pie...

Interesting to know ,we stil learning every day on this forum.

[fermi de Sousa]

I was at Otto's place on Saturday and he showed me this patch of Cyclamen libanoticum


cheers
fermi

[Lesley Cox]

That is outstanding Fermi, what a wonderful patch. It will still be in flower for ME!

[Mark Griffiths]

Thanks for sharing the pic of the libanoticum in a garden.

a couple from me,

c.mirabile "Jan"
c. rohlfsianum grown from seed.

[Mark Griffiths]

btw, this is what i meant about C.intaminatum - this was orginally a panful of seedlings put out about 15 years ago..they are now seeding into the trough

[annew]

Wow, Mark, I've never seen such a display of intaminatum!
I do have a nice group of C. purpurascens'Limone Group' in the shade house, somewhat nibbled by slugs.

[Brian Ellis]

btw, this is what i meant about C.intaminatum

I look forward to my display in 2025 Mark

[Mark Griffiths]

Anne, lovely purpurascens, I've never got them to flower much. The best ones I had I had collected (back in the 70s) and grew largely in limestone grit on the bench in full sun in a small hot greenhouse.

Brian, you probably won't have to wait so long - I have been very mean to them over the years. 

[Maggi Young]

.......... you probably won't have to wait so long - I have been very mean to them over the years.  

 Unfeeling brute!  You should be ashamed of yourself..... on the other hand, they don't look too bothered!  

[Ragged Robin]

Lovely Cyclamen from everyone...

Mark your C.intaminatum in and trough look fantastic!

Anne your C purpurascens are gorgeous with ferns close by - great companions but do the slugs hide in the fronds?    I was thinking of trying a similar planting.

[Mark Griffiths]

Actually if you are really mean to intaminatum they can come up pink. 

[Gerdk]

It seems my dark form of Cyclamen hederifolium will not stop flowering
- the other Cyclamen is my first cyprium

Gerd