Cyclamen 2010

[Hans A.]

The african Cyclamen C. africanum and C. rohlfsianum have started to flower.

[Roma]

I've not been able to go upstairs since my accident so could not see my Cyclamen rohlfsianum in flower but my daughter who is watering the plants brought one down on Wednesday.  I grow them as house plants.
 Yesterday I managed to take a few pics in the greenhouse.
Cyclamen graecum from Cyclamen Society seed from plants collected on CS Expeditions 2003 & 2004.  Pity the best flowering one does not have very exciting leaves.
Cyclamen mirabile from SRGC seed.  Both were from the same packet labelled 'Tilebarn Nicholas'.
A deep pink form of Cyclamen hederifolium
Cyclamen africanum which I had to repot after it 'escaped'

[Mark Griffiths]

The rohlfsianum is very impressive. How long have you had it? Hope you get better soon

[angie]

Lovely Roma, love the Cyclamen mirabile

Angie

[Roma]

Mark, I grew the Cyclamen rohlfsianum from seed in 1982 or 83.  I have three plants. A fourth got eaten by vine weevils many years ago when I had it in the greenhouse for a few weeks.  They do well on a south facing windowsill but would make better show plants if they spent some time in the greenhouse when coming into flower.  The parent plants are still alive and well I hope at the Cruickshank Botanic Garden where they have been since they were collected in Libya in 1952.

[krisderaeymaeker]

One of my biggest Cyclamenflowers in my hederifolium-collection.

[Hans A.]

Fantastic Cyclamen Roma, your C. rohlfsianum is fabolous!

Beautyful Cyclamen Kris, looks something similar C. africanum (form and shape of the flower, long stalks, flowers come all from the center of the corm...)

[krisderaeymaeker]

Beautyful Cyclamen Kris, looks something similar C. africanum (form and shape of the flower, long stalks, flowers come all from the center of the corm...)

Hello Hans , this one is raised from seed .The seeds I collected on one of the Greek Islands.Must check the label but maybe it was Corfu.

[Hans A.]

Great result Kris! Another spectacular C.hederifolium shown in this forum - this species really surprises me with its variability!

[Rodger Whitlock]

Within a year or two of moving into my present house in 1988, I planted out a few seedlings of Cyclamen cyprium, choosing by chance a site that is well protected from cold winds; Cytisus battandieri and Clematis cirrhosa balearica have grown satisfactorily in the same site since about the same time, and for many years I had a flourishing specimen of Teucrium fruticans as well, but a serious cold snap some years ago put paid to that. On the other side of the entrance to the basement is a large specimen of Punica granatum 'Flore-pleno' which bears its glowing orange-vermilion flowers all summer long.

Unfortunately, the Cyclamen cyprium succumbed to another bad cold spell about ten years after I'd planted them.

Recently I've been hacking back the clematis: it is a thug and had formed a thick wig, in amongst the cytisus branches, which overhung other things and was shading them out. Today, ambling by after a session of pulling up scotch thistles and creeping buttercups, what to my wondering eyes should appear but a flower of Cyclamen cyprium! The original planting must have shed a few seeds and one seedling managed to survive all those years unnoticed.

The site is somewhat protected from rain by the wide eaves overhead, and tends to dryness thanks to perimeter drains around the foundation of the house; both of these are almost certainly factors in helping slightly tender plants survive in the chosen site.

Moral: those of you uncertain about the hardiness of Cyclamen cyprium in your garden, go ahead, and plant it out. You may be in for a pleasant surprise.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Very interesting Rodger ! Must try it once ...
Here some of my leafforms in the hederifolium-section.

[fermi de Sousa]

Wow!
Some great forms there, Kris!
Nice to see.
cheers
fermi

[Thomas Huber]

Moral: those of you uncertain about the hardiness of Cyclamen cyprium in your garden, go ahead, and plant it out. You may be in for a pleasant surprise.

A right word, Roger - and I guess this is the case for nearly all bulbous plants.
If you plant 100 corms of whatever outside and only one survives, this one will be the start for a
new hardy stock - you just have to be brave enough to try it.


Kris a wonderful collection of hederifoliums you have 

[krisderaeymaeker]

Thank you Thomas and Fermi .
Another unusual thing : a variegated Cyclamen coum...

[Melvyn Jope]

There seem to be quite a few dark forms of Cyclamen hederifolium becoming available now. I bought this plant at the discussion weekend, the flowers are a bit tatty after travelling a few hundred miles but I think it still has the potential to be a good plant in the future.