Cyclamen 2012

[Hans A.]

Mark, I also would prefer C. persicum var. autumnale flowers without leaves, but I think it reacts like most autumnflowering Cyclamen, after some rain they start to produce leaves quickly, and we had a lot of rain here. I noticed spring flowering C. persicum hardly have any leaves actually.
Here it is the last autumnflowering species, maybe in the north it has a similar behaviour as some Crocus which flower in nature in autumn, but in cultivation in the north with less light (and lower temperatures?) in spring?

[Roma]

Some Cyclamen flowering now
Cyclamen colchicum
Cyclamen graecum
Cyclamen purpurascens
Cyclamen mirabile

[Roma]

Still plenty of flowers on Cyclamen hederifolium
The first two pics in gravel under the sitting room window
The rest in pots
The last picture is first flowering of Cyclamen hederifolium confusum ex Zakynthos on the left and C. hederifolium ex Rhoda, Corfu on the right, both grown from Cyclamen Soc. seed sown in January 2007

[krisderaeymaeker]

Beautiful leaves, Kris.

Thanks Roma !

[krisderaeymaeker]

Impressive Roma ! They al look great but  Cyclamen colchicum is especialy nice .This species struggle sometimes in our climate .

[Gerdk]

Unexpected the first flowers of the Cyprus form (subspecies?) of Cyclamen graecum

Although my label indicated only 1 tuber there are two different shapes of the flowers -
one with and another without 'ears'

Gerd

[johnw]

An old C. rohlfsianum grown CS seed back in the 80'd.  Flowers seem tubbier than its siblings but the pink is much lighter.

johnw

[Paul T]

John,

That is very different.  All the rohlfsianum I've seen in person look much more elegant in flower than that, with very twisted petals.  I rather like yours as it is so substantial.  If you hadn't told us it was rohlfsianum I never would have guessed it.  Fascinating!!

[johnw]

That's what I thought Paul.  Here's a sibling of the tubby one.

johnw - +6c & sunny

[Roma]

Impressive Roma ! They al look great but  Cyclamen colchicum is especialy nice .This species struggle sometimes in our climate .

Too early to say if it likes growing with me.  Two flowers and one leaf on a plant sown in 2009.  I have another pot with three tubers in it, sown 2007 - leaves but no flowers yet.  It gets wildly fluctuating temperatures in my greenhouse and not a lot of attention apart from water when in growth.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Too early to say if it likes growing with me.  Two flowers and one leaf on a plant sown in 2009.  I have another pot with three tubers in it, sown 2007 - leaves but no flowers yet.  It gets wildly fluctuating temperatures in my greenhouse and not a lot of attention apart from water when in growth.

I think it is one of the more demanding species anyway Roma .But three years to reach flowering stage is not that bad . Wish you good luck with it .

[krisderaeymaeker]

Here stil many flowers on the different graecum-forms ...

[Roma]

This is the biggest Cyclamen hederifolium I know.  I planted it in the Cruickshank Garden at the base of an Aesculus (I think glabra) about 30 years ago.
It must be at least a foot across.  I have slides or prints of it fro a few years ago but this is the best I have seen it flowering since I have had a digital camera.

[Maggi Young]

Indeed a venerable and very attractive plant,  Roma.

[krisderaeymaeker]

This is the biggest Cyclamen hederifolium I know.  I planted it in the Cruickshank Garden at the base of an Aesculus (I think glabra) about 30 years ago.
It must be at least a foot across.  I have slides or prints of it fro a few years ago but this is the best I have seen it flowering since I have had a digital camera.

Congratulations Roma . Could name it hederifolium "big foot" ....Just another evidence that Cyclamen are like the best wines and getting better each year . But it depends on the winemaker or the gardener in this case.
Also another evidence that we have to plant Cyclamen hederifolium because his longlivety ....