Cyclamen 2013

[David Nicholson]

Kit Grey-Wilson describes 'Macka' as follows:-

"........ characterised by rounded, silver washed leaves with a small central deep green area. The flowers are deep rose-magenta......" he goes on to say "'Macka' does not appear to be available today although plants originating from this source are undoubtedly still grown..........."

[Mark Griffiths]

thanks. Might be I guess. I won't be donating any seeds as "Macka" - it may have come from diluted stock.

[Gerhard Raschun]

the first plants of Cyclamen are in flower here too 

Cyclamen creticum  rose

Cyclamen creticum  white

[Mark Griffiths]

very nice. I bet they smell great

[bulborum]

Wow

Never seen the white form Gerhard
maybe one day we can swap some seeds

Roland

[Tony Willis]

two forms of Cyclamen parviflorum

[goofy]

hello friends,
first Cyclamen are now flowering for me.

Cyclamen coum 'George Bisson'


Cyclamen persicum 'Ugarit'


I found this dark color clone
when I visited the ancient site of Ugarit / Syria about 25 years ago.

enjoy

[Mark Griffiths]

Nice Parviflorum Tony. Mind don't seem to be flowering this year. I have one pink one and one white one with a bluish basal blotch.

Goofy, I have or had a similar dark form of punicium the same dusky pink and similar leaves. It also came from Syria I think, collected originally by Basil (?) Blount - it was offered by Jim Archibald. Lovely thing. The leaves look similar too.

 

[Gerhard Raschun]

Wow

Never seen the white form Gerhard
maybe one day we can swap some seeds

Roland

Feel free to contact me a pm for seeds or plants.
I thought the white flowers are usual and the rose are the rarest form 

@ Tony; Cycl. parviflorum   

A plant, which I have got from Czech. Rep. is in flower too, but I expect it is wrong labeled, and rather a Cycl. coum ?!

[Tony Willis]

Gerhard

the second picture is of one I raised from seed I collected on the Zigana Pass in 1993,it is now 20 years old.

It has a good number of offspring which I have distributed over the years.

[Gerdk]

Cyclamen persicum 'Ugarit'
I found this dark color clone
when I visited the ancient site of Ugarit / Syria about 25 years ago.
enjoy

Hi Goofy,
Here flowered some descendants from your 'Ugarit' type - a dark one in autumn, another dark in
winter and spring and a totally white just now. I enjoy them a lot.
Are the 'white genes' from the origninal site?


Gerd

[fermi de Sousa]

Here in the Southern Hemisphere Cyc. hederifolium are starting to flower, but what was this I spied inthe rock garden half-hidden by dying dianthus foliage?


A little judicious clearing revealed - the first Cyclamen graecum for the season!


One of the seedlings raised from NARGS Seedex - donated by Ellen Hornig, NY.
cheers
fermi

[goofy]

Hi Goofy,
Here flowered some descendants from your 'Ugarit' type - a dark one in autumn, another dark in
winter and spring and a totally white just now. I enjoy them a lot.
Are the 'white genes' from the origninal site?


Gerd

Gerd, congrats. up to now I have no progeny flowering ............

the seeds were "hand self pollinated",
so it must be some "white gene", which I think is the "standard" color
I remember there were "masses" of the whites



cheers

[Gerdk]

Hi Goofy,
Thanks for replying and congratulations!
The resulting white specimen has flowers of a pure white (forma albidum?) and doesn`t look
like the more common white ones with a deep pink or crimson-magenta zone at the base of each petal.
Definitely all colour variants and especially the autumn flowering plant are choice jewels.
What a pity that the place Ugarit and Syria nowadays is more known for bad news.

Gerd

[goofy]

hello Gerd,
thats interesting with the "pure white flower".
there were hundreds of thousands,
but I dont remember that there was a pure white.

I am sure I "would have it now"

cheers