Cyclamen 2013

[krisderaeymaeker]

Cyclamen graecum
The first one to flower here - bang on time.

Here they are far from flowering Gerry . With the constant heat of july and august they don'nt want to act yet .....

[krisderaeymaeker]

Cyclamen hederifolium 'Stargazer' , he is on time ......

[David Nicholson]

Here they are far from flowering Gerry . With the constant heat of july and august they don'nt want to act yet .....

Mine not showing yet.

[ian mcenery]

No graecum flowers here yet but this africanum second generation from an Archibald plant - the foliage is also very striking but not showing yet. Also  another colchicum raised from Cyclamen soc seed

[Mark Griffiths]

Nice plants Ian.

So far I have some hederifolium, intaminatum, africanum, africanum x hederifolium (?) purpurascens and colchicum in flower. The graecum, cyprium, mirabile and rohlfsianum and persicum are showing buds and leaves. Some C.coum have leaves. For some reason I don't have any C.cilicium in the greenhouse other than some seedlings.

[krisderaeymaeker]

No graecum flowers here yet but this africanum second generation from an Archibald plant - the foliage is also very striking but not showing yet. Also  another colchicum raised from Cyclamen soc seed

Good flowers Ian . Here C. hederifolium 'Stargazer ' keep going ..

[David Nicholson]

I'm a great lover of Cyclamen of all kinds but sorry Kris I can't form a lasting relationship with C. hederifolium 'Stargazer'

[krisderaeymaeker]

I'm a great lover of Cyclamen of all kinds but sorry Kris I can't form a lasting relationship with C. hederifolium 'Stargazer'

No worries David ! 
It's a remark I get used to ...    And I agree , it's rather unusual then beautiful .........You know the story about the beauty and the beast ? Sometimes I have sympathy for the beast ........
It is certain that it had no chance to survive in the wild ! The upright flowers have no chance .....Flowers of Cyclamen are not constructed to be upright .So it is an artificial kind of plant rather then a natural one...
The good news is that only hederifolium produces such kind of artificial thing .     

[fermi de Sousa]

Good flowers Ian . Here C. hederifolium 'Stargazer ' keep going ..

Kris, as an oddity "Stargazer" makes qute a statement.
Does it come true from seed?
cheers
fermi

[David Nicholson]

From the greenhouse today Cyclamen mirabile.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Kris, as an oddity "Stargazer" makes qute a statement.
Does it come true from seed?
cheers
fermi

Hi Fermi , it seems that only a smal amount (less then 10 % ?) is 'Stargazer' again ........That's what Peter Moore from Tilebarn nursery always told me . Did never try . If you like , I sent you some seeds next spring .     

[krisderaeymaeker]

From the greenhouse today Cyclamen mirabile.

Beautiful David . The pattern looks a bit like  'Tilebarn Nicholas ' ...but no red when the leaves emmerge ?

[Mark Griffiths]

very nice David.

I've still got a mirabile tuber I bought in the 80s from Woolworth's as a dried tuber (as hederifolium). Begining to lose vigour now but still hanging on!

[Roma]

I've still got a mirabile tuber I bought in the 80s from Woolworth's as a dried tuber (as hederifolium). Begining to lose vigour now but still hanging on!

I used to have three of those.  Two died a long time ago and the third had been failing for some time.  When I tipped it out a few days ago I found an empty shell I have three of its offspring but they are not as vigorous or attractive as more recent selections

[Mark Griffiths]

well to be accurate I bought 4 c.hederifolium tubers. 2 turned out to be C.cilicium and probably lasted 10 yrs and the other 2 were mirabile. One was actually a very nice compact form that used to flower really well. It's been going downhill for a while but maybe it will turn around.

I have a C.purpurascens collected over 30 yrs ago, it's been in pots, planted out, in pots again, moved several times and actually that one has started to come back although I think it ended up in several peices. It's a particularly thick leaved half silver form. The flowers are not that great but it smells wonderful of course.