Cyclamen 2013

[Gerry Webster]

Here are the  three forms:

[Hans A.]

Great flowering plants Kris, Roma and Gerry!

In this article on C. graecum, Sandy Leven calls his plant  C. graecum album  : http://www.srgc.org.uk/monthfeature/nov2004/content.html   but I think it is more correctly C. graecum  forma album

The Cyclamen Society has it so : http://www.cyclamen.org/graecum_set.html 
as does the PBS :
http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/CyclamenSpeciesTwo

Thanks Maggi - I wondered about the name because as I know white Cyclamen graecum are very rare in nature and do not know if there exist population of white flowering plants while those in culture seem to belong all to a true breeding white strain.


Here a few flowering seedlingpots - C.rohlfsianum, C. hederifolium and C. graecum album. I remembered especially C. rohlfsianum as slow growing species so I was suprised to see flowers in this seedling pot, sown in november 2010.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Thanks Maggi - I wondered about the name because as I know white Cyclamen graecum are very rare in nature and do not know if there exist population of white flowering plants while those in culture seem to belong all to a true breeding white strain.

We never find white graecums in the wild Hans (in something like twelve visits )

Here a few flowering seedlingpots - C.rohlfsianum, I remembered especially C. rohlfsianum as slow growing species so I was suprised to see flowers in this seedling pot, sown in november 2010.

That's surprise me too Hans . Never heard of flowering three year old rohlfsianum ! Nice surprise anyway . Maybe it is in the gen of this plant ?

[Mark Griffiths]

My experience is that cyclamen seedlings vary hugely in vigour and speed to flowering. I think I had a C.colchicum flower in 18 months and it was supposedly the slowest to flower from seed.

C.rolhfsianum I find I have a lot of slow growing seedlings and a couple of really fast growing ones.

[SJW]

Many thanks Steve. As I noted I have 3 plants obtained as subsp. anatolicum ( 2 from Peter Moore & 1 from Pat Nichols) all supposedly from the same population in  Rhodes.  They are similar in leaf pattern - though not in colour - but differ markedly in flower shape. Hence my sceptical view of the supposed subspecies. How are they to be distinguished?

Gerry - I had a quick look at the Peter Moore/Melvyn Jope Cyclamen of Greece book for clarification and, to save time writing it out, I've posted a couple of (poor) photos of the relevant pages. Of course, Melvyn is a fellow forumist so I hope he doesn't mind . Any help with ID?

[Luc Gilgemyn]

The newly emerging leaf of Cyclamen rohlfsianum attracts my attention every year !!!








The first flowers are'nt bad either !

[Gerry Webster]

Gerry - I had a quick look at the Peter Moore/Melvyn Jope Cyclamen of Greece book for clarification and, to save time writing it out, I've posted a couple of (poor) photos of the relevant pages. Of course, Melvyn is a fellow forumist so I hope he doesn't mind . Any help with ID?

Thanks for this Steve. I presume, though I am by no means  certain, that my plants came from the Cyclamen Soc. seed collection on Monte Smith. I hope Melvyn turns up to clarify matters.

[Maggi Young]

The SRGC is pleased to have very happy relations with the Cyclamen Society -we are delighted that so many of its luminaries are members here 

Peter Moore/Melvyn Jope    Cyclamen of Greece , Publ. Cyclamen Society 2011
you can  buy it for only £4.00 : http://www.cyclamen.org/publications.htm

[krisderaeymaeker]

The SRGC is pleased to have very happy relations with the Cyclamen Society -we are delighted that so many of its luminaries are members here 
Peter Moore/Melvyn Jope    Cyclamen of Greece , Publ. Cyclamen Society 2011
you can  buy it for only £4.00 : http://www.cyclamen.org/publications.htm
(Attachment Link)

Good to mention it here Maggi. As a member of the CS I bought it immediately and I have no regrets .It's worth to have it ! Melvyn and Peter have done a good job on the research of our dear Cyclamen . 

[krisderaeymaeker]

This Cyclamen hederifolium is almost at his best outside in the garden .
Inside some C. mirabile are doing wel

[krisderaeymaeker]

Cyclamen graecum is on his way . Here the season is later as previous year ......

[Otto Fauser]

  Luc , superb photos of your C rohlfsianum
    a photo of my most floriferous tuber of C. rhodium ssp. peleponnesiacum in flower at the moment in my garden . It self sows abundently  as does C. libanoticum  and repandum  etc.

[Maggi Young]

 
 ....   a photo of my most floriferous tuber of C. rhodium ssp. peleponnesiacum in flower at the moment in my garden . It self sows abundantly  as does C. libanoticum  and repandum  etc.

I am trying hard  not to be jealous......

[Luc Gilgemyn]

I am trying hard  not to be jealous......

I don't even try, Maggi !
What a super clump Otto !! 

[Gerry Webster]

Cyclamen graecum

From seed collected in the Peloponnese & given to me by Ronald & Erna  Frank.