Cyclamen Hederifolium - very dark purple, red and orange flowing forms

[Graeme]

Does anyone have any spare seed from any very dark purple - red or orange flowering forms of Cyclamen Hederifolium?

Thanks in anticipation

[johnstephen29]

Hi Graeme I might have some purple ones I'll have a look and get back to you.

[Graeme]

thanks John

[Lesley Cox]

Orange?

[Lewis Potter]

Orange?

Some forms of Red C. hederifolium can have a slight orange tinge. I think. On the nursery at where I work there are some. But it would be nice if there was a proper Orange Cyclamen.

[Chris Johnson]

But it would be nice if there was a proper Orange Cyclamen.

Why?

[Graeme]

Orange?

Lesley - someone posted a picture of a really orange flower on here a while ago - if I can find the post I will lnk it - it was nice

[Chris Johnson]

I suppose striving to produce something different in colour and form is part of the challenge, hence my quizzical Why?

I just find red, in all is considerable range, so quintessentially associated with cyclamen.

[johnstephen29]

Hi Graeme sorry for taking so long to get back to you, I have checked my seeds and my plant did not set any this year.

[Graeme]

Hi Graeme sorry for taking so long to get back to you, I have checked my seeds and my plant did not set any this year.

Thanks John for looking - there is always next year

[Graeme]

I suppose striving to produce something different in colour and form is part of the challenge, hence my quizzical Why?

I just find red, in all is considerable range, so quintessentially associated with cyclamen.

Chris - the question is why do you grow plants - for me I know I am a collector - if I like a plant I end up collecting all of them if I can

I have accumulated large collections of plants and then sold them off or given them away - at the moment I am collecting Rhodohypoxis - cyclamen coum and hense the request hederifolium.  Its just the pure pleasure of growing a plant or growing one from seed.

I must admit that getting a large group of the same plants together and in flower so you can cross them is actually quite exciting - then its the wait to see the first leaf and flower

[Lesley Cox]

Lesley - someone posted a picture of a really orange flower on here a while ago - if I can find the post I will lnk it - it was nice

I'd like to see it though my cynical mind would probably say "photoshoped."

[cycnich]

If I was unlucky enough to raise an orange seedling rest assured it would find it's rightful place on the compost heap!.

[johnw]

While I am not terribly fond of orange I think an orange hederifolium would be well-suited to eastern North America.  Once the leaves start to turn their firey colours here pink hederifoliums look very odd, even disturbing, unless isolated from the leaf show.  Even the white Montauk daisy which flowers in October & November looks quite out of place against the autumn colour.  An orange cyclamen would not be so jarring but could easily be over-looked.

Orange persicums were quite commonplace in grocery stores here but haven't seen them in quite some time.

johnw

[fermi de Sousa]

.... I think an orange hederifolium would be well-suited to eastern North America.  Once the leaves start to turn their firey colours here pink hederifoliums look very odd, even disturbing, unless isolated from the leaf show.... An orange cyclamen would not be so jarring but could easily be over-looked.

Perhaps a yellow C.hederifolium would be better?
 
cheers
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