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Hans J:
Hi all ,

here comes some Cyclamen pictures more :

The first is a Cyclamen purpurascens found in the  Alps of Savoyen ( France )
It was the only Cyclamen in this color that I ever have found on all of my visits for Cyc. purpurascens .
This flower reminds me on the plants they are descriptet as Cyc. purpurascens f. carmineolineatum - also found in Savoyen .

The second picture shows also a really rare plant :
Cyc. purpurascens f. album - this is a cultivar bougth from a nursery .
This picture was made in the first year after buying -so it has only few flowers.
In this year the same plant has more than 40 flowers !
I have also a second plant from the same source and I have well pollinatet both plant -now I hope !

With best wishes
Hans

Anthony Darby:
You seem to be able to find some very nice versions of well known cyclamen Hans. Good luck with your pollination.

Paul T:
Lovely!!  I do so like Cyc. purpurascens.  Lovely to see the infamous white form.

Paddy Tobin:
Hans,

As Cyclamen hederifolium is probably the most commonly grown cyclamen in our gardens here, it is not over presumptious of us to imagine we have seen certainly the major part of its colour range because of hybridisation in the garden. However, your C. h. 'Corfu Wine' is an astonishing colour indeed, a great strength and depth of red not normally encountered.

I am also struck by your first photograph. In the garden I find that C.h. quickly self-seed and give a very dense covering, especially where grown as a single specimen in a bed. However, in your photograph it gives just a sparse covering to the ground. Obviously, there are other species occupying the same patch and competition keeps the spread of cyclamen in check. From the photograph it seems like a species of arum might might be sharing the ground.

Looking forward to further photographs.

Paddy

Hans J:
Hi Paddy ,

It was for me too the first time that I have seen such a color – it was like a lightning .
I have really visit a lot of populations with Cyc. hederifolium ( Italy , Greece ,France ) but never such a color ,sometimes - but rare I have found  white flowering plants .

Here one word to hybrids :
I think we have not hybrids of Cyc. hederifolium in our gardens – thats all selections of the same species –hybrids are only known as X hildebrandtii ( africanum x hederifolium ) or X whitei ( graecum x hederifolium ).

In some areas on Corfu the ground was full with flowers of Cyclamen , but where I have made this picture was it more sunny and open ground and there grows a lot of other plants like :
Scilla autumnale , Urginea maritima , Arisarum vulgare ,Crocus boryi –so it was better for me to make pictures .
I hope this help you a little bit .

With best wishes
Hans

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