Cyclamen 2008

[David Nicholson]

Thanks for that Sue, you put my mind at rest. As we say many times on the Forum we read the books but the plants don't!

Nice Cyclamen Hans.

[Hans J]

  ...and all correctly named 

[Gerdk]

Hans,
Nice C. graecum! They are so early - did you tell them something about the ' early bird '?

But, on a serious note: Did you wake them up with some additional watering ? 

Gerd

[David Nicholson]

...and all correctly named 

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!

[Hans J]

Gerd ,

here flowering a lot of Cyclamen : graecum ,hederifolium,mirabile,cilicicum - in my greenhouse
In my garden flowers : purpurascens,hederifolium,colchicum

No -I give my Cyclamen regulary all two weeks water ....thats all !

[ChrisB]

The C. graecum's that Tony G sent me have both been planted and have sprung into life straight away.  I'm thrilled!  Never grown that one before.

I replanted and started watering most of my cyclamen at the beginning of August when I was doing my bulbs, watering once, and some started showing flowers, others foliage in the last two or three weeks.  But my C. coum have also started showing foliage too, is it too early for them or do they do this then flower early spring sometimes?  I took Maggi's advice and dug out some pine needle soil for my C. mirabile, and some are responding with a bit of growth, others still sitting tight, and all from the same batch of seedlings too.  Funny things these cyclamen, very difficult to understand what they like and don't like...

[Diane Clement]

But my C. coum have also started showing foliage too, is it too early for them or do they do this then flower early spring sometimes?

C coum often start with foliage this time of year, and the buds will also form early and just sit - sometimes as much as 6 months in bud before opening.  That's just what they do, it's normal

[Oron Peri]

Hi Hans,

I tend to think your graecum anatolicum is graecum graecum.
Subsp. anatolicum usually have a short stalk, only a few cm, with a typical puffy flower.
some of the forms i grow have 2-3 cm flower stalk .

I still look for a photo of one of mines, if not I will send some in a few weeks time when mines are in flower.

[Hans J]

Hi Oron ,

I know from where the seeds of my plant came : Turkey 

[Oron Peri]

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[ChrisB]

Thanks Diane.  I was quite puzzled when they all started popping up.  I'll put them all outside and leave them til spring then.  Wish the ones that are supposed to leaf out in autumn would get on with it though lol.  Suppose its been lack of dry sunny weather.  We have had little sunshine lately....

[Tony Willis]

Chris

mine of several species, hederifolium graecum coum etc have all been treated the same and are all at different stages . Some have leaves  and others show no signs of growth,nothing to worry about. As Diane says coum just sits with its flowers formed until spring as does alpinum.They colour up and you think they will pop up and flower but they only do it at the correct time.

I have hederifolium,rholfsianum(nearly finished) purpurascens,colchicum, cilicicum and the first mirable in flower

This graecum from the Rhodope Peninsular in Crete is always the first to flower

[ChrisB]

This is good to know Tony.  I'll stop worrying now, just enjoy them as they pop up.  One of my C. mirabile has a decidely green tinge to the corm, the others are more of an amber shade.  Reminds me of green potatoes in a way, wondered whether its a good or bad sign.  Any ideas anyone?

[Tony Willis]

Chris

I think my reply on tuber colour is lost but some of mine are greenish at times. No idea why but can only think it is when they have been exposed to light. They still grow okay.

here is a graecum I have grown from seed collected in 1998 at Monevassia in the Pelopennese. Small plant but lovely flowers

[David Nicholson]

Do they have a scent Tony? Lovely little things.