Wild C. hederifolium part 2

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Author Message   Matthias  Posted on Thursday, October 06, 2005 - 05:24 am EST :    Here are a few more photos of small seedling leaves of wild Cyclamen hederifolium. They are mostly two to three leaves plants. The last photo is a large leaf with a damage on one side. Matthias - Southern Germany, Zone "7"   Matthias  Posted on Thursday, October 06, 2005 - 06:03 am EST :    Some more ... Matthias - Southern Germany, Zone "7"   Matthias  Posted on Thursday, October 06, 2005 - 06:07 am EST :    And the last one: The leaf is still unfolding. Matthias - Southern Germany, Zone "7"   Galanthophile  My Favorite Photo My Garden Posted on Thursday, October 06, 2005 - 09:07 am EST :    Wonderful - all of them. Who needs flowers! Galanthophile - Ann (Northern England), Zone "8"   Carol23  Posted on Thursday, October 06, 2005 - 09:43 am EST :    They are beautiful. I never tire of looking at the leaf patterns! Thank you for posting these. Carol23 - Southeastern PA, Zone "6B"   Terryk  My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Thursday, October 06, 2005 - 07:13 pm EST :    Those are just fantastic. Not only are the leaf marking great, but the variety of shape is wonderful too. Thanks so much for sharing these with us Matthias. I think this is what makes cyclamen so fascinating, so much variety. Terryk - NY, Zone "6"   Matthias  Posted on Friday, October 07, 2005 - 05:56 am EST :    Flowers, Ann, are a very welcome bonus in addition to these leaves. Niklas, my 15 year old son who was with me for the first time on a botany trip, was dreaming of a plant with white flowers and nicely patterned silver leaves... And he was the one who discovered all 6 white flowering cyclamen. Yes, Carol, I also never tire of looking at all these different leaf patterns and leaf shapes. The variation in patterns and shapes is unbelievable Terry, but remember, these photos only represent the better part of 5% off all plants of these colonies. Can you imagine what the remaining 95% may offer? Matthias - Southern Germany, Zone "7"   Terryk  My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Friday, October 07, 2005 - 10:33 am EST :    Matthias, who do you know in Italy who could go take pictures of the other 95% and then send them onto you for posting? It's a shame that they are not closer for you to visit more often but how wonderful that you did at least get to see and photograph some of them. Terryk - NY, Zone "6"   Matthias  Posted on Friday, October 07, 2005 - 02:32 pm EST :    Terry, I will go again sometime late November or early to mid December this year and, weather permitting, will take lots of photos for all of us. Matthias - Southern Germany, Zone "7"   Terryk  My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Friday, October 07, 2005 - 06:45 pm EST :    What a fantastic Gardenbuddy you are Matthias! It will be like an early Christmas present, and something to look forward to as we all head into winter. It will also be nice to see them in the wild and how they look after some colder weather. How cold does it get in the area that they are growing? Terryk - NY, Zone "6"   Kaguyahime  My Favorite Photo My Garden Journal Posted on Saturday, October 08, 2005 - 02:04 pm EST :    The first number 4 and the last are my favourite you did some splendid seed collecting! Kaguyahime - oost-Vlaanderen, Zone "8"   Matthias  Posted on Sunday, October 09, 2005 - 04:33 am EST :    Terry, the winters there are mild, with temperatures not dropping below minus 4 or 5 degrees Celsius: It is olive and palm tree climate. Yet, the cyclamen here are very frost hardy. A few years ago in late May I found one large rootless, seemingly dead tuber by the roadside that had been "dug" up by boars. I took it home and planted it in the coldest spot in my garden with the top of the tuber exposed. In September I had about 50 flowers and later plenty of leaves. It has survived very low temperatures since. Jonathan, these photos were taken in the wild. The small seedlings were growing along the roadsides and I just added or heaped up a few handfulls of compost from adjacent woodland to cover up the short grasses and other roadside plants for better contrast. Matthias - Southern Germany, Zone "7"   Terryk  My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Sunday, October 09, 2005 - 07:49 am EST :    Thanks Matthias for the information. Did the tuber you brought home exhibit leaves like these? If so, you are one lucky man. Terryk - NY, Zone "6"   Matthias  Posted on Sunday, October 09, 2005 - 08:10 am EST :    No Terry, the leaves of that particular plant are "ordinary", but I have around 200 seedlings from self pollinations of this plant in my garden and some of the small seedling leaves exhibit very strong silver patterns, as to be expected. The following picture is an example of what I would call "ordinary" for these colonies. Matthias - Southern Germany, Zone "7"

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