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Berthold
| | Posted on Sunday, November 12, 2006 - 01:50 pm EST : |   
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Hello, a problem
In the nice book "Cyclamen" from Ch. Grey-Wilson, edition 1997, I found the distribution of purpurascens in the Alpes and south down to the middle of Yugoslavia. But I collected seeds on the greek island Naxos in 1994 from a nearly retracted plant and some years ago it starts flowering and it was a purpurascens.
Naxos is far south of the described distribution area. What to do now, correct the book?
Berthold
Berthold
- NRW, Germany,
Zone "8a"
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Matthias
| | Posted on Sunday, November 12, 2006 - 02:09 pm EST : |
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... or send out an expedition of experts and verify its existence there ...
Matthias
- Southern Germany,
Zone "7"
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Tim
| | Posted on Sunday, November 12, 2006 - 02:16 pm EST : |
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Do you have any photos of the plant, Berthold? It seems very unlikely that C. purpurascens would be present on Naxos.
A stray seed from your own plants got into the pot of seeds that you sowed from the Naxos collection maybe?
It would be quite a find if this species was found to be growing there, but that whole area has been extensively botanised I think, and I'm sure it would have been found before now.
Do you have any photos you took during the 1994 trip, Berthold?
Tim
- Cambridgeshire,
Zone "7 "
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Tim
| | Posted on Sunday, November 12, 2006 - 02:20 pm EST : |
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It's unlikely, but perhaps someone is or was cultivating the species there and it has naturalised?
It's difficult to know what to say.
Tim
- Cambridgeshire,
Zone "7 "
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Berthold
| | Posted on Sunday, November 12, 2006 - 02:37 pm EST : |
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Tim, not from the trip but the plant comes tomorrow. At that time I didn't grow cyclamen by seeds so it's improbable to mix the seeds.
I have 4 or five plants left from that seeds but only one is correctly labeled in the garden still. The other plants are mixed up with purpurascens from different origins.
Berthold
Berthold
- NRW, Germany,
Zone "8a"
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Berthold
| | Posted on Monday, November 13, 2006 - 05:03 am EST : |
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Tim, thats the only plausible explanation for me. See the plant in all items typical for purpurascens:
Berthold
- NRW, Germany,
Zone "8a"
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Tim
| | Posted on Monday, November 13, 2006 - 02:11 pm EST : |
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Well, there is no doubt that we are looking at C. purpurascens, Berthold. Perhaps there is a cyclamen enthusiast living on Naxos...
Tim
- Cambridgeshire,
Zone "7 "
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