And in C. persicum sp. there are forms with leves that strikingly resemble hederifolium and graecum. > Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 17:25:41 +0100 > From: petersirises@gmail.com > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Subject: Re: [pbs] What's blooming now > > your climate seems very benign Ina, and your garden looks lovely and full of > flowers. are you sure the Cyclamen is hederafolium though? it looks very > like persicum to me, look at the nose of the flowers where the petals > seperate and compare with other pictures. > I think there was a very old mix up between the names which resulted in the > wrong plant being pictured on china , copied from wrongly labled botanical > drawings. > In a mild enough climate it may flower through out the year but C > hederafolium usually flowers now in the northern hemisphere. > Peter (UK) > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/