Mine are definitely not the hederifolium ones. No auricles. So Cyclamen Persicum it is. Thank you Peter. I tried a bigger Cyclamen at one stage, but had no luck with that one, so I stay with these. On 29/08/2011 8:49 a.m., Peter Taggart wrote: > The auricles on the flower of Cycleman hederifolium are diagnostic, > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…, > as is the coiling of the stem for the seed capsule. The drooping stem > is > diagnostic for Cycleman persicum, as is winter flowering, Hederifolium has > its main flowering BEFORE winter and will do so regardless of drought. Both > are marvelous plants. > Cyclamen intaminatum precedes C hederifolium, then C graecum, C cilicicum > follows it, along with C rolfsianum, then C persicum, then C coum, then > alpinum, then C repandum and its relatives, then C purpurescens in summer > apoligies for my misspelling earlier. > Peter (UK) > > On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 9:27 PM, Ina Crossley<klazina1@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Yes, there are usually a very few flowers on this Cyclamen throughout >> the year, but it gets too dry for them in summer, so the main flowering >> season is in winter. >> > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >
