In the shadehouse, the ever-reliable C. purpurascens is still flowering (always something to see from December on) ; one C. cyprium; earlier an older crowded...
I understand US members will need a USDA small seed permit to place an order for the Seed Distribution 2008. The permit asks which port or ports the seeds will...
Dear Steve, I had to get a permit a couple years ago because I also belong to the Scottish Rock Garden Club. It's easy to apply using their website, and my...
Robin Hansen
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Jul 4, 2008 3:58 pm
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Part of my message was lost somehow... SRGC requests a list when you order of your choices, then edits it and encloses it with the seed. The two ports of...
Robin Hansen
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Jul 4, 2008 4:04 pm
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Does anyone know the port of entry for seed from Europe when having them shipped to Raleigh, North Carolina? Is it the Raleigh Durham International Airport or...
Willie, Try this website: www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/plantproducts/nursery.html and click on Small Lots of Seed Program. The person who signed my permit, obtained...
Robin Hansen
Robin@...
Jul 9, 2008 2:23 am
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Does anyone know of any good woodland sites for C. repandum in Italy? On our last trip to Tuscany and Umbria we searched fruitlessly for traces, and I wondered...
All, I applied for my USA Small Seed permit and received it a few weeks after applying. I had previously asked the forum which entry ports should be written on...
I have been cyclamen hunting in Italy on three occasions in the spring when one could hope to find c.repandum. I didn't see it at all in the Euganean Hills...
I am wanting to "know" when to find pollen on hederifolium and coum. What time during flower bloom is the pollen "ripest"? Anyone have some experience or...
Hello All, This is very "iffy". I don't know of any "time/date" problem with cyclamen pollination, but some individual plants do seem to be infertile in a...
Hi Russ, Don, et al, I have a large area of naturalised C. hederifolium at home, and have fooled around with them for easily the last dozen years, trying to...
Jeff Wright
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Sep 15, 2008 9:17 pm
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Thank you Don and Jeff! I went out late this evening, not dark quite. I found more pollen than any other time this year!!! It was a hot day today and I went ...
Although the Society collects plants on the field trips, most of them are rarely seen by the general membership. Sometimes a few plants will make an appearance...
Thanks Tim; excellent idea. Is there any chance that this valuable resource can be integrated on the CS website too? Ashley Allshire Cork, Ireland From:...
Photos of the plants collected on the '03 field trip have now been uploaded. Included is a photo of C. mirabile forma Niveum CSE03051. This plant was found by...
Hi, My mother has recently given me some Cyclamen seeds that my Dad harvested 23.12.1966.from his plants in South Australia. The envelopes are labelled: 1.?...
henry+joan
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Oct 4, 2008 12:27 am
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Question 1. Will they germinate after such a long time ? - Have not been moved from envelopes and stored in dry dark place. Joan, I'd hazard the answer would...
Hello All! Tim: I would love to view your photies but the link does not respond. Perhaps it's because I have a dial-up connection. I did manage to get on...
The link was okay for me for both lots of pictures. The problem is only part of the link is live in the email,it is necessary to copy the whole of it into...
... necessary to copy the whole of it into Internet Explorer or whatever you are using to browse and then it should be okay. ... As for Ashley, the URL doesn't...
I tried the link (with Firefox) after putting the two bits together. No luck and no luck by searching. Then I noticed that there were a lot of spaces in the...
For what it might be worth to anyone.. Based on the last couple of weeks I am concluding that pollen flow is MUCH better in the afternoon. Attempts at...
Thanks for the positive comments regarding the photos and apologies for the difficulties that some of you have experienced with viewing them. Absolutely no...
... Tim, Been meaning to write and congratulate you on the photos. There's certainly some stunners in there!! What beauties!! Cheers. Paul T. Canberra,...
Hello Arnold, What delectable coloring. Could you tell us more about this lovely cyclamen coum? I am wondering if you traveled over there and what the trip...
Marcia: I didn't go myself but a colleague in Germany went and passed along some seeds. It took about three years to flower. As a side note it was grown...
Very nice coloring. I do not have any blooms in the cold greenhouse but have seedlings from NARGS blooming under lights now. One little coum blooming outside...