Cyclamen tubers

Hansen Nursery robin@hansennursery.com
Sun, 03 Mar 2019 11:57:25 PST
I think Mary Sue brings up a point about name changes that tends  to get ignored.  That keeping up is so utterly time-consuming. I admire anyone who is willing to try, but also admit to ignoring name changes at times.  That said, I do recognize the importance of proper naming.  But my usual response is that I'm a grower and nothing else; I do check the Wiki regularly for nomenclature and descriptions and am especially delighted to hear that Mary Sue is adding photos of Cyclamen tubers.

For instance, at first and even second glance, C. graecum and persicum can be taken for one another, until you compare tubers.  In fact I found a hybrid persicum blooming in what I thought was a flat of only graecum.  I was a bit shocked because I figured by now I could tell by obvious above-ground characteristics!  The joke is on me.  But there have been many times in consulting the Wiki that I've wished for photos of underground parts, so I hope folks will consider continuing what Mary Sue has started and not only send in flower and leaf photos but also photos of bulbs, tubers, etc. 

Robin
Hansen Nursery
In sunny but cold Southwestern Coastal Oregon
robin@hansennursery.com


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