I bought a lovely deep pink indoor cyclamen but its gone all pale. What kind
of conditions should I try and provide for it?

Lorraine

'Lorraine',

I really like this site and I hope that it helps you to solve your
problem.

http://www.gardenseeker.com/cyclamen%20indoors.htm

Regards,
Emrys Davies.




"GoldDustRhiannon" wrote in message
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I bought a lovely deep pink indoor cyclamen but its gone all pale.
What kind
of conditions should I try and provide for it?

Lorraine

In article ,
GoldDustRhiannon writes
I bought a lovely deep pink indoor cyclamen but its gone all pale. What kind
of conditions should I try and provide for it?

More light? Pink flowering currant comes out white if you bring it
indoors in bud.

Cyclamen like it on the cool side, but I don't think this affects flower
colour.
--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm

GoldDustRhiannon wrote:

I bought a lovely deep pink indoor cyclamen but its gone all pale. What kind
of conditions should I try and provide for it?

Lorraine

Good light but not direct sunlight - East facing window sill is nice. Cool, don't
overwater. What you're seeing is exactly what I see with Cyclamen I take into the
'Big House' They are too far away from the windows and too hot. In our house they
last many times longer.

--
Rod
http://website.lineone.net/~rodcraddock/

Cyclamen like very cool, bright conditions. They don't like to be too wet,
and they must not be watered on the crown (where leaves and flowers spring
from). Water from below if poss., or wet the surrounding soil only.
It is also worth gently tipping the corm out of its pot and checking the
root area. Cyclamen are a favourite food of Vine Weevil.
Spider
GoldDustRhiannon wrote in message
...
I bought a lovely deep pink indoor cyclamen but its gone all pale. What
kind
of conditions should I try and provide for it?

Lorraine

Thankyou for all the advice and the website recommendation. I can now see where
I'm going wrong - the poor thing was sat on the mantelpiece!

Lorraine

In message , Kay Easton
writes
In article ,
GoldDustRhiannon writes
I bought a lovely deep pink indoor cyclamen but its gone all pale. What kind
of conditions should I try and provide for it?

More light? Pink flowering currant comes out white if you bring it
indoors in bud.

Cyclamen like it on the cool side, but I don't think this affects flower
colour.

It might. If the plant is too warm some will switch off colour genes. I
have never seen it with cyclamen but my house isn't all that warm.

The opposite is true with Christmas cacti. Cultivars grown specially to
be snow white or yellow express the gene for being magenta if they get
too cold whilst in bud. Tricky since they are winter flowering. Mine
usually have a pinky part on their petals.

Regards,
--
Martin Brown