{"id":13804,"date":"2013-11-18T00:03:19","date_gmt":"2013-11-17T22:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/?p=13804"},"modified":"2015-01-04T12:13:08","modified_gmt":"2015-01-04T10:13:08","slug":"baby-cyclamens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/baby-cyclamens\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby cyclamens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"eventDate\">October 2012 &#8211; \u00a02013<\/div>\n<p>My friends know I&#8217;m a crazy old cat lady in the making but I&#8217;m also one of those people who fret over who&#8217;ll water their plants when they&#8217;re away from home for extended periods&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Cyclamens are one of my favourite flowers, I fell in love with them at first sight in 2005 and have had several of the beautiful pot plants since then. Currently I have 3 adult plants and, for the first time ever, my plants bore seeds at the end of 2012. With the help of the internet I managed to grow them into baby cyclamens.<\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/table_LMcC_6682.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\" data-rl_title=\"Cyclamens on homebuilt table - 26 May 2013\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"Cyclamens on homebuilt table - 26 May 2013\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13813\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/table_LMcC_6682-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Cyclamens on homebuilt table - 26 May 2013\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/table_LMcC_6682-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/table_LMcC_6682-575x383.jpg 575w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/table_LMcC_6682.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a  href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/baby-cyclamen-bloom_LMcC_5054.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\" data-rl_title=\"baby cyclamen bloom - 3 November 2013\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"baby cyclamen bloom - 3 November 2013\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13816\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/baby-cyclamen-bloom_LMcC_5054-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"baby cyclamen bloom - 3 November 2013\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/baby-cyclamen-bloom_LMcC_5054-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/baby-cyclamen-bloom_LMcC_5054-575x431.jpg 575w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/baby-cyclamen-bloom_LMcC_5054.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I love plants, and if I didn&#8217;t have such black thumbs and was more scientifically inclined I like to think I may have become a botanist in another life. But alas, more often than not the most I can do is just admire them&#8230;so I was feeling pretty nervous about trying to grow the precious seeds of my beautiful plants. Luckily for me, the internet\u00a0is full of great resources, including these:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 16px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gardenersworld.com\/how-to\/projects\/seeds-and-bulbs\/how-to-sow-cyclamen-seeds\/97.html\">http:\/\/www.gardenersworld.com\/how-to\/projects\/seeds-and-bulbs\/how-to-sow-cyclamen-seeds\/97.html<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ext.nodak.edu\/extnews\/hortiscope\/flowers\/cyclamen.htm\">http:\/\/www.ext.nodak.edu\/extnews\/hortiscope\/flowers\/cyclamen.htm<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hortmag.com\/archive\/growing_hardy_cyclamen_from_seed\">http:\/\/www.hortmag.com\/archive\/growing_hardy_cyclamen_from_seed<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I mostly followed the instructions of that first link &#8211; I took all the seeds out of their cases, and soaked them in water overnight. Then planted them shallowly in a pot, wet the soil and kept it in a dark shady place.<\/p>\n<p>I checked on it occasionally and watered it occasionally and just as I started forgetting about it I noticed tiny little seedlings popping out of the soil. I took the pot out to get some light, kept the plants watered and slowly but surely they started to grow.<\/p>\n<p>First they each put up a single green leaf, then came smaller versions of the variegated leaves of the adult plants. Now, just over a year from when they were planted, one of the baby plants has now bloomed, and\u00a0I feel like a proud parent :)<\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/cyclamen-seed-case_LMcC_1127.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\" data-rl_title=\"cyclamen seed case - 29 October 2013\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"cyclamen seed case - 29 October 2013\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13822\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/cyclamen-seed-case_LMcC_1127-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"cyclamen seed case - 29 October 2013\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/cyclamen-seed-case_LMcC_1127-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/cyclamen-seed-case_LMcC_1127-575x430.jpg 575w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/cyclamen-seed-case_LMcC_1127.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<a  href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/cyclamen-seeds_LMcC_1122.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\" data-rl_title=\"Cyclamen seeds - 29 October 2012\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"Cyclamen seeds - 29 October 2012\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13821\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/cyclamen-seeds_LMcC_1122-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Cyclamen seeds - 29 October 2012\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/cyclamen-seeds_LMcC_1122-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/cyclamen-seeds_LMcC_1122-575x431.jpg 575w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/cyclamen-seeds_LMcC_1122.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-13804 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/cyclamen-seeds_LMcC_1131.jpg' title=\"Cyclamen seeds - 29 October 2012\" data-rl_title=\"Cyclamen seeds - 29 October 2012\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/cyclamen-seeds_LMcC_1131-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Cyclamen seeds - 29 October 2012\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/cyclamen-seedlings_LMcC_6672.jpg' title=\"seedlings - 16 Jan 2013\" data-rl_title=\"seedlings - 16 Jan 2013\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/cyclamen-seedlings_LMcC_6672-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"seedlings - 16 Jan 2013\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/baby-cyclamens_LMcC_7338.jpg' title=\"baby cyclamens - 27 Jan 2013\" data-rl_title=\"baby cyclamens - 27 Jan 2013\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/baby-cyclamens_LMcC_7338-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"baby cyclamens - 27 Jan 2013\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/baby-cyclamens_LMcC_7335.jpg' title=\"baby cyclamens - 27 Jan 2013\" data-rl_title=\"baby cyclamens - 27 Jan 2013\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/baby-cyclamens_LMcC_7335-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"baby cyclamens - 27 Jan 2013\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/cyclamen_LMcC_5617.jpg' title=\"baby cyclamen - 10 May 2013\" data-rl_title=\"baby cyclamen - 10 May 2013\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/cyclamen_LMcC_5617-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"baby cyclamen - 10 May 2013\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/baby-cyclamens_LMcC_9832.jpg' title=\"baby cyclamens - July 2013\" data-rl_title=\"baby cyclamens - July 2013\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/baby-cyclamens_LMcC_9832-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"baby cyclamens - July 2013\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/cyclamens_LMcC_4783.jpg' title=\"cyclamen family - 26 October 2013\" data-rl_title=\"cyclamen family - 26 October 2013\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/cyclamens_LMcC_4783-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"cyclamen family - 26 October 2013\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/baby-cyclamen_LMcC_4793.jpg' title=\"Cyclamen buds - 26 October 2013\" data-rl_title=\"Cyclamen buds - 26 October 2013\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/baby-cyclamen_LMcC_4793-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Cyclamen buds - 26 October 2013\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/pink-cyclamen_LMcC_1717.jpg' title=\"Cyclamen - 15 July 2012\" data-rl_title=\"Cyclamen - 15 July 2012\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/pink-cyclamen_LMcC_1717-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Cyclamen - 15 July 2012\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/cyclamen_LMcC_1718.jpg' title=\"Cyclamen - 15 July 2012\" data-rl_title=\"Cyclamen - 15 July 2012\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/cyclamen_LMcC_1718-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Cyclamen - 15 July 2012\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/cyclamens_LMcC_2523.jpg' title=\"Cyclamens - April 2012\" data-rl_title=\"Cyclamens - April 2012\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/cyclamens_LMcC_2523-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Cyclamens - April 2012\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/me+cyclamen_08May2005_LMcC_5932.jpg' title=\"self portrait with my first cyclamen - 08 May 2005\" data-rl_title=\"self portrait with my first cyclamen - 08 May 2005\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/me+cyclamen_08May2005_LMcC_5932-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"self portrait with my first cyclamen - 08 May 2005\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Cyclamens are awesome, everyone should have one\u00a0\u2764<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 2012 &#8211; \u00a02013 My friends know I&#8217;m a crazy old cat lady in the making but I&#8217;m also one of those people who fret over who&#8217;ll water their plants when they&#8217;re away from home for extended periods&#8230; Cyclamens are &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/baby-cyclamens\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1180,3,1239,837],"tags":[263,262,204,1046,167,1043,1042,1047,1048,1045,12,1040,22,1044,1041],"class_list":["post-13804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gardening-2","category-photography","category-plants-2","category-pretty-things","tag-beautiful","tag-cyclamen","tag-favourites","tag-flowers","tag-garden","tag-gardening","tag-grow","tag-hobbies","tag-hobby","tag-house-plants","tag-photography-2","tag-plant","tag-plants-flowers","tag-pot-plants","tag-seeds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13804"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15579,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13804\/revisions\/15579"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}