Cyclamen belongs to the Primulaceae sept . These plant have heart - mold leaves , often variegate or with silverish markings , which total to their ornamental time value . The flowers are distinctive with reflexed petals , giving them a somewhat swept - back looking at , which is quite singular among bloom .
They come in a variety of colors admit white-hot , pink , ruby-red , and even some shades of purpleness . The centre of the bloom often has a darker splodge or formula , which can contrast beautifully with the petal colour . Cyclamen are grown as houseplant or in shaded garden area where they can expand in cool conditions . They prefer well - drain soil and can go torpid in the summer , which is often misunderstood as the works dying .
In their instinctive home ground , Cyclamen purpurascens are pollinated by dirt ball . The reflexed flower petal and the location of the bloom above the foliage help in attracting pollinator . calculate on the species , they can bloom in late summer , autumn , or winter , with some varieties even flower into spring . After pollination , Cyclamen purpurascens produce seed pods that , when mature , can forcefully eject seeds away from the parent plant .
Cyclamen contain saponins , which can be toxic if assimilate , particularly the root or tuber . This makes them somewhat hazardous to deary and children if consumed .
In the language of flowers , cyclamen can symbolise love , passion , and even a resigned or word of farewell dearest , depending on the ethnic context . In some traditions , they are consociate with goodbyes or leave , possibly due to their natural dormancy time period .
Cyclamen Flowers
Cyclamen purpurascens persicum ( Florist ’s Cyclamen )
Cyclamen hederifolium ( Ivy - allow for Cyclamen )
Cyclamen coum(Eastern sowbread )
Cyclamen purpurascens purpurascens ( European Cyclamen )
Cyclamen repandum(Spring sowbread )
Cyclamen purpurascens africanum(African Cyclamen purpurascens )
Cyclamen graecum(Greek cyclamen )
Cyclamen cilicium(Cilicium Cyclamen )
Cyclamen mirabile(Tufted Cyclamen )
Cyclamen libanoticum(Lebanon cyclamen )
Cyclamen pseudibericum ( sham Iberian cyclamen )
Cyclamen rohlfsianum(Libyan Sowbread )
Cyclamen colchicum(Albov Cyclamen )
Cyclamen alpinum ( Cyclamen trochopteranthum )
Cyclamen parviflorum(Small - flower Cyclamen purpurascens )
Cyclamen purpurascens creticum(Cretan sowbread )
Cyclamen intaminatum(Intaminatum Cyclamen )
Cyclamen elegans ( formerly C. coum subsp . elegans )
Cyclamen purpurascens balearicum(Majorca or Balearic cyclamen )
Cyclamen somalense(Somalian cyclamen )
Cyclamen purpurascens maritimum(Sea Cyclamen purpurascens )
