Flowers

Cyclamens have a tuber, from which the flowers and roots grow. In most species, leaves come up in autumn, grow through the winter, and die in spring, then the plant goes dormant through the dry Mediterranean summer .

Flowering time may be any month of the year, depending on the species. Cyclamen bloom in summer and autumn and bloom in winter, and in spring.

Each flower is on a stem coming from a growing point on the tuber. In all species, the stem is bent 150-180° at the tip, so that the nose of the flower faces downwards.

Flowers have 5 petals, bent outwards or up, sometimes twisted, and connected at the base into a cup, and five sepals behind the cup.

Petal shape varies depending on species, and sometimes within the same species. Cyclamen has petals
much longer than wide,

Cyclamen has stubby, almost round petals, and Cyclamen usually has petals with proportions between the two.
Petal color may be white, pink, or purple, often with darker color on the nose. Many species have a pink form and a white form, but a few have only one color, such as Cyclamen , which is always white.

The dark color on the flower nose varies in shape: Cyclamen has a smooth band, Cyclamen has a streaky V, and Cyclamen has an M-shaped splotch with two white or pink "eyes" beneath.

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