Cyclamen libanoticum

How to grow Cyclamen libanoticum growing and care:

Well-drained soil, clean from weeds area

How to care:
Add fertilizer once a year, in cold winter better to take the bulb in the winter and plant in the spring and in hot summer without enough cold temperature pullout in the summer and plant in the autumn and storage the bulb in refrigerator in dry and dark location

What is the best way to start growing?
Plant / Seeds / Vegetative Reproduction (tubers (bulbs))

How to propagate by tuber:
Divide the bulbs need to be in the dormant season and better 2-4 after dormant, to know that the plant ready for division need to check that the plant have more than one source for the leaves growing (nub) and it’s mean that if there is only one location of growing better not to separate or to cut, when cut the bulb need to use sterile knife and plant it in sterile soil, better to plant it back 2 weeks before the planting season and to let it heal outside of the soil.

Is it necessary to use vegetative reproduction?
No, but harder to start from seeds and takes few years for blooming, from tuber it’s easier and faster

Difficulties or problems when growing:
Tuber might die in too many summer rains without good drainage

Recommended planting season?
Autumn

How to plant:
Dig hole bigger that the root ball 50-100%, check that the soil without rocks, put organic matter and humus, after establish add fertilizer

How to plant the tubers:
Planting tubers in rich soil, better to dig hole bigger than the tuber 100-300% to check that soil if rock free, put organic matter, humus, water it that the soil be moist until the plant start to grow, the bulbs be above the soil

Pests and diseases:
Cyclamen mite, slugs for seedling

Pruning season:
All season, but better after blooming season

How to prune:
Dead leaves and dead parts of the bulb

Size of the plant:
5-12 cm, 2-5 inches

Growth speed in optimal condition:
Medium growing / Slow growing

Water requirement:
Small amount of water to average amount of water – depend the drainage of the soil and the amount of rains

Light conditions in optimal condition for growing:
Half Shade / Full Shade

Is it possible to grow indoor as houseplant?
Yes

How to care indoor:
When growing indoor important to check that there is enough light in order to get flowers also the temperature need to be cool in order to set flowers, do not locate next to heaters that will effect on the growth and might won’t bloom.

Problems indoor care:
Not blooming possible from temperature that not fit indoor or not enough fertilizer

Growing is also possible in pots, planter, flowerpot or containers:
Yes, when growing in container the plant (with one bulb can grow in 0.5-2L (1.3 gallon) depend the size of the bulb, well-drained soil and better to use potting mix or something similar, every few years need to check the soil that it’s still viable and if not take care of the soil by washing the old soil and put new also to keep the tuber possible in the dormant season to take them out of the soil, in order to get flowers after a lot years need to check that the roots system not fill all the planter, if it’s full need to reduce that amount of plants or change to bigger pots

Blooming information

Bloom season:
Autumn / Winter

General information about the flower:
Crown shape flower with 5 petals, colors: pink or white with darker pink in the bottom, petals bend up and create like cup structure, the petals can be in varieties of shapes some cultivars flat or twist.

Scientific name:

Cyclamen libanoticum