Cyclamen

Cyclamen persicum

IL：Israel's national flower

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Flower name
Cyclamen
Scientific name
Cyclamen persicum
Aliasカガリビバナ, Cyclamen, 篝火花, Common cyclamen, 豚饅頭, 豚のパン
Place of originThe Mediterranean coast
Place of floweringGreenhouse, Potted flower
Flowering seasonJanuary, February, March, April, October, November, December
Language of flowershidden

What is Cyclamen

Birth flowers for Jan 14, Dec 19, Dec 8, Dec 22

The birth flowers for December 22nd are Cyclamen, Zinnia, and Painted Spurge (Euphorbia cyathophora).

[Features of Cyclamen]
It is a bulbous plant with a long flowering period that easily blooms through the Christmas season. It features "Christmas colors" with red petals and green heart-shaped leaves adorned with white variegated patterns. Other flower colors include pink and white, and some varieties have petals with ruffled edges.

This story is based on the Japanese tradition of birth flowers and flower language, which may differ from those in other cultures.

"Thoughts of the Downward-Looking Flower"

~🌸 Birth Flower for Dec. 22: Cyclamen ~
　Story by Copilot

Birth flower for December 22

Cyclamen, Photo by Mizuho

In a winter village, lived a young girl. She was very quiet and always walked looking down. But the villagers knew. Being near her somehow warmed their hearts.

One snowy morning. The girl gently placed a small potted flower in the village square. It was a Cyclamen, blooming with its head bowed. No one noticed it at first, but it was certainly blooming there.

"This flower represents my feelings. I can't put it into words, but I wanted to convey my thanks to everyone."

From that day on, the villagers started saying "Good morning" to the flower every morning. And they realized something. The more a flower blooms looking down, the more it is actually gazing into people's hearts.

The flower language of Cyclamen is "Shyness," "Bashfulness," and "Compassion."

But deep within, it harbors a quiet strength and a warm light.

What is Cyclamen?

Cyclamen , scientific name:Cyclamen persicum, is a half-hardy bulbous plant of the Primulaceae family native to the Mediterranean.
Leaves on long petioles and form has a heart-shaped leaves. Leaves are mottled, there are teeth on the leaf margin.
Flowers at the tip of a long floral simply produce, fertilization and floral wound in a spiral.
In five sepals, Corolla 5 crack and seem to be bloom, petals has warped onto the bonfire (kagaribi) similar to that will.
It is an alias called butanomanjuu (pork buns), and butanophan (pork buns), but this pig willingly eat cyclamen Rhizomes from.
"Cyclamen or Maria holic" that gardening cultivation also thought it had a song's lyrics used almost without smell strange, now that is aromatic varieties now being.
The genus name "Cyclamen" is named Greek "kiklos" because it has the property that the fertilized flower curls in a spiral.
The spices name "persicum" is derived from the Latin word "persicum (Persian)".

The "hidden" of the flower language is due to the fact that the flower faces downward and blooms.

Common name: Cyclamen ,
scientific name:Cyclamen persicum,
National flower: Israel, aka: cagalibeverna (bonfire flowers), Common cyclamen (cyclamen and common),
category: Plantae Angiosperm true dicots eye primrose, Department of cyclamen paraphyletic,
Origin: Mediterranean,
height: 30-50 cm, living type: Half Hardy bulbous plants,
unifoliate leaf shape: heart shaped flower diameter: 5 cm, color: red, white, peach, pale pink and yellow, flowering: October-bloom as reflexed petals,
features: capsule and ripens fruits and fruit next April.

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