The genus Cyclamen consists of twenty species native to western Asia, Europe and northern Africa. The common showy greenhouse cyclamen, C. persicum, is native to the eastern Mediterranean.
The name cyclamen is derived from the Greek kyklos or cyclos, for circular, referring to the coiling of the flower stems after pollination. The name has been used since at least the time of Theophrastus in the third century BEC. The common names sowbread or swine bread come from the belief that the plant afforded food for wild swine.
Cyclamen were used for a variety of complaints–to stop baldness, to counteract certain poisons, aid in childbirth, as well as an “amorphous medicine” used to stir desire. In the language of flowers, cyclamens signify diffidence and distrust.
Note: This was shot in natural window light with a Canon 5D Mark II and Canon 100mm macro lens.
Cyclamen in White
The genus Cyclamen consists of twenty species native to western Asia, Europe and northern Africa. The common showy greenhouse cyclamen, C. persicum, is native to the eastern Mediterranean.
The name cyclamen is derived from the Greek kyklos or cyclos, for circular, referring to the coiling of the flower stems after pollination. The name has been used since at least the time of Theophrastus in the third century BEC. The common names sowbread or swine bread come from the belief that the plant afforded food for wild swine.
Cyclamen were used for a variety of complaints–to stop baldness, to counteract certain poisons, aid in childbirth, as well as an “amorphous medicine” used to stir desire. In the language of flowers, cyclamens signify diffidence and distrust.
Note: This was shot in natural window light with a Canon 5D Mark II and Canon 100mm macro lens.