Cyclamen libanoticum.

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C. libanoticum  fra Libanon blomster februar-marts med store blomster lysrød til pink,  gror på kalkstens rock og under træer, ikke fuld hårdfør.
C. libanoticum. Known only from Lebanon where it is very rare, growing in the mountains E. oof Beirut from 750-1400 m. among limestone rocks and under trees. Is was thought tobe extinct but was recently rediscovered in small quantity. The young leaves appear in winter and will survive sligh frost but are safer if protected in an alpine house or frame. the leaves are thick, fleshy and heat-sharped, with well rounded lobes; underneath they are deep shining red. Best grown in apot or pan in the alpine house, in leafy, stony soil with limeston, and kept dry and cool in summer.