Cyclamen graecum

804_1022 [Cyclamen graecum]

 

 The genus Cyclamen includes about 15 species

that grow mainly in the Mediterranean regions at altitudes of up to 1200 m. 

 

In Greece, specifically, there are 5 native species

with ‘graecum’ being the most prevalent in Southern Greece and the Aegean islands.

It grows particularly in rocky slopes and generally sun-exposed places

from September to November.

The flowers generally appear before the leaves and vary in color from white to pink.

 

I hope you don't mind my adding here something personal …

 

I love this flower and I know it loves me back!

What else could it probably mean the fact that whenever I approach it,

it welcomes me with the well-known, love-denoting, heart-symbol

that it forms with its leaves? 😊😊😊

(See below!)

 

801_1034 [Cyclamen graecum]

 

The pictures were taken on Mt. Hymittos