Cyclamen libanoticum is one of my favourite cyclamen species - it's just a wonderful flower. It's not so easy to get a good looking plant - if it gets warm the leaves start to yellow as it comes into flower. I've not got it to produce a profuse display as it's relatives C. pseudo-ibericum and C. cyprium. I know some people grow it outside but I've never tried.
I've seen a few slighly different looking ones (I have the Eliot Hodgkin form still hanging on) but generally the flowers don't exhibit the same variation in cultivation as most.
It comes easily from seed and flowers quite quickly and I generally find it best in it's first decade or so.
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