They are inexpensive and a lifesaver for furniture and carpet. The dishes from microwave TV dinners also make excellent saucers for 6-inch pots. Be sure to empty any excess water that drains into saucers. Cyclamen plants display flowers of pink, white, red and lavender high above a rosette of gray-green leaves. Their flower faces downward with the petals shaped like the wings of a butterfly.
Cyclamen thrive under high humidity.
To help provide adequate moisture, place the plant in a shallow tray filled with gravel and water. Maintain the water level just below the top of the gravel. Don't allow the base of the plant to sit in the water. As water evaporates off the gravel, the humidity surrounding the plant will be improved. Be sure to keep water out of the foliage crown or rosette of leaves.