It can stay dormant when no water is available. Mediterranean floras are rich in such plants. One or two Scilla sp. are growing in Pine forest on top of Pentadactylon. Other bulbs and tuberous plants are thriving in the scrub. T housand of Cyclamen persicum are blooming in the Karpaz hills in spring.
Some clones have flowers double-sized from average plants.
So you have this incredible sight of thousand of plants, each being unique. One could make a book only with leaves patterns. Cyclamens remain to me an exemple of how to get individuality in a mass. Being variable is for a plant a factor of success in the horticulral world. Explaining why Cyclamen persicum is the ancestor of Florist Cyclamens.