What plant is this?

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So today I found this poor little leaf on the ground, and I just had to know if I can give it a second chance!

It has a light green pattern on top, purple back and this long purple root that gets white at the tip

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Methinks it’s a begonia.

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Mr. Google says cyclamen

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OMG GUYS I KNOW it’s obviously just a bebe

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I never would’ve known if you didn’t tell me :scream: great identification!!

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W O H.

please great red fox share your plant knowledge with me :person_bowing: all I knew is that it was not food :pensive_face:

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i KNOW right?? I’m just SO smart :face_with_hand_over_mouth:

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It looks like a water lily leaf

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It looks similar to a strawberry begonia but I don’t think that’s what it is. I would just look up plants with purple leaves underneath. That may narrow it down!

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Okay first of all, I’m debunking begonias, they are a tropical plant and grow bigger leaves with a distinct offset in the leaf (check out some begonias, the leaf petiole is not centered)

Too little colour and too bright of a green for cyclamen, they usually have stronger patterns…

I’d personally put my guess on a violet, the leaf shape and jaggedness match, though this is a common leaf shape in the area for multiple different species…

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My personal opinion, not to be taken for the truth tho, regardless of my knowledge

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Suspecting this is some local flora and not some plant enthusiasts’ dropped leaf

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And do we think it will grow if I keep it in water? :0

I’m gonna try anyway, won’t hurt to try, but just curious lol

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If it’s a violet, I dont really think it will, you could get some rooting hormone but I don’t know if it’ll help all that much… Dunno, never tried to prop by leaves and I don’t really know if it’s possible :person_shrugging:

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Looks like a cyclamen to me.

Here’s a pic of mine. Unfortunately some caterpillars have been munching away on it. :sob:

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Generally cyclamen are propagated via seed or by dividing the tubers. Here’s some of the babies that have started shooting up from last years seeds.

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