Hi there, plant-stuff knowers! I have in my care a Cyclamen, almost guaranteedly a Florist's Cyclamen ^{﹙though she doesn't behave like ANY kind of Cyclamen I know of﹚}that was essentially re⁸gifted to me.

(Thats re-to-the-power-of-eight gifted, if mobile formatting screws up my text for PC users. Also, please accept my humble, mobile apologies.)

I've got a million questions for you guys, honestly, but I'm trying to learn how to be concise and not overwhelm people. Yes, I'm a grown adult. Yes, I'm teaching myself the skills most people learn at 6 or so. It happens.

Anyway, I've been calling her a C. persnicketum because she's a freaking weirdo who doesn't respond to.. um, anything the way any type of Cyclamen I've seen does.

It's a long story, but this troublemaker and I have been through the ringer together this past year and some change. I'm not sure the triage story is necessary info, so I'll just say the plant almost did not make it. 80% root loss, 100% foliage loss. I thought it was compost, but someone I love felt very strongly about it. I was realistic with her about the odds, I've rarely seen a plant recover from THAT much surgical shock, plus repotting in non-molded soil, plus environmental changes.

Lo and behold, a little while and a lot of concern later we had a firm and healthy tuber, a shiny new set of healthy roots and a majestic display of 20 or so of the most beautiful, deep green leaves with veins of iridescent silver that I have ever seen.

She doesn't get enough light for a healthy plant on the Gentle Recovery Windowsill. I'd like to put her in the Winter Bloom Room…

But if she's being snacked on, I'd like to remedy that before I put her near any other plants.

To note, once she showed signs of recovery, she was slowly treated for.. well, most things. She's been treated with neem and fungicides, BTi, spinosad, cinnamon and more. She's an indoor plant (all my plants have to be) and I can 100% guarantee it wasn't a human, as no humans have had access to her. I have thoroughly inspected every visible inch of her with a magnifying glass, and there is no other damage I can find, nor any pests I can recognize anywhere.

The leaf in question was partially tucked behind another leaf, and if the damaged edges didn't look so.. b̶i̶t̶t̶e̶n̶ fresh, or if I had touched her at all today, I'd have just assumed maybe I forgot to rotate her pot and that leaf got sunscorch, possibly even crumbling off when I inspected her.

But no, there it was, what looks like fresh damage to an otherwise-untouched leaf, rotated a good 120° from the window, half-hidden like the culprit knew its shame. I genuinely cannot figure out what happened here.

Can anyone tell me who or what may have caused this, and what I should do about it?

I suppose for now, I'll keep her there and put one of the grow bulbs over her for that extra light, but I do think she'd do better in a specifically cultivated Plant Room..

^{also despite keeping a neurotically clean house, with several lovely arachnid roommates and outdoor bodyguards, as well as having made good friends with the local crow population, I am now positively terrified that there is a mouse or slug hiding somewhere in my home. Please help!}

[Side note: while I was writing this post and also gently checking the plant for mites or anything I might have missed earlier, not only did THAT leaf just.. gently detach at the slightest touch, but so did three other, healthy-looking leaves AND the singular flower she had that was barely showing signs of wilting. I'm much more accustomed to succulents, so my first thought was overwatering, but the media was fully dry this morning, and it was supposed to be Watering Day tonight. She's very dramatic about her water, too. The routine she's responded to is, let the entire pot dry out til the dowel reaches the pot floor and comes out dry, wait 24hrs and then place her in a bucket slightly wider and slightly shorter than her pot and Drown Her. Any less time or water, she wilts. Any more, she wilts. So, does anyone know what I might be doing wrong, or what kind of bothersome pest or disease is causing me grief, with this little diva?]

Picture Captions:

Image 1 The damaged leaf in question, still attached

Image 2 A wider shot of the plant showing no other damaged leaves

Image 3 A close up of the back of the damaged leaf after it absconded

Image 4 All four leaves and the singular bloom that detatched, topside view

Image 5 All four leaves and the singular bloom that detatched, underside view

Image 6 the different stem and leaf coloring, structuring and growth stages of all the lost foliage