In article , Rodger Whitlock
writes

I drafted a rather grouchy message pleading for the use of a more
precise name than "winter flowering cyclamen" but deleted it on
the grounds it was *too* ill-tempered for a pleasant newsgroup
like URG.

Perhaps, in view of the teapot sized tempest that has arisen, the
OP will take the time to look up pictures of C. coum, C.
persicum, and their cousins and then tell us exactly what he
meant in the first place.

I thought of replying and didn't, on the grounds that 'winter flowering
cyclamen' meant that he probably had got some of those small-flowered
cyclamen hybrids which almost cope with a british winter in a warm city
centre, and which first appeared only a few years ago and are now a
staple feature of commercial window box displays. Poor chap hasn't much
chance, as the GCs only ever label them 'winter flowering cyclamen', and
I guess to all but the most enthusiastic gardener, one cyclamen looks
much like another.
--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/garden/