It is the collection site. "Dag" is Turkish for 'mountain', so this population is on Yayla Dag. Cyclamen coum is in full flower here in Oregon at the moment. I put most of mine in one place when I moved to my present home, wanting some cover under a deciduous magnolia, with the benefit of the greedy magnolia roots keeping the cyclamen dry enough while dormant. With seedlings they should form an almost continuous cover in a few more years. In addition to some of unknown provenance, I have a group called 'Urfa Strain' and, from wild-collected seed, Cyclamen coum subsp. caucasicum. 'Urfa' is supposed to be especially cold-hardy, and I think caucasicum is usually (though not this year) later to flower. Now they're all crossing, of course. It's so warm here this winter that honeybees are out already. I get a few white cyclamen but would like more for contrast; I marked out white C. hederifolium for moving here, but just dug up a patch of coum without knowing the colors. Companions to this planting are ordinary Galanthus nivalis 'Simplex' and pale blue Puschkinia. Erythronium hendersonii is there too, and some hepaticas already showing a few flowers. Jane McGary Portland, Oregon, USA On 2/7/2018 10:34 AM, Arnold Trachtenberg wrote: > I think the area where it was collected. > > > The color is very deep and rich. > > > > > > > > Arnold Trachtenberg > arnold140@verizon.net > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hansen Nursery <robin@hansennursery.com> > To: 'Pacific Bulb Society' <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Sent: Wed, Feb 7, 2018 1:24 pm > Subject: Re: [pbs] Cyclamen coum Yayladagi > > Arnold, > > Is this named for the area where it was collected or is it a selected form > or? Beautiful flower! > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…