Dear Alberto, You should be in the middle of the dormant period for you winbtegrowers. It would be interesting to see a luist of speciues you might 'eventually' have available. How are my bulbs doing? My best wishes for the new year Lauw "Alberto Castillo a écrit > The plant we know as Ipheion sessile grows in Argentina and in > Uruguay, normally in well drained soils in full sun. They are > autumn-winter-spring growers flowering in late autumn-early winter. Bulbs > have a buff shell like tunic. Roots are perennial and new roots appear > during dormancy. Bulbs are found some 5 cm deep. In Nature they receive year > round rains, an average of 900 mm. (now with the global warming almost > double that). Temperatures are like for Cape bulbs. Dormancy in summer under > hot conditions in the wild. Although these bulbs have genes for some > hardiness it is far better to grow them almost frost free. Propagation from > seed sown fresh and from offsets. > Kind regards > Alberto -- Lauw de Jager BULB'ARGENCE, 30300 Fourques, France