thank you so much for getting back to me! i am really amazed at the response i've gotten from that one little email. nice to know there are kindred oxalis spirits out there. so here i am with this little acorn-shaped corm-y thing. will it grow? if so how? i am usually able to grow anything, and have extensive gardens and many house plants. my oxalis are strictly indoor plants, since i am in northern vermont where winters are harsh. right now, all the oxalis are outside, adoring the summer weather, but come fall, they will retreat to the window sills. i am sort of sentimental about the plants i smuggle back into the u.s., and so even if that greek oxalis is just a weed (and it must be, because it was everywhere on that island i went to) i want to get it going. thanks, katy in vermont _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail