Diane wrote, >I have just read your comment again and understand it differently the >second time. >I assumed you meant that when seeds of a certain Colchicum species >germinate, they all do. >But now, I think you meant: as a result of some unknown environmental >trigger, many different Colchicum species germinate, no matter how >many years they've been buried in their seedpots. Yes, that is what I meant. I sometimes see COlchicum species planted in three or four consecutive years producing a few seedlings within the space of a week or two in the same year. Jane McGary