In message <1280718668.526949.1266526509863.JavaMail.root@vms183.mailsrvcs.net>, arnold140@verizon.net writes >The subject of germinating Colchicum seeds has driven even the most >hardened bulbophiles to the point of extinction or at least hair puling. The last word from Ian Young of the SRGC: http://srgc.org.uk/bulblog/log2008/… seems to be that soaking is the secret. Seed I had from the 8/9 seedexs, soaked, and then put in wet paper towels, germinated at the end of 2009 - i.e. germination on warm to cold. -- David Pilling email: david@pilling.demon.co.uk web: http://www.davidpilling.net/ post: David Pilling P.O. Box 22 Thornton Cleveleys Blackpool. FY5 1LR UK fax: +44(0)870-0520-941