Hi Geoff, My husband and I have made two trips to Australia in spring to the areas with Mediterranean climates on plant exploration trips with Rodger Elliott as the guide. The first was to Western Australia and the second to South Australia, Kangaroo Island, and Victoria. These areas have rainfall in winter and mostly dry summers. We saw Arthropodium strictum in bloom on our second trip. My field guide for the Grampians gives the time of bloom from September through December. It's been awhile but I think we saw a even smaller version in bloom too, Arthropodium minus. I see it listed in the Encyclopedia of Australian Plants as found in all states and the same for Arthropodium strictum (listed in Volume 3 under Dichopogon). In spite of it being listed in all states the time of bloom is listed for the same months as my field guide, September through December. There were a lot of plants that I thought really wonderful in the Little Desert and Mt. Arapiles Area. I'm not sure some of the ones I liked would fit our criteria, but there were great ground orchids, and a number of monocots with lily in the common name. Arthropodium strictum is found there too and I think that is where we saw both species. And they were fragrant, unlike my plants. Arthropodium milleflorum is found in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia according to the Encyclopedia of Australian Plants so it grows in areas with both dry and wet winters. It is listed as blooming from September to March so perhaps it blooms in spring in the winter rainfall areas and summer to fall in the summer rainfall areas. Last year my plants started into growth in October and they are still green now with a few flowers and green seed pods. Most of my winter rainfall plants have been dormant for a long time except for the California natives. I listed when my plants grow on the wiki, but how they grow for me is probably much the same as they would in the Mediterranean areas of Australia. These plants bloom very quickly from seed (less than one year to two years from seed) so it will be interesting to see what cycle yours chooses to grow in. When to start seed is always a challenge. It's usually recommended to learn what the weather pattern is where it is found in nature and in the case of these species, that wouldn't help you much. Perhaps you'd have to know the origin of the seed. Mary Sue