Jim: Perhaps our participants from the Netherlands can offer a better explanation, but many of the Dutch auction houses have closed and the others have been consolidated. It's my understanding that all plants used to have to be run through the auction houses. This is no longer the case. That's about all the details that I remember. Tony Avent Plant Delights Nursery @ Juniper Level Botanic Garden 9241 Sauls Road Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 USA Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F USDA Hardiness Zone 7b email tony@plantdelights.com website http://www.plantdelights.com/ phone 919 772-4794 fax 919 772-4752 "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least three times" - Avent James Waddick wrote: >> My guess is that with the re-organization of the Dutch auction houses, >> > > > Dear Tony, > Wait. What's this all about? Explain the reorganization of > Dutch auction houses.... please. > > I have had about 6 or 7 off - list responses to this topic - > mostly asking for the name of wholesaler. Lots of references to > source info on these genera and species. Very kind, thanks. > > Still not quite sure what is behind this influx of uncommon > (and not very commercial) bulbs into a wholesale listing. > > I do like the fact that it introduces rarities to a wider > audience.Even so the full offering of Dutch wholesale lists do not > come close to the limited offerings of most US bulb dealers - even > those with Dutch partners. > > > Best from Jim W. (back into the deep freeze, but the sunny > version these days.) >