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I just found them.

They are very nice.

I just wanted to say that the new videos PBS uploaded on YouTube are pretty spectacular. Richard Sullivan did a lot of work to film them.

Hello all - 

The U.S. Seed Exchange is still accepting donations for the second round in late spring. 
Please keep us in mind if you have anything to share. 
We truly appreciate your time and effort! 
Thank you!

Please send to:
Lisa Zankowski
Seed Exchange Manager
8N655 Dittman Rd
Elgin, IL 60124

Ferraria Crispa - what I consider to be the quintessential Crispa (or standard) color.

Such fun, ornate, aromatic, and unique flowers! I believe these star fish of The Cape and Namaqualand, are truly underrated!

Moraea Vegeta - is proving to be a pretty good flowerer for being new to my garden (2023 BX), growing in the ground in mostly full sun. While (so far) these are small flowers, they are very ornate and interesting to appreciate. And as I've watched them progress, I've been pleasantly surprised by their display! If the flowers could get a bit bigger in a few years these will be real Winners!! These would be Fantastic for pot culture up close viewing on shelves or a window sill!!!

Dear Members living in the EU,
This is a reminder: There will be a second round of the EU sping Bulb and seed exchange. We do the second round for mainly bulbs to avoid frost damage to bulbs. It is planned for Mid April. If you have spare seed or bulbs please send them now to Martin in Germany.
The EU exchange is open for all fully paid members with a postal address in one of the EU countries. The first round has mainly covered seed and the second one is for bulbs but both is welcome.   Please send only clean and healthy material.
As usual, we suggest prepacking of seed on a voluntary basis, five portions of seed would be fine, if therer is plenty more you can add an extra envelope Martin can use as a reserve. If you need seed envelopes you can get them free of charge from Martin.

His address: Martin Bohnet
                   Ludwigstr. 1
                   73035 Göppingen
                   Germany
                   email: <garak@code-garak.de>

Please label your donation with the name of the plant and your own name so that your donation can be referred to you. You will get a bonus covering the postage.
Closure of the donations and opening of the ordering time window will be announced through the same channels
And please do not hesitate to come back to me(Uli) in case of questions johannes-ulrich-urban@t-online.de

Uli and Martin

Ephemeral is what "everyone" calls recalcitrant seed, even society seed distributions. Recalcitrant in terms of seeds, are short-lived, generally because they can't survive any degree of desiccation.

In biological/botanical terms ephemeral seeds are actually the seeds of ephemeral plants, that is the seeds themselves are not neccessarily ephemeral, indeed, many are extremely long-lived - field poppies are ephemeral plants but their seeds are capable of lying dormant for many tens of years.

Poor choice of names for seeds from the point of view of everyday use, but they are what they are/mean what they mean.

Recalcitrant seeds are ephemeral, ephemeral seeds are generally not.

If the seed is viable, raising the plants should be reasonably easy.