Dry storage of Fritillaria striata

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Hi folks, 

I was cleaning out the bulb bins after the sales season and I thought I would share this picture of Fritillaria striata. These have been stored in a paper bag in well pump house since the end of July. I've found the pump house to be an ideal storage area for summer lifted bulbs. The pressure tank in the well house is 180 gallons, and filled with water pumped out of the ground at 270' deep so the large tank of cool water keeps the building relatively cool. The humidity can be controlled by keeping a flat of moist potting soil in the shed and these bulbs were stored without barely moist vermiculite which I often do for bulbs that are more prone to drying out. 

Mark