TheAfricanGarden@aol.com a *crit : I guess the secret would be in the storage of the Moraeas. I don't grow Moraeas but I grow other spring irids, they often need quite high winter light levels to produce flowering sized bulbs on an annual basis. Hence I would try and store them as long as possible through the winter so that the emerging bulbs get as much light as you can possibly give them. However there is often a very fine line between holding back a bulb and dessicating it. Lauw may be able to give you a better idea about storing Moraea. Dear All, I am not accustomed to growing Moraeas outside a mediterranean climate, where I keep the period out of the ground as short as possible. Example: M polystachya is already back in the ground and shoots are poking up. Most other species will be active by the end of august if planted or left in the ground. I cannot see why: "store them as long as possible through the winter so that the emerging bulbs get as much light as". This might be valid for summer growing species, but most wintergrowers will stop growing as soon as day temperatures rise above 25° (77°F). Unless one wants to go through the trouble to inverse the cycle and expose the corms to a warm winter storage and grow them as cool as possible during the summer. Kind regards -- Lauw de Jager BULB'ARGENCE, 30300 Fourques, France Région: Provence/Camargue; (Climat zone 9a Mediterranean) Site: http://www.bulbargence.com/