Sheri asked, >I finally located seed for some [Ixia viridiflora] . Has anyone grown >this plant from seed? I am wondering about how long it will take to get >actual blooms from it. I grew mine from seed and, like most irids, it flowered relatively young -- I believe four years from sowing. The corms do not get very big, as someone else mentioned, but it still manages to produce a stem some 18 inches (45 cm) tall. Mine dry out to some extent in summer, but they get watered now and then during general border sprinkling near their planter. Jane McGary Northwestern Oregon (which is, I think, usually much colder than most of Tasmania -- and certainly hotter in midsummer!)