Jane McGary recently wrote: "I recently happened upon the website of B & T World Seeds, a company doing business from France. <<http://b-and-t-world-seeds.com/>b-and-t-world-seeds.<http://b-and-t-world-seeds.com/ They offer, or anticipate offering in some cases, a good selection of South American bulb seeds However, the prices are very high, so I wanted to ask whether any members of this forum have done business with this company recently, and if so, whether the quality and quantity of seeds were satisfactory. Any comments?" - - - - - - I looked on their seed list under gladiolus, and couldn't help noticing they had practically every gladiolus known to man in their list. One of the offerings was G. byzantinus, however....and I've never seen the antique byzantinus common in Central Texas to have a seed or create the structure of a plumped-out, but empty, seedpod... Cynthia W. Mueller College Station, TX