Dear Angelo and all, This week I had an interesting experience with Sternbergia lutea. The majority was stored in a in special rooms at lower temperatures 15-22° and another part in surrounding temperatures (which are very high here at the moment: around 20-32°C) These stored at lower temperatures were showing flowerbuds last week (and were planted immediately) while those stored at ambient (higher) temperatures showed no flower buds at all. Conclusion: high (soil) temperatures delay flowering. As far as I can see hereflowerinf time has no relationship with humidity. Regards from the south of France Lauw de Jager PS Last monday we put in line 150 new photos in our website (as a result of my new Nikon 5400 coolpix) and expedition is in full swing at the moment. le 8/09/04 19:51, Angelo Porcelli à ang.por@aliceposta.it a écrit : > here in south of Italy it's still to early for Sterbergia lutea, as we > haven't got any rain so far. Usually it flowers late September to all > October. Lauw de Jager Bulb'Argence Mas d'Argence 30300 Fourques France South of France (zone 8 Olivier) tel 31(0)466 016 519 fax 0466 011 245 http://www.bulbargence.com/