Jim Waddick in the Midwest wrote,
And as an aside, I had a single bloom this spring on F.
>pudica. I got this bulb from Jane McG., but wasn't really very
>confidant that I could grow it here. It had a single bloom on a
>single stem and it was a lovely bright clear yellow color- as
>advertised, but disappointingly minute in size. Like my little finger
>nail in diameter. I was lucky to have even 'found' it.
If subjected to weather stress, F. pudica can produce atypically small
flowers. However, it is quite cold-hardy as a plant -- those I distribute
mostly originated from a population in the mountains of eastern Oregon
where temperatures around zero F are not uncommon.
Jane McGary