Angelo, I don't think that these seeds need to be sown immediately. I let the capsules dry and sow the dry seeds in april. Germination takes place early summer. The setting of seed is quite erratic in our climat. Only in very sheltered places seed is produces here. Greetings Lauw le 25/02/06 15:23, Angelo Porcelli à ang.por@alice.it a écrit : > in these days Gladiolus dalenii are splitting their seed pods and I am > collecting seeds. A bit of surprise indeed, as I didn't know it had winged > seeds. But even more because the seeds are green and fleshy, looking like > small bulbils. So, the question is: are these short living? do they need to be > sown immediately? Lauw de Jager http://www.bulbargence.com/ South of France (zone 8 Olivier)