To respond to Jim's inquiry about growing this plant, I keep it in the bulb frame in a part that is sprinkled a little in summer but definitely not very moist. It is in pots that are plunged. However, another pot in a situation that is actually watered regularly in summer (also plunged) has done well too. The main problem I have in growing it is bulb fly; now I put Reemay over it in spring before the flies emerge. In nature it grows in mountain woodlands (and, I think, sometimes in more open situations). I saw it in Greece in an oak forest in very deep shade, growing among rocks. There is a romantic aura, apparently, about this species, no doubt stimulated by English gardening books, that makes many people want to acquire it. I have to limit sales to one per customer, or some people would try to buy a lot of this bulb and nothing else. I originally acquired it from Potterton's in England around 1990. It increases fairly well but doesn't seem to set viable seed, perhaps because I have only one clone. As for its hardiness, I couldn't vouch for it below about 20 F (minus 7 C). I'd be curious to know what the plants at the Eastern WSW sold for, since I'm donating a pot of bulbs to the Western WSW study weekend's silent auction. Jane McGary Northwestern Oregon, USA