Mary wrote > I am both happy and sad to hear it is Moraea polystachya.? > ... > Sad because I did not irrigate those all summer so they may not come > back. > > It seems strange a corm would want moisture while dormant. That wasn't what we meant. Don't worry; especially in relatively cool Santa Barbara, the plant should be just fine with no summer irrigation. I'm pretty sure it would survive there with no irrigation ever, just your natural rainfall. We noted the summer irrigation because it is unusual for a winter-dormant corm to survive summer irrigation, but this one does. Leo Martin Phoenix Arizona USA