Rich wrote: >Holding Fritillaria corms ? > >F. affinis, pudica and camschatcensis >Currently, I'm holding in moistened wood shavings at 60 - 64 degrees F. >Can I hold them under these conditions until early spring (April) ? >Suggestions? First off, they're bulbs, not corms. Second, my suggestion is not to do this. Get them away from the moist shavings (which at those temperatures will grow fungi that will attack the bulbs) and plant them in a gritty soil mix in pots, and plunge the pots in something up to the rims. These are all species native to where Rich lives, so they won't suffer from the winter temperatures. I have grown large numbers of these species for many years. F. affinis and F. camschatcensis are open-garden plants in the Pacific Northwest west of the mountains, but F. pudica benefits greatly from overhead protection against excessive rain. F. cam. benefits from moisture through the summer, but F. affinis can be in a spot that dries out then. Jane McGary Portland, Oregon, USA