Ellen wrote: "To those who requested seed directly: I will send what I can
to the seedex, but I'm not interested in custom collecting."

Here in Maryland, seed of Symplocarpus foetidus ripen in November and a
visit to the wild plants then will generally find the stumps of the old
inflorescence surrounded by big brownish seeds (about the size of a shelled
hazel nut). By now those seeds have probably already germinated, and the
roots go deep quickly in my experience. But collecting such germinated
seeds might be the easiest way of collecting plants - and such germinated
seeds do not post the storage problems fresh seed does. The newly ripened
seeds are notoriously hard to store for even brief periods. And the crowns
of mature plants are attached to a dead man's leg of a root system - bring
your back hoe if you want to attempt it.

Jim McKenney
Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, where Asphodelus acaulis,
the early fritillaries, tulips, hyacinths, muscari, corydalis and loads of
other things are blooming.
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