Dell raises a really good point: Don't give up. My record so far for accidental seed storage was some seeds of Moraea speciosa, which sprouted after about a decade in a drawer inside my house. it's a desert species, so perhaps not really a surprise. The weirdest incident was some tubers (not seeds) of Ferraria crispa which were accidentally stored in my garage for at least five years. No soil, just sitting in a pot where I had tossed the surplus and then forgot them. The garage was probably about 60F in winter and 90F in summer. When I found the tubers they were very wrinkled and I figured they were probably dead, but I tried a few in a pot and sure enough, they grew just fine. For you new growers, note that this is NOT the normal result of long-term storage. If you make enough mistakes, you just occasionally run into an exceptionally tough plant. Mike San Jose, CA