Hi Mike, actually, I had no problems in obtaining Tigridia Vanhouttei Seeds - I fished mine out on the bay, so to speak, but have since found a few more sources. Other Tigridias are a lot harder find - T. Chiapiensis was another bay fishing, and B&T World Seeds has T. Orthantha, though I'm not sure how fresh the seeds are - germination was somewhere between 10 and 20%, while my own fresh T. Pavonia seeds totally overcrowded their pot, closing in close to 100% germination. Guess that's always a problem with commercial sources of such unusual species. btw right now there are some very unusual but very expensive Tigridias out on the bay from one seller, and one (other) seller of T- Vanhouttei is actually using PBS Wiki-Images. hmm.. @ Mary Sue: My T. Pavonias had a rather weak summer - they really had difficulties to cope with the extreme drought. Sidenote: I really don't like the coincidence of having unusual dry summers both in central europe and northern califonia - lets hope it's just a coincidence... Martin Am 22.09.2015 um 03:16 schrieb Michael Mace: > Congratulations on your flowers, Martin! > > To me, the smell didn't carry far from the flowers, but it was very pungent > up close. It smelled like an old tennis shoe on a barbecue grill. > > I agree that the flowers are amazingly intricate (something that's true of > many of the Tigridia species). It's a shame they are so hard to obtain these > days. > > Mike > San Jose, CA > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/