Hi Faith, Yes my BX envelope arrived too, on December 10, eight weeks from the October 15 request. I wondered if it was just mine delayed so I'm glad you wrote to the list. I suspect there is a story behind this, weather, or postal time warp. I had given up too. But there it was, one tiny Moraea pritzeliana corm about the size of a grain of rice. I photographed and potted it up yesterday in a 2" seed pot along with a generous amount of faith in tiny bulbs. Several of my accessions started out that small. Speaking of tiny starts, my Tropaeolum hookerianum emerged a couple weeks ago. The tubers grow so deeply, from 9 to 12 inches below surface. I guess they use up their reserves to reach up thru all that soil. Their tiny dark thread-thin stems are hard to see even up close. And they do not always emerge directly above where planted. So when I discovered them, it was that same sort of renewal of faith. Yep to be a bulb person is to know how to wait optimistically. Gastil _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…