There is a great reference for California flora. I'm including the link for Fritillaria striata which lists it as flowering February-April. http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/… Jane is the expert on growing Fritillaria and I'm sure she will respond. I looked at my data base as I've tried multiple times to start many California species from seed. I noted that I started different species from Oct-January and often got germination regardless of the time, but surprisingly couldn't see a pattern for how long it took depending on when I started it, from one (rarely) to many months. I have grown them to flowering but eventually they have all disappeared. And it may be that mine were too dry in summer in the mix they were growing in. One rare plant once growing where I live, but not seen for years and probably gone I started from seed numerous times and found that the seed of it was viable for many years (not short lived at all). All the plants I grew from it were eventually transplanted to locations where they were expected to grow, but didn't. Fritillaria striata is a very attractive species. I hope people have luck with it. Mary Sue _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…