This member has been scamming people here and on other gardening sites under different user names for a very long time. Everytime she's banned she comes back under a new name and pretends to be a newbie. Besides jpalmer1234 there's lljjz, sniffers, snifferz123, and rottweilermama on GW. There might be others.

Thank you, tm, good link. The operative word in the article is 'temperate.' There was a book that came out about 10 years ago which, rather than the scores of books that tell you how cold hardy a plant is, intead dealt with how 'warm hardy' garden plants were. Can't remember the title now. But it seemed a very useful book for hot 'winter-deficient' areas, like S. Florida although I don't remember how much it had on dormancy periods. Almost all 'temperate' plants require a genuine winter chill for their entire dormant period (not a few cool days here and there). Otherwise, they literally wear themselves out trying to stay green and grow year round. But Bletillas are very pretty in bloom and relatively inexpensive and should be experimented with in different zones to see how they do for you. I have some in a pot as well as in the ground. The potted bulbs I have to bring into the garage when the temperature drops into the 20Fs since, being aboveground in a pot rather than the ground, the bulbs and roots will freeze. They tolerate much lower temps when in the ground, and especially if mulched over.

Neil have no experience with seeds, bulbs are quite touchy- they borderline in our zone and want things to be just so. Expect it will take you about 5 years before you see bloom. It suggests to germinate using pot with old soil/ at least year old/ and put sterilized chopped moss on top or in rooting gel. You can also use soil from the mother plant. I would think seeds being as minuscule as they are WS is not good for them.

Tony Evans has them at the Plant Delights Nursery. Here is a link that might be useful: Plant Delight