"DavePoole Torquay" wrote in message
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If you try the Ixia, let us know how you get on. It's a tricky little
thing - all too easy to get masses of tiny bulblets, but to get them to
grow on and flower....

Thanks for that info. This site says exactly the same "Although Ixia
viridiflora corms do multiply by producing offsets, the corms are relatively
short-lived and constantly need to be re-propagated from seed"
http://www.plantzafrica.com/planthij/ixiaviridi.htm

Probably a bit more challenging than Colocasias in Yorkshire.