Calochortus??

That doesn't look spelled right but anybody ever grow these, it kind of like a tulip but later in season. I have always thought I would to try but I have a hunch there a little bit like freesias here. I think we are too wet. Lycoris is another one that just doesn't grow here, I have tried a couple of times but they don't even come up.

California native--likes it bone dry in summer. Something that doesn't happen here either unless its dug or stored in the pot dry in my office.
http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Calochortus

but they are gorgeous bulbs!
=)

Well, I wonder if they would like it up douglas fir trees where it is very dry during the summer months. How about the rainy rainy winters here, can they get too much rain then?
And freesias, I really like them but what conditions do they need to thrive?

Freesia's it depends. I do a lot of different Freesia's--some like bone dry, some can take some summer moisture. F alba and F leichtlinii can take some summer moisture as long as they have excellent drainage--they are also the most cold hardy; but I don't recommend them for in ground any colder than 9a. F fucata, F refracta, and Foccidentalis need bone dry summers and no freezing temp's.

Freesia laxa red, white, and 'Joan Evans' can all take summer moisture if drainage is very good. But no colder than zone 9a--Freesia laxa subsp azurea (the blue one) can also take some summer moisture but it's also hardier and blooms in January ahead of all the Freesia's for me. Freesia laxa white is the least cold hardy of these and will not tolerate freezing temps at all--the other 3 will.

I don't do any hybrid Freesia's at all--can't help you there.

All of my Freesia's are at the peak of their bloom right now (except the blue one)--they all love winter moisture. This is Freesia leichtlini.