Mine don't die in the unheated sunroom and we also use it as a fridge, their activity certainly slows to a grind when it is cold though.

Not sure if that constitutes dormancy though. To induce dormancy would take about 2 months i think and i don't think that would be enough to make them bloom by xmas.

I'd personally just take them in and put on a windowsill where they get some light and let them flower when they feel like it.

I had a problem with forcing my plants into dormancy this year, it was my first time to have them do so ever so it was a bit tricky. Of course everyone says to stop watering them at some point and leave the leaves to dry out... but that didn't work out for me. I did so in the beginig of August and on the 1st of September the leaves were still beautiful and green, i waited a bit more and still nothing happened.

I have decided to do some research and many people suggested that i should cut half od the lenght of the leaves and they should then automaticaly dry out within 3 - 4 days and the bulb should begin dormancy.

So it was, I actually think in my home environment the drying out period should be shorter and take up to 3 - 4 weeks maks and then forcing the dormancy by cutting the leaves - as I will know to do this next year.

Right now I am trying to restart the bulbs and it is working pretty well. Though I am not happy as many of the gigantic bulbs I had at the begining of the year are now just the size of a golf ball.

My problem is I'm not sure if these were ever dormant before. Would they have gone dormant last February when they were exposed to temps in the upper 30s and sporadic watering, but had plenty of light? If I let them do what they want, when would they decide to bloom? They last bloomed last December. I'm not sure if I should be moving them to heat or cutting off the leaves and moving them to a dark place.

rg: I tried witholding water before but that didn't work as it just used up the reserves in the bulb and stayed green!

Did you give your bulbs plenty of sun and fertilize during the summer? Mines recovered some of their size but not to the extent that they were the same as the original size.

edlin: Let them bloom when they feel like and they should bloom around spring if they have scapes ready within them. Those scapes would have been from the development phase 12-18 months before. The dormancy thing just induces them to send them up.

OK - now I'm thinking I should just cut off the leaves of my bulbs that don't seem to want to go dormant. Is that right? They are in paper bags in the cool basement with no soil but are still growing new leaves.