At 07:29 PM 11/20/2015, you wrote: >Mary Sue, thanks for your details on Oxalis. Is it necessary to >unpot them during dormancy? It's so hot and dry here in Central >Texas I wonder if the tubers would shrivel if left exposed? Hi Cynthia, The one thing I have learned from all the contributions from this list is there is no one correct way for success. We all have different climates, use different potting media, etc. I've followed advice given here with mixed results, but have always been grateful people were willing to share what works for them. Obviously conditions in Northern California are different from Texas. As I get older I am downsizing my pots, but I still have too many and repotting is a chore. Finding all the Oxalis in a pot is very time consuming. So giving the excess to the BX is actually very labor intensive. Spreading out over the months is helpful. I could repot the Oxalis as I unpot them as Karl does, but we often have no rain at all between June and any time from September to November and not much in the fall. I don't repot everything every year and it is a long time before the soil in the ones I haven't repotted (or if I repotted them in May or June) absorbs moisture. Even if I water the water rushes out the sides of the pots and the soil remains dry and I feel I am wasting water during the time of year when it is precious. Someone on this list once suggested watering from below, but that wouldn't work if you have as many pots as I do. Putting the Oxalis bulbs in a small bag and all the small bags in a bigger bag and storing that in my house hasn't led to losses. I rarely find any I have to throw out because they are shriveled, but the bulbs I keep are the bigger ones. It may depend on the size of the bulbs. I'm not suggesting all genera would survive with this treatment. I found Irids I was trying to move from one hemisphere to the next and didn't pot when I got them and waited for the correct time to plant often did shrivel. The way I do it I can plant the Oxalis when they show me they are ready to start growing and plant them in soil that isn't dried out and then when I water them the soil gets moist. This way they bloom at the best time for them in my climate. If they start too late into growth, they often don't flower. And lack of flowering was Mike's problem. Mary Sue