Dear Paul, Like Claire, I grow them in pots and have adapted them to my schedule. Last summer, I bought both and orange and a white at a local discount store. They both bloomed and grew all summer. I dried them off for the winter and stored in the basement with the rainlilies and crinums. I tried starting both in late spring. The white has multiplied considerably and is blooming madly. The orange did nothing for a 7 weeks (I checked the bulbs), then rotted. The white is a splendid bulb and I am going to get seed from Rachel and see if I can get some equally adaptable yellow and orange. Anyway, if it ain't growing, I'd dry it off for 4 weeks (a shot in the dark) and see what happens. At this point, what have you got to loose? Lisa (who treats her plants ruthlessly)