Dear Jane, Thanks for that suggestion about extra water in early growth for Tecophilaeas. I see Ian Young is suggesting not letting them get too dry in dormancy when others have said to keep them dry. They are corms and don't have perennial roots, but maybe yours in the plunge are surrounded by soil that still has some moisture in it when my soil be late fall when they reappear has been completely dry for a long time. Bill (Dijk) and Lee, during dormancy do you ever water your pots? I assume John Lonsdale would get some moisture from rain for his. Mary Sue