Jim, I of course in mild climate Auckland, have them surviving just fine in the garden. Almost all go into the leafless bare corm state. They are in a place where they get little sun, and are open to what rain we get, and we get quite a bit. So with the lack of sun, and the occasional rain, they would not dry out completely. Which is probably a state which needs to be duplicated in the cold frame. They come away and make a marvellous show every winter. And yes, some corms don't survive but the seedlings make up for it. Ina On 17/02/2012 8:18 a.m., Jim McKenney wrote: > In my opinion they are well worth the nurturing - I just have not figured out what to do when -- Ina Crossley Auckland New Zealand zone 10a