I am pleased for your success Mary Sue and have no certain explanation. I sure that you already know most of this but some readers may not. I find that, typically, corms will not regenerate for the following year if they enter dormancy too soon. This happens very easily in pots or on raised benches, where temperatures in the compost may rise or fluctuate wildly in the Spring, and also where premature dormancy may occur due to pots drying out between watering. When corms and certain bulbs, (especially those without perennial or Summer roots), go dormant for a Summer rest, the dieing leaves and roots and tunics are very prone to infections in wet or humid conditions such as a late watering, given to try to prolong the growth period, especially in warm weather. Strong shoot growth, when corms break dormancy, may require plenty of water if the shoots are to achieve flowering that season. Peter (UK) On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 3:34 PM, Mary Sue Ittner <msittner@mcn.org> wrote: > Post Christmas I was > thrilled to have Lapeirousia oreogena (in a pot on a bench) open. > I've had terrible luck growing this, with poor germination and > seedlings not returning, but finally had one batch of seed grow to > blooming size. The following years none came up, but this year there > are two plants. Would they have come up anyway or is it the dry fall > with more light (even though with all my trees this is a bit limited > even when it isn't raining)? >