"Commercial" Freesias
Alberto Castillo (Mon, 28 Oct 2013 13:17:06 PDT)

They artificially ripen them so they produce uniform flowering .

Something similar is when they give Ixias, Sparaxis, Babianas and Tritonias a period of mild "winter" so they can be planted in SPRING to flower in late spring/summer but then they are uselss for a future season.