I'm beginning to form an idea based mostly on personal experience and reports from other bulbs growers that plants grown from warm climates (Central Valley or Southern California) don't adjust well to coastal northern California, especially if they were seed- grown. These seedlings might have been selected for the warmer climates and probably retain a "memory" for dormancy based on where they germinated. Taken outside of that, they have a hard time recalling that memory. Seeds that I grew of the same species in coastal California germinated very well and the bulbs return easily from dormancy. Nhu On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 12:10 PM, Colin Davis <codavis@ucdavis.edu> wrote: > It seems the key may be not just complete lack of water but also HIGH > temperatures. > Curious to hear if others have similar experiences. > >