Obviously it's quite easy to keep drought-triggered bulbs from dormancy,
but what about others? last July i wrote to the list about a Tigridia
Phillipiana which went dormant in a rather young state in the middle of
northern Hemisphere June - sadly, it never emerged again. So I have
some new seedlings, started them earlier to give them the whole winter
for gaining strength, but I feel i should better try keep them "awake".
Drought doesn't seem to be the trigger, as last years specimen was kept
together with T. orthantha, which grew on. so: is it worth the try to
put them to the cool basement under lights in Mai? or could they be
short day plants? I'd think if they were they'd start dormancy long
before june.

How about Ferraria crispa? my seedlings sown in fall don't seem too
strong by now, can they be kept from going dormant? what's their trigger?