I don't know if it's coincidence or not, but my sole surviving bulb of H. parodii seemed to stay dormant forever. It has been growing on my living room windowsill for 2-3 years now. The last time it was in active growth was like 8 or 9 months ago. Giving it water didn't seem to wake it up. I wondered if the constant temperature of my house was a problem. So about 10 days ago I set it on my enclosed back patio so it could experience some temperature swings from about 45 deg F to 75 deg F. And today I noticed there is a new green leaf about half an inch high. I'm growing 2 children whose ancestry are half H. parodii. They're also on the livingroom windowsill, and they emerged from dormancy on their own about a month ago. So maybe if I had just waited a little longer H. parodii would have done the same. I'm just happy it's alive! <3 Dennis in Cincinnati