I also have young seedlings of both these species, about the same age. I also have seedlings of a number of other Rhodophiala sp. I am still experimenting with these and to tell you the truth, am very confused with their growth cycle. Mine here in Melbourne are showing no signs of dormancy as we head into summer & in fact a number are putting on new growth including R splendens. My theory is that whilst the bulbs want to remain in leaf, I will continue to water them (sparingly) to encourage the bulbs to fatten up! I have no idea how big the bulbs are as they have never gone completely dormant for me and allowed me to inspect them. The only species that has is R laeta. When I inspected the dormant bulbs last summer they were only about 5mm (2015 sowing). I think that as a genus they are naturally slow! The possible exception to this seems to be R bakeri which flowered last summer from seed sown in early 2015. These have also never gone dormant. Another one I am experimenting with is R bifida. Mature bulbs always go dormant about this time of the year but seedlings from various seed sources are currently showing no signs of dormancy. I have recently received some seeds from a colleague in the US and have just sown them - they started germinating within 3 days! It will be interesting to see how they perform as summer progresses. Bruce Schroder, Melbourne, Australia _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…