Hello Bob, There is one thing I do not understand in your bulb storage problem. You say you bring the bulbs into flower in winter. But you also say you store them bare rooted in your heated greenhouse. I would assume that you pot them up before flowering? My suggestion would be to pot them straightaway after harvesting from the garden. Hippeastrum /can/ survive bare root storage, but they do not really like it. They have permanent roots that stay turgid even in very dry compost in pots during dormancy. If you would pot them up directly after harvesting the roots would remain intact, you would have to be careful with your watering regime but I would think even without any water at all potted bulbs would be much less stressed. And the workload would be the same except that potting would occur at a different time of the year. Does this help? bye for today Uli _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…