Ina, I've been growing rain lilies for about ten years. Over the last few years, I've vastly increased the number of species I grow. Prior to last year, the rain lilies would go dormant within a week or two of being brought in. Last year, there were a number of them that were a bit reluctant to go dormant, but then we were having 80 degree days up until a few days after Thanksgiving. I attributed their reluctance to that (when I bring my plants in for the winter, I bring them into the garage, and then transition them into the basement as they begin to dry out and die back). I rarely water while they're in the garage, and stop entirely when they go in the basement. I have also been attempting some hybridization for the last couple of years. I don't currently have the time available to separate out blooms before they open, etc. so I have just been tracking which blooms are open when, and planting a sample of any resulting seeds. I keep the seedlings going all Winter long their first Winter. This Spring was gloomy and cold for us, we didn't really have any days above mid-forties until mid-June. A number of my bulbs were late coming out of dormancy. As I said, it's about 50% of the (mostly) rain lilies total that aren't going dormant. Same percentages for both the late coming out of dormancy bulbs & never experienced dormancy before bulbs. The basement does have a higher humidity level than average because we're on a lake, there's a very high water table. The sump pump is always full (and pumping) all year. However, a dehumidifier keeps it below 40%. For some reason that I haven't been able to figure out, the temperature in the basement has been 5-8 degrees warmer than in previous years (even though the outside temp has been hovering right around 30 since Halloween). I don't see how 40% humidity and 50-55 degree temperatures would keep plants going without any water for nearly two months. Thanks, Mike _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…