Storage
For storage, temperatures and moisture conditions vary for each bulb species. The following list is compiled from the Netherlands Flowerbulb Information Center at www.bulb.com. Some of the directions refer to container grown bulbs and other directions for bulbs planted out in the ground.
Achimenes - Leave in container, dry out planting medium, and place at 16-21°C.
Agapanthus - Leave in container with slightly moist planting medium and place at 2-13°C.
Amaryllis belladonna - Store in container at 13-21°C
Anemone coronaria (St. Brigid and De Caen) - Store dry at 10-13°C. It is better to leave in the ground and cover.
Begonia (Tuberous Hybrids) - Dig in fall, and store in dry peat at 2-5°C.
Canna - Dig in fall, store in dry peat or vermiculite at 5-10°C
Crinum - Store in slightly moist sand at 2-7°C. If grown indoors in a container, place in a bright room with cool (13°C) night temperatures.
Crocosmia (Montbretia) - Store in peat or vermiculite at 2-5°C.
Dahlia - Harvest tuberous roots in fall and store in vermiculite or dry sand at 2-7°C.
Eucomis - Store dry at 13-20°C.
Freesia - Store in containers dry at 25-30°C.
Galtonia - Store dry in vermiculite at 17-23°C.
Gladiolus - Harvest after foliage dies and before the first frost. Store dry at 5-13 °C.
Gladiolus Callianthus (Acidanthera bicolor) - Harvest in the fall before frost, dry, clean carefully, and store at 13-20°C.
Haemanthus - Bring containers indoors and either store dry or continue growing at 13-18°C.
Hymenocallis - If container-grown, bring indoors and grow at 13-18°C. To store bulbs, harvest them carefully leaving soil around the roots, and store at 16-21°C.
Ixia - Store dry at 20-25°C.
Liatris - Store in moist peat at 2°C.
Lilium - Best left in the ground, but can be stored in moist peat at 2°C.
Nerine - Store dry or in ventilated container at 2°C.
Ornithogalum - Store dry at 21-27°C.
Oxalis- Store in peat or vermiculite at 2-5°C.
Ranunculus - Store dry at 10-13°C.
Sandersonia aurantiaca - Store in peat or vermiculite at 13°C.
Schizostylis - Place in moist peat at 7°C.
Sparaxis - Store dry at 20-25°C.
Sprekelia - Store dry in peat or vermiculite at 5-13°C.
Tigridia - Store in peat or vermiculite at -5°C.
Veltheimia - store dry at 25°C. When in containers, take indoors for winter at 10-16°C.
Zantedeschia (Calla Lilies) - Store dry at 10- 16°C. Take care not to injure the storage organs.
Zephyranthes - Store bulbs in peat or vermiculite at 10-16°C.\
