Drimiopsis Species, Little White Soldiers

I recently obtained a small pot of this from a botanical garden in the spring. It was quite happy on my window sill, but now it has lost ...Read Moreall its leaves (except from a few rather rudimentary leaves around the bulbs) from, what I guess, is its natural winter dormancy. How do you keep the bulbs during the winter period? Does it still needs watering? Should it be kept in a cooler area?
Many thanks in advance for any feedback,
Mudfisu.

Central Phoenix -- Drimiopsis maculata does better in pots in my garden than in the ground. However, the in-ground plants have been grow...Read Moreing there for over 10 years. The potted plants produce new bulbs fairly rapidily, but the in-ground plants expand slowly. The in-ground plants are in partial to dense shade. One gets summer water once a month and the other gets more. Plants brought inside will retain leaves through the winter, but those outside die to the ground. My in-ground plants are under a cold frame, but a potted plant left unprotected outside this winter seems to have survived 26F without loss.

This plant was part of a planter I received in 2010 when my mother passed. Since then I have taken the planter apart as it held about 6 d...Read Moreifferent types of plants. The Drimiopsis maculanta has been the one that just seems to grow and grow. Since that time the two bulbs have grown and produced many dozens of bulbs and I have given about 20 of the offspring away to friends. Here in the St. Louis area I grow it inside during the winter and move it out to the patio once the night temperatures are at least 60 degrees. It blooms off and on all year round and is always a nice spot of green no matter where it sits.

If you get one just be ready for many many more to follow.

I'm in Central Florida (Howey in the Hills), and have these planted all over the place -- from full sun (alongside the street) to partial...Read More sun to deep shade. The ones in fullest sun are hanging in, though the leaves don't want to open fully -- they fold a little. My neighbor gave all of them to us (hundreds!) and swears he got them all from 2 bulbs someone gave him 10 years ago. He says this person, who had worked in landscaping for Universal Studios in Orlando, called them Speckled Daydream (though I cannot find that reference online). I also see them called African False Hosta, and Leopard Plant. Honey bees LOVE them, and so do I!