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H. Reticulatum question

I bought a pot of these of eBay at the urging of another lister on this forum.
There were 11 bulbs in that one small pot so I split them up. I have 5 bulbs in a good-sized pot and they have been thriving in the kitchen's greenhouse window. About a month ago, one bulb's leaves started to turn brown and wilt. Now it looks like other leaves from other bulbs are wilting and turning brown. This seems more extreme than just the oldest leaf from each bulb dying. The pot only gets watered about once a week.

Do these bulbs go dormant during the colder months? The mornings have been cooler, but today is the real first cold morning (43!). I'm scratching my head as to why these Reticulatum bulbs seem to be heading downhill. They are not root bound by any means. I put them in the larger pot so that they could be left undisturbed for at least a couple of years. Guess I may unpot them to see if there's rotten roots or something odd going on.

I'm baffled!
K

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