OOuch!!! Well, the most iimportant thing is that you have a very loving mother to do all that hard work for you :)

That being said the first thing I would do is move anything suffering from too much sun into a shaded area. The second thing would be to get rid of any bulbs that are strongly showing signs of TMV out. I would then spray an insecticide/miticide to prevent insects from spreading disease among the remaining plants. This should buy you some time to formulate a plan to "fix" your garden without killing yourself in the summer heat. Hooefully you'll find your missing bulbs along the way:)

Thanks for the advice. I hadn't thought about using insecticide/miticide. That is a good suggestion to prevent further spread of TMV and to get the plants to their healthiest regardless of whether they've been exposed to TMV. I need to buy fresh insecticide anyway. I found evidence of mealy bugs on a papilio that is growing indoors and a they were on one of my phalaenopsis orchid flower spikes.

My boyfriend and I found about 50 bulbs last night. Pots had apparently been dumped along our fence line and in the area we use for composting. However, I don't know what the bulbs are, which means I'm not sure what medium to pot them in, how deep to plant them or how much sunlight they need. I *think* the bulk of the bulbs are freesia and Dutch iris. The pots at the fence line had been colchicum, hyacinth and colored calla lilies... but the bulbs retrieved in that area look like none of those things.

I keep reminding myself to be grateful for all the hard work my mom did. I'm also trying to stay focused on the fact that the plants can be replaced. The emotional mix of frustration and gratitude/love is a strange place to be. Ironically, I imagine it's a mix of emotions my mother encountered while raising her children. LOL

Funny how those memories float back into our lives lol! Sounds like you're in for an interesting year with mystery bulbs flowering in your future.