Storing tulip bulbs

How do those of you in the warmer climates store tulip bulbs?

In this area they are used as annuals but the bulbs are still usually dug after they finish blooming. I have been given several dozen large beautiful bulbs rescued from a commercial site. The foliage was brown so I believe they had enough time in the ground.

I have been drying them in the sun and will store them in a refrigerator. Is that the correct method? Should I dust them with sulphur or something to prevent rot?

Thanks, alice

Yes, that would be correct and I think the Sulphur would work, but stink to high heaven - do you have another fridge you could put them in, that doesn't hold food?

Yes, I do have a spare fridge. Thanks Kay, it will be interesting to see if they bloom next year.

From ehow.com:

Tulips are grown in cold climates very easily. You plant them in the fall or into the winter and they come up and bloom in the spring, go dormant in the summer and then come back year after year after year and you just enjoy them. Whereas if you live in a warm climate let's say you live in LA or San Diego or even parts of Florida where you're not getting the cold winters there's no change in temperature but you still want to grow them, here are some tips.

A tulip is a flower bulb, its a true bulb and it needs a dormant period. Well if you're not getting a dormant period in your yard, you can just throw them in a container or throw them in a pot or dig them right out of your garden and throw them in a paper bag. I found paper works much better than plastic.

And throw them in the refrigerator for about two or three months. You don't need to freeze them, just put them in the crisper in the back of the refrigerator with the vegetables and then for about three or four months take them out probably September, October and then turn around and plant them back again in January and February. And that way you can still make them think that its winter although it's not colder than 70 degrees in your winter and they'll come back every year.

And if you don't want to do the work then don't even worry about it. In warmer climates treat them like the colder climates how we treat pansies. They're an annual, I'm going to plant them every year in the spring and they're going to come up I'm going to plant them in the fall and they're going to bloom every spring for me. If they don't make it 'till the next year, oh well, I can always buy some more.

From fshs.org:

This site has tons of information about how to grow Tulips in North and Central Florida.