What to do with tulips after blooming season (in Florida.)

I am actually enjoying my very first tulip blooms which I bought at Walmart when they were very small. Northwest Florida is not the best place to grow tulips, but it is one of my favorites. I have them in a flower pot. After the blooms die, can I remove them from the pot and store them as some people store caladiums indoors until next year? I have very little experience with bulbs. I would appreciate any advice.

Tulips have to have about 12 weeks of chill before they will bloom again. If you can keep them in their pot and continue to water it until the foliage dies off, then you can take the bulbs out of the pot to store them. Fertilize them while they are still growing. I would put them into a paper bag to store in a cool room or keep them in the pot and cover the top to keep them dark. Then about 12 weeks before you want them to bloom, repot, water, and place in the refrigerator in a brown paper bag to keep the light out. After 12 weeks you can take the pot out and place it in a warmer area where it can get some sun. You should have tulip flowers in less that a month. Keep it watered and fertilized and repeat the process for the next year. The bulb stores all it's energy for the next year while it's dormant, so make sure you feed it well as it is growing.

Thank you for your quick reply. That's very helpful. If I read this correctly, you suggest I put the pot in the refrigerator? I may have a problem finding room in the frig, but I see a lot of tulips in shallow pots. Just how much root space do they need when potted? Now I see why you don't see many tulips in my area. I put bone meal in the soil. Is this correct, or what fertizer do you suggest? By the way, I'll be posting a similar question for caladiums, as I purchased 60 that I'm waiting to plant when it is warmer. Thanks, again, for your help.

If you want to keep your tulips in the pot, that's fine. After they are done blooming, just water occasionally so they go dormant. Bone meal is good. Usually tulips are treated as annuals in the south, that's why they are in shallower pots. They really need to be planted 3x their size into the soil for good growth along with bulb fertilizer. As the leaves are drying out, that's the time they build up their strength for next year, so feed and water them.
As to CALADIUMS, store them no cooler than 60* and don't plant til your soil is warmer that 60*. That's what the growers here in southern Florida tell us. I am in south Florida for the winters and have talked to some of the growers.
Michigan State University bought a bunch of caladium bulbs several years age and stored them in the cooler until planting time and they all turned to mush.

I think I'll try storing them in a bag, as you suggested. Thank you for all of your help.