Dear All, Since there were a number of Z. Nerines in the BX I thought it might be a good idea to give some of the people who might now know what they are some background information. In the winter of 1998-1999 Mr. Zinkowski (sorry I can't remember his first name, it couldn't be Eugene could it?) died leaving behind a large bulb collection. There were many greenhouses and a lot of the material was badly neglected. Steve Vinisky organized a rescue effort and other IBS members assisted him. Zinkowski had been a breeder of Nerines and maybe Narcissus and those of us who contributed money to a rescue fund were rewarded with some of the Nerine bulbs that he had been hybridizing. Most were supposed to have Nerine sarniensis in their heritage, but there could have been other species involved too. We were told that we could get something really special or something that could end up in the garbage heap. Since they had been neglected it could be a number of years before they would recover their previous vigor. It appears that Cathy is sharing some of hers with the BX. I haven't been very successful with mine, only getting two of them to bloom in years past. I shared the ones I got with Diana Chapman and she reported much better luck. She told me they needed a warmer summer than they were probably getting where I live and suggested they go into the greenhouse after they went dormant for the additional heat. Harold Koopowitz thought they needed good fertilization while in growth to make up for the neglect and Diana suggested using a slow release fertilizer. Other suggestions were summer water which Lee Poulsen had found to be very successful as a way to get his to bloom. Harold thought weekly water might be too much and I finally settled on once a month. I looked at some of them recently and with that treatment they were totally dry. The good news is that I have 3 scapes forming on three pots that haven't bloomed yet so I am excited to see how they will turn out to be. Mary Sue