Crinum moorei comes from Kwazulu Natal, a summer rainfall area of South Africa. It grows in quite deep shade in the forest, but will also tolerate a fair amount of sun. In its native habitat, it gets plenty of summer rain, and is fairly dry in winter. It is a strange plant in that it loses its leaves during the rainy season when one imaginees that it should be growing. In our garden in Cape Town it gets year round water and thrives. We have some in complete shade and some in partial shade, and the partial shade plants flower better than the others. They come from a warm area that does not get frost, and I don't think that they would like tempeartures much below zero. Regards Rachel Saunders Cape Town ----- Original Message ----- From: <ConroeJoe@aol.com> To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 3:38 AM Subject: [pbs] Crinum moorei, what does it want? Hi, What does C. moorei like? I've read it likes half day sun, and a summer dormancy. Does it require a summer dormancy, or will it be OK if it gets year-round rain? I've got it in a 10-gallon pot in sandy humus-rich soil. How about cold, how much winter cold can it take. I don't mind if it loses leaves but I wouldn't want to interfere with bud formation. Last winter it lost foliage when temps got a bit below 30 F. Cordially, Joe Conroe, TX: still more rain, about 10 inches so far in June _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php