In a message dated 8/28/08 8:54:03 AM, kjblack@pacbell.net writes: > although last year, a freak summer thunderstorm did dump nearly an inch one > August day. > Ken, I suspect it gets the occasional summer thunderstorm in its natural habitat also. I had one once planted with some crinum that got watered weekly thruout the summer. It grew great but never flowered. Until the year I let those crinums go dry. Then it came just fine. One or the other I guess! It thrives in old gardens inTasmania, but I am not sure about the amount of summer rainfall there Maybe Jim Lykos can give us the final word on this... Best wishes, Bill the Bulb Baron http://www.billthebulbbaron.com/ William R.P. Welch Please make all checks payable to William R.P. Welch, and use my NEW address: 1031-B Cayuga Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95062, USA New phone numbers as well: Phone (831) 236-8397 fax ONLY (831) 426-4915--HOWEVER I much prefer orders etc placed WITHIN an email (NOT as an attachment) COMPARED to fax as I don't know yet how to transfer fax text over on to my computer where I need it--thanks! ************** It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals/…)