Jim W. wrote: >>I do not grow any Nerine sarniensis, the 'joy' of the later Peter Smithers. I just had a few emails about this and began to wonder just how 'rare' this bulb and its many cvs are in cultivation in the US. I noted we have a fair number of pix o the wiki, but very few nursery sources. I have about 30 pots of them, and I'm aware of somebody on the list in California who has gazillions, but I will let them speak for themselves. Mine came from Jack Zinkowski, a Nerine breeder in Oregon who passed away about 10 years ago. A rescue operation was organized by some nice folks in the International Bulb Society, and his collection was distributed to a number of IBS members. You're right, I am not aware of a lot of Nerine sources in the US, but the situation in the UK seems different. The Guernsey Nerine Festival looks cool http://museum.guernsey.net/Guernsey%20Nerine%20Fes… , and there are a lot of sources listed by the Nerine and Amaryllid Society http://nerineandamaryllidsociety.co.uk/11001.html/ , including nerines.com, which has a huge selection. Alas, the US government protects me from easily importing these things. Jim McK wrote: >>If kept too dry during the summer dormancy, the bulbs shrivel alarmingly: bulbs the size of a hen?s egg become no thicker than one of my fingers. When watering is resumed, they eventually plump up. You'll eventually kill them if you dry them out in summer, and most of them won't bloom. Even when dormant, these bulbs have perennial roots that stay plump and active-looking all summer long. Keep in mind that they have naturalized on the island of Guernsey in the UK, which has year-round rain and average summer highs of about 70F. And in their native mountains, they get half of an inch to an inch of rain on average every month in the summer. >>The plant is easily grown, but I have no idea what to do to get consistent performance from this plant. Me neither. Most years I can't get more than a quarter of my pots to bloom, even when I give them summer water. Some selections are more reliable than others, though... Mike San Jose, CA