Max, Mike, and all, The area in South Africa where Nerine sarniensis occurs in the wild gets very dry and very hot in summer. It is semi-desert. They should be able to take some heat when dry. They get their bit of rainfall in winter. Sound's like the California coast to me. Now I don't know what the hybrids have come to need in the way of growing conditions. I would guess that they can mostly still tolerate conditions approaching those of the wild habitat. By and large, we would be best advised to follow Nikko's advice as far as possible where we are. Jim Shields in Westfield, Indiana USA At 12:20 AM 9/2/2010 -0700, you wrote: >Max wrote: > > >> I moved them to a hotter and drier spot, which may have been a mistake... >We'll see how they respond > >I'll be interested to hear how they do. Seems to me the temperatures ought >to be about ideal for N. sarniensis in Oakland... > >Mike >San Jose, CA > > > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA