I have to agree with you on this John, the scales go translucent and the cells appear to be 'burst'. My comments were more general... Peter (UK) On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 9:26 PM, John Grimshaw <john@oltarakwa.co.uk> wrote: > ....but in all the cases of frozen amaryllid roots (and > bulbs) I've seen it has been simple physical damage that has killed them. > > The duration of the freeze is irrelevant: one night's freezing solid of a > pot will do the damage. > >