Lachenalia aloides quadricolor
Ina Crossley (Fri, 04 Oct 2013 18:25:31 PDT)

That is interesting and brings home how subjective hot and cold are.
When we first came to New Zealand from Holland, many years ago, in
winter we wore summer clothes with a cardi. Now I shiver along with the
bestof them. In winter clothes.

And plants respond to different temperatures even more so than warm
blooded creatures.

That is why I also mentioned it is the difference in temperature from
night to day which would affect Lachenalias. I have about 6 varieties
growing now.

Ina

Ina Crossley
Auckland New Zealand zone 10a

On 5/10/2013 2:10 p.m., Lee Poulsen wrote:

However, despite all these differences, winter low temperatures are very similar in California, South Africa, and New Zealand--unlike a lot of the eastern coast of the USA, such as where Jim lives.

--Lee Poulsen
Pasadena, California, USA - USDA Zone 10a
Latitude 34°N, Altitude 1150 ft/350 m