Large cacti and large aloes are suffering and the south American species from Brazil and Uruguay are dying unless they received a lot of summer water. This mediterranean climate is not ideal for them in any case but lowered rainfall has made matters worse. Bulbs in the ground are fine and will be OK if we get rain this winter. They probably will not flower, however. Amaryllis belladonna, Brunsvigias etc. are not showing any leaves yet so, despite water rationing, I have started to water them. In pots Nerine sarniensis were exceptionally good and after years of growing them in 4 inch pots I transferred many to short 1 gallon pots two years ago. The warnings I received about moving them to larger pots proved incorrect. They are far better now and took just one year off from blooming. Andrew San Diego