I have had relatively good luck with Nerine sarniensis, which may be changing as Jim warned me a few years ago,.although I am interested in the comment about additional moisture during the dormant period. I have found that I now get about 40% blooming, out of my 100 or so bulbs. I added about 35 named N. sarniensis last year from Springbank Nurseries in England, who hold the National Collection. I traditionally water mine well around the time that I water the rest of my South African bulbs, when the night time temperatures here in Massachusetts are cool around the beginning of September, and the first blooms arrive around mid-October. I lost three bulbs this year that I can tell so far after cleaning them up. This year I let my bulbs go dryer than usual, in fact they spent an incredibly hot summer on a high bench with no water at all in the greenhouse in full sun. I still see no sign of buds, so stay tuned, but it has been three weeks since first watering, and it has warmed up again. I tried a few years back planting some in an alpine raised wall along side the greenhouse, they never made it through the winter. A lonely N bowdenii has survived but has yet to bloom. I would love to try some species of Nerine, have others found them easier or more rewarding? Matt Mattus Worcester, MA USDA zone 5