According to "South African Wild Flower Guide 10" by Gretel van Rooyen and Hester Steyn, which covers the region of the Cederberg, Ckanwilliam, and Biedouw Valley, in the Western Cape, Nerine sarniensis occurs in the wild "on rocky mountain slopes from Citrusdal to Caledon." This is south of Vanrhynsdorp. I've ridden along the N7 highway up to Vanrhysndorp. The climate in the region is Mediterranean, so it has hot, dry summers and cold, wet winters. I would guess that this area gets light frosts in winter, but I was only there in the spring -- and it was damp and chilly in the mountains of the Bokeveld Escarpment out east of the Cederberg mtns. Thanks to Lee for the numbers. The 17 C temperature seems out of line. Jim Shields At 02:46 PM 8/30/2010 -0700, Diana wrote: >So there might be a typo in the wiki. I hope the person who wrote the >sarniensis part of >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… >will let me know more about that Netherlands research. ************************************************* 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