I once wrote an article for Bulbs summarizing information people's experiences for dealing with bulbs ordered from another hemisphere. You can find it here: https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/… on Page 35. After reading this thread and reflecting on my experience of growing bulbs from another hemisphere, I found that bulbs were much more likely to survive than corms. Since a lot of corms can flower from seed in a few years if happy in your conditions, that would seem a better choice. When plants arrived made a big difference for me. I lost almost all of what I once ordered within a year or two when it arrived in late spring. And I don't think there was an advantage in that case to living where summers rarely are hot. After that I concluded it was better for me to either grow from seed or purchase bulbs from someone who grew them in my country so they would be used to growing at the right time. On another note, there are some of us who would be willing to share seeds that need to be planted immediately if PBS could find someone who would be willing to take on the job of distributing them in a timely fashion. Since so many of the South African Amaryllids flower in the fall and seed set is late fall to winter, it would probably be best for a volunteer to live where it doesn't get really cold when these seeds are ready to plant. Lee mentioned that Silverhill Seeds in the past used to let people know when recalcitrant seeds were available. With the mail delays I expect that is no longer possible. Mary Sue _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…