Hello. Sorry I am late on this one. Ipheion uniflorum and it's colour forms are known to occasionally produce stems with 2 flowers. I have pressed herbarium specimens from Ipheion uniflorum 'Charlotte Bishop', Ipheion uniflorum and Ipheion uniflorum 'Wisley Blue' exhibiting this quality. Ian Hunt. Chesterfield, UK. ----- Original Message ----- From: <pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org> To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 10:22 PM Subject: pbs Digest, Vol 60, Issue 3 > Send pbs mailing list submissions to > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > pbs-owner@lists.ibiblio.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of pbs digest..." > > > List-Post:<mailto:pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > List-Archive:<http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbslist/> > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Wiki Additions--Calydorea, Habranthus (German Roitman) > 2. Asking for a hint of world map of chilling hours Please? > (Fierycloud) > 3. Pacific BX 163 (Dell Sherk) > 4. Re: Wiki Additions--Calydorea, Habranthus (J.E. Shields) > 5. Re: Wiki Additions--Calydorea, Habranthus (Mary Sue Ittner) > 6. Wiki Additions-Calochortus (meg570@comcast.net) > 7. Re: One is the loneliest... (Cameron McMaster) > 8. Nerine sarniensis and Guernsey (Jim McKenney) > 9. Re: Wiki Additions-Calochortus (Mary Sue Ittner) > 10. Re: Wiki Additions-Calochortus (Jim McKenney) > 11. Re: Asking for a hint of world map of chilling hours Please? > (John Grimshaw) > 12. Re: Moraea hiemalis seed (Ronald Redding) > 13. Re: Wiki Additions-Calochortus (Douglas Westfall) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:40:48 -0300 > From: German Roitman <ggroiti@mail.agro.uba.ar> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Wiki Additions--Calydorea, Habranthus > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.1.20080103092137.01c87288@mail.agro.uba.ar> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed > > Hello > > Thanks Mary Sue for comunicate this additions, > here are the links for the articles: > > <http://agro.uba.ar/users/roitman/…>http://agro.uba.ar/users/roitman/… > > http://agro.uba.ar/users/roitman/… > > > During 2006 we have also published an article > about the presence of Habranthus cardenasianus in > Argentina, i have add two pictures and a brief text in the habranthus > page. > > <http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/…>http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/… > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/… > > The article is also available here: > > <http://agro.uba.ar/users/roitman/…>http://agro.uba.ar/users/roitman/… > > > During the next months there will be some news > about Iridaceae and Amaryllidaceae from South America. > > Best wishes > > Germ?n > > > At 14:39 02/01/2008, you wrote: >>Hi, >> >>There are two new recently described species from Argentina. Germ?n >>Roitman >>has kindly supplied pictures and information about them for the wiki. >>The first is Calydorea minima, bogs in northern Argentina and Paraguay: >>http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… >> >>and the second is Habranthus sanavirone, sandy soil in central Argentina: >>http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… >> >>If I get permission from Germ?n, I'll add the pdf files that describe >>these >>new species to the wiki and link them to these species. In the meantime if >>there is someone who is really interested in either of these articles, >>please email me privately. >> >>Mary Sue >> >>_______________________________________________ >>pbs mailing list >>pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >>http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >>http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >> >> >>-- >>No virus found in this incoming message. >>Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: >>269.17.13/1206 - Release Date: 01/01/2008 12:09 > > _________________________ > Ing. Agr. MSc. Germ?n Roitman > Director Carrera de Jardiner?a > FAUBA > _________________________ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 21:25:03 +0800 > From: "Fierycloud" <fierycloud2002@yahoo.com.tw> > Subject: [pbs] Asking for a hint of world map of chilling hours > Please? > To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <77B28D0D91E14EB6BA25D08F6CB16A04@2F1> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="big5" > > Happy New Year: > > I'm looking for the whole-world version of the chilling hours map. > http://raintreenursery.com/indexpics/… > > Could someone give me a hint please? > I would like to try the bulbous species which might have less chilling > hours than the others. > > And sorry that I just can't find a original map from the university. Only > from the commercial web. > > Kind Regards > > It's our coldest time in a year. 12 C around 53.6 F > Fierycloud, Taiwan (USDA Z11+ , AHS Z12+) > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 09:21:59 -0500 > From: "Dell Sherk" <dells@voicenet.com> > Subject: [pbs] Pacific BX 163 > To: "'Adam Fikso'" <adam14113@ameritech.net>, "'c'" > <CathyCraigEA@hotmail.com>, "'Macfarlane'" <macfarla@almaden.ibm.com>, > "'Mark'" <Antennaria@aol.com>, "'Mark Wilcox'" <marque219@yahoo.com>, > "Pat Colville" <Pat.Colville@JHResearchUSA.com>, "PBS list" > <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>, "The Masterson Family" <masterson4@cox.net> > Message-ID: <20080103142216.554774C010@lists.ibiblio.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Dear All, > > > > The items listed below have been donated by our members to be > shared. > > > > If you are interested in obtaining some of them, please email me > PRIVATELY > at <dells@voicenet.com>. Include "BX 163" in the subject line. > > > > Specify the NUMBERS of the items which you would like; do not > specify quantities. It is a good idea to include your snail mail address, > too, in case I don't already have it. Availability is based on a first > come, > first served system. When you receive your seeds/bulbs you will find, > included with them, a statement of how much money (usually $2.00/item) > (cash, check, or Pay Pal to <Arnold@NJ.rr.com>; no money orders, please) > you > should send the PBS treasurer to defray our costs for packing and > first-class, priority-mail, or international postage. > > > > PLEASE NOTE: NEW POSTAL-RATE SCHEMES NECESSITATE OUR PLACING A SURCHARGE > ON > EACH ORDER FROM PBS BX OFFERINGS. > > > > Some of you are members of the online PBS discussion forum but are not > members of the Pacific Bulb Society. THIS BX OFFERING IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO > MEMBERS OF THE PBS. Consider joining the PBS so that you can take > advantage > of future offers such as this. Go to our website: > > <http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/> .... > > > > If you would like to donate seeds or bulbs/corms to the > PBS,(Donors > will receive credit on the BX for the cost of postage for their > donations.), > please send CLEAN, clearly labeled material to: > > > > Dell Sherk > > 6832 Phillips Mill Rd. > > New Hope, PA, 18938 > > USA > > > > I WILL REPLY TO YOU WITHIN 24 HRS OF MY RECEIPT OF YOUR ORDER. > IF YOU DO NOT HEAR FROM ME, TRY AGAIN !! > > > >From Jerry Flintoff: > > > > SEED: > > > > 1. Fritillaria raddeana > > 2. Lilium ex. 'Early Bird' (martagon-hansonii hybrid) > > 3. Calochortus amoenus, white form > > 4. Gladiolus longicollis > > > >From Ton de Waard: > > > > 5. Small corms of Crocosmia, orange flowers, 2 ft tall. Original corms > were > w/c on Madeira 12 yrs ago. Hardy to Zone 7. May be 'Lady Wilson' > > > > SEED: > > > > 6. Dahlia, mixed dark-leafed hybrids > > 7. Dahlia 'Pooh' > > 8. Cyclamen creticum > > 9. Tigridia pavonia, red > > 10. Mirabilis jalapa, red or pink > > > > Thank you, Jerry and Ton !! > > > > Best wishes, > > Dell > > > > Dell Sherk, Director, PBS BX > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:34:02 -0500 > From: "J.E. Shields" <jshields@indy.net> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Wiki Additions--Calydorea, Habranthus > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20080103092340.02750790@pop.indy.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed > > Hi all, > > I want to thank Germ?n for posting links to the PDF files of his > articles. I would be most grateful if all authors would provide us with > such convenient access to their original papers. > > Best regards, > Jim Shields > in very cold, snowy central Indiana (USA) > > > At 09:40 AM 1/3/2008 -0300, you wrote: >>Hello >> >>........ >>here are the links for the articles: >> >><http://agro.uba.ar/users/roitman/…>http://agro.uba.ar/users/roitman/… >> >>http://agro.uba.ar/users/roitman/… >> >>......... >> >><http://agro.uba.ar/users/roitman/…>http://agro.uba.ar/users/roitman/… >> >> >>During the next months there will be some news >>about Iridaceae and Amaryllidaceae from South America. >> >>Best wishes >> >>Germ?n > > ************************************************* > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:01:17 -0800 > From: Mary Sue Ittner <msittner@mcn.org> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Wiki Additions--Calydorea, Habranthus > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.2.20080103085103.034a8c68@mail.mcn.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed > > Hi, > > I've added links for the Calydorea and Habranthus articles to the wiki so > they will be easily accessible to all. Thanks so much to Germ?n for making > them available. I invite you to look at the Habranthus wiki page: > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… > when you look at the new pictures of Habranthus cardenasianus as the links > that Germ?n so kindly gave you are not going to work. > > Mary Sue > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:41:46 +0000 > From: meg570@comcast.net > Subject: [pbs] Wiki Additions-Calochortus > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Message-ID: > <010320081741.19148.477D1E5A00061FEC00004ACC2200750744CFC9CA090A03@comcast.net> > > Content-Type: text/plain > > I have added a number of new Calochortus photos to the PBS website, > including many of the Mexican species. Many thanks to Mary Sue Ittner for > guiding me through the logistics of posting these, as well as for making > some additional Calochortus pages. I will add more Calochortus photos over > the next few weeks > The additions are here > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… > > > Mary Gerritsen > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 20:48:48 +0200 > From: "Cameron McMaster" <cameron@haznet.co.za> > Subject: Re: [pbs] One is the loneliest... > To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <009301c84e39$da7a7520$213dd0c4@mcmasterdae8d5> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Jim wrote: Ipheion uniflorum as the name suggests should have a single > flower per fan of foliage. I think so. Does anyone have an alternate > experience? Does it ever have 2 or more per ? > > Two 'lonely' species I can think of off-hand are Disa uniflora and > Baeometra uniflora - both are most likely to have more than one flower! > > Rhoda > > Napier, SA, with Cyrtanthus carneus, Thereianthus bracteolus, Aristea > oligocephala and Tritoniopsis unguicularis flowering in the wild, and > Watsonia schlechteri about to flower. > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 14:30:26 -0500 > From: "Jim McKenney" <jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com> > Subject: [pbs] Nerine sarniensis and Guernsey > To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <003001c84e3f$1a7d13d0$2f01a8c0@Library> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > A local friend and I have been emailing back and forth this morning on the > subject of Nerine culture. This was prompted by her mention of another > friend who grows Nerine. > > > > One outcome of this was my being given a link to Nerine on the > PlantzAfrica > site, in particular to an article written by Graham Duncan. In that > article, > Duncan casts doubt on the story that Nerine sarniensis was introduced to > Guernsey as flotsam (or was it as jetsam?) in the mid-seventeenth century. > Here's the link to the article. > > > > http://plantzafrica.com/plantnop/… > > > > Does anyone know what the evidence is for this doubt? > > > > The reason I'm asking is that I know that the story of the shipwreck and > the > Nerine has been told since at least the last decades of the seventeenth > century. In other words, the story dates at least from the period about > thirty years after the actual shipwreck event, from a time when it seems > reasonable to assume there were still those who remembered the events in > question. > > > > > > Jim McKenney > > jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com > > Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, where the temperature has > not > gotten above the freezing point yet today. > > My Virtual Maryland Garden http://www.jimmckenney.com/ > > BLOG! http://mcwort.blogspot.com/ > > > > Webmaster Potomac Valley Chapter, NARGS > > Editor PVC Bulletin http://www.pvcnargs.org/ > > > > Webmaster Potomac Lily Society http://www.potomaclilysociety.org/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:29:38 -0800 > From: Mary Sue Ittner <msittner@mcn.org> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Wiki Additions-Calochortus > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.2.20080103110856.02cd2478@mail.mcn.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > In case some of you have not made the connection, Mary Gerritsen is one of > the authors of the Calochortus book published this year by Timber > Press. It includes descriptions, color photos, habitat and cultivation > information about every major group and species. Mary has spent > considerable time adding a lot of really valuable information about this > genus to the wiki and resizing and renaming her pictures so they could be > added to the wiki. Most of her pictures were taken in habitat as she has > traveled to find the different species. New species added are Calochortus > balsensis, Calochoruts cernus, Calochortus davidsonianus, Calochortus > exilis, Calochortus fuscus, Calochortus greenei, Calochortus > hartwegii, Calochortus leichtlinnii, Calochortus mendozae, Calochortus > nigrescens, Calochortus ownbeyi, Calochortus persistens, Calochortus > pringlei, Calochortus purpureus, Calochortus spatulatus, and Calochortus > subalpinus. In addition she has added habitat shots of some of the species > already on the wiki. And there is more to come. For Calochortus > enthusiasts > everywhere it is wonderful to have this information be so readily > available. Thank you Mary. > > Mary Sue > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 14:37:56 -0500 > From: "Jim McKenney" <jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Wiki Additions-Calochortus > To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <003501c84e40$24b9d0d0$2f01a8c0@Library> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Thanks, Mary Gerritsen, for posting those images. I'm a newbie with > Calochortus, but the few I've grown have me hooked. > > Some of them look a lot like frits at first glance, and something about > the > small dark red ones, especially Calochortus pringlei, remind me of the > "chocolate cosmos". > > Hmmm...I wonder if I can make room for an expanded Calochortus collection > beside the Fritillaria collection? > > Jim McKenney > jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com > Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, where Crocus pallasii and > C. > ochroleucus are in bloom in a cold frame. > My Virtual Maryland Garden http://www.jimmckenney.com/ > BLOG! http://mcwort.blogspot.com/ > > Webmaster Potomac Valley Chapter, NARGS > Editor PVC Bulletin http://www.pvcnargs.org/ > > Webmaster Potomac Lily Society http://www.potomaclilysociety.org/ > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 21:01:55 -0000 > From: "John Grimshaw" <j.grimshaw@virgin.net> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Asking for a hint of world map of chilling hours > Please? > To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <034201c84e4b$e036a350$0201a8c0@John> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="big5"; > reply-type=original > > Fierycloud: > > Please could you tell us the units measured by the thermoclines on the map > of chilling hours - so many hours at how many degrees? It was impossible > to > tell from the image. > > John Grimshaw > > > Dr John M. Grimshaw > Sycamore Cottage > Colesbourne > Nr Cheltenham > Gloucestershire GL53 9NP > > Tel. 01242 870567 > > COLESBOURNE PARK SNOWDROP OPEN DAYS 2008 > January 26/27 and every Saturday & Sunday in February > Gates open 1pm, last entry 4 pm > website: http://www.colesbournegardens.org.uk/ > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Fierycloud" <fierycloud2002@yahoo.com.tw> > To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 1:25 PM > Subject: [pbs] Asking for a hint of world map of chilling hours Please? > > > Happy New Year: > > I'm looking for the whole-world version of the chilling hours map. > http://raintreenursery.com/indexpics/… > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 12 > Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 07:22:51 +1000 > From: Ronald Redding <ron_redding@hotmail.com> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Moraea hiemalis seed > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <BAY108-W38415851EBF3FECBB5487E94530@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > Rogan > > I don't want any seeds, I don't think my climate would be very helpful in > preserving these plants, however I just wanted to say I have been touched > by your generosity and the effort you have gone to in order to share these > seeds.Kind Regards and Best WishesRon ReddingHervey BayAustralia >> Anyway, I collected a quantity of Moraea hiemalis seed recently in the >> Drakensberg mountains, enough to send to the bulb and seed X and to >> anyone else who may be interested in growing this plant (...and yes, I >> can send you collection data if you should require it). You can see it >> at: >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… > >> > Please contact me PRIVATELY with your postal address if you would like >> some of this seed.> > Best regards> Rogan.> > Please find our Email >> Disclaimer here: http://www.ukzn.ac.za/disclaimer/> >> _______________________________________________> pbs mailing list> >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php> >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > _________________________________________________________________ > What are you waiting for? Join Lavalife FREE > http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx/… > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 13 > Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 13:46:53 -0800 > From: Douglas Westfall <eagle85@flash.net> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Wiki Additions-Calochortus > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <061F8B08-540C-4F60-8303-124C26449BAC@flash.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes > > Mary Sue and Mary Gerritsen, > > The pages are fantastic!!! While I have grown some Calochortus (one > pic. in the group) I had NO IDEA that there are so many in the family. > The pictures are almost enough to make me give up my Haemanthus and > Scadoxus. > > Doug Westfall > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > End of pbs Digest, Vol 60, Issue 3 > ********************************** > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.13/1208 - Release Date: > 03/01/2008 15:52 > >
