Hi Paul, I am mainly a lurker on eBay although I have purchased a thing or two (like running shoes).? There are no guarantees on eBay, I may have purchased "knock-off" shoes! Save some Brunsvigia and Babiana for me! Celeste -----Original Message----- From: Paul Licht <plicht@berkeley.edu> To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org Sent: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:22 am Subject: [pbs] Brunsvigia grandiflora/ Expensive bulbs on eBay I've often marveled at what some dealers are getting on eBay. I recently saw a single Amorphophallus titanum seed go for $65. Here at the UC Botanical Garden, we have been selling 1 year old titan arum seedlings for $25-$30 and will be offering the tubers for similar prices (or less) when the plants are dormant, although it does annoy me when we see our sales reappear on eBay at greatly inflated prices as Marilyn mentioned. I have some 2 year old Brunsvigia grandiflora seedlings that we would probably sell for $5. I'm more excited by some nice large 3 year old Brunsvigia josephine (go for $10 or less depending on size) but my real pride and joy are the Babiana ringens. The B.ringens are 3 years old but I have no idea of when they will be mature; they are definitely slower than all the other Babiana I have dealt with. Anyone have experience with these? Another comment on eBay in general. We have discovered that illegally imported material is sometimes offered. Fish and Wildlife has actually brought us material they got off eBay to help identify. Some is likely smuggled CITES material, especially with succulents. I suggest checking with known sources before relying on eBay. Paul pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org wrote: > 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: Westonbirt Plants (David Victor) > 2. Re: Westonbirt Plants (Alberto Grossi) > 3. Common Names (James Waddick) > 4. Re: Westonbirt Plants (Arnold Trachtenberg) > 5. Re: Email fr om Westonbirt Plants ??? (Maria Standard) > 6. Re: Common Names (Jim McKenney) > 7. Iris unguicularis (Jim McKenney) > 8. I would like to have one of these... (hheaven77@aol.com) > 9. Re: Iris unguicularis (Rick) > 10. Re: I would like to have one of these... (Marilyn Pekasky) > 11. Brunsvigia grandiflora/Sources (Mary Sue Ittner) > 12. Re: Brunsvigia grandiflora/Sources (lamon ready) > 13. Re: I would like to have one of these... (Justin Smith) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:59:07 +0000 > From: David Victor <davidxvictor@btinternet.com> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Westonbirt Plants > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Message-ID: <20090111195958.CE4874C00F@lists.ibiblio.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > Hi everyone, > > They are a very good, specialist bulb nursery based in > Worcestershire, England, and run by Tony Dickerson. Their Spring > 2009 list has just been sent out be email. > > Best regards, > David Victor > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:03:02 +0100 > From: "Alberto Grossi" <crinum@libero.it> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Westonbirt Plants > To: "pbs" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <KDBP12$DAC2CD3D55888E80B5C0319A9B8D835A@libero.it> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Hi David, may you share the link? Thank you > > Alberto > > ---------- Initial Header ----------- > > >From : pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org > To : pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Cc : > Date : Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:59:07 +0000 > Subject : Re: [pbs] Westonbirt Plants > > > > > > > > >> Hi everyone, >> >> They are a very good, specialist bulb nursery based in >> Worcestershire, England, and run by Tony Dickerson. Their Spring >> 2009 list has just been sent out be email. >> >> Best regards, >> David Victor >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://li.com/ http://sts.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/pbs/ >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >> >> > > Alberto Grossi > Italy > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:12:40 -0600 > From: James Waddick <jwaddick@kc.rr.com> > Subject: [pbs] Common Names > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <p0624087ac5902b1bf8da@[192.168.1.100]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" > > Dear Friends, > The recent request for info on : "skunk lily, chocolate lily, > castor seed" left me a bit befuddled. > > I had no idea what a skunk lily is and no one responded in > kind. A quick search came up with Fritillaria camschatcensis. > Pacific Rim Native Plant Nursery does not use this common name at all > and claims they are edible. Another site referred to it as 'Dirty > Diaper Lily' a particularly unfortunate combination. Let's review; > edible and smells like dirty diaper - I don't relish a serving of > this botanical treat. > > The scent of rotting meat (according to PRNP) sounds much > preferable to other common names including outhouse lily. > > Maybe I am missing something, but surely there is a reason to > grow these. Tell me. > > Maybe it is too mid-winter to appreciate the subtlety. > > Best JIm W. > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/