----- Original Message ----- From: "Justin Smith" <oothal@hotmail.com> To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 4:09 PM Subject: [pbs] Chirstmas in Feb? > > > Hi, > > > > Well I got my mail today and saw your package. WooHoo as I walked back to > the house I said to myself this is just like Christmas! Then I stopped and > looked around. Overcast sky, trying to drizzle, cold and a bit windy. With > PRESENTS!!! Just like Christmas!! lol > > > > Needless to say Christmas here is usually cold and raining but trying to > drizzle is close enough. > > > > Wow what a treasure trove and cool and interesting things! Thanks. > > > > Oh to be able to travel to anywhere to collect seed would be fun. Well ok > travel out of the county anyway. lol. When I go out taking pictures along > with what seed I can find. I normally don't leave my county. Gas cost > mostly but also don't want to get too far out and break down. My hobby > really does not reflect my true social/economic standing accurately. lol > Though a good look at my car/camera and me you would tell quite quickly. > lol Being unable to work does have its drawbacks. > > > > I want to thank you very much for the wide variety of items. I can't wait > to get things going! Though I recently had surgery and cant lift anything > over 5 lbs so I might have to delay a few things. > > > > I do see a few white roots on the A. canwilliamgloria bulbs. So I will get > them out ASAP with my other SA bulb seedlings. > > > > I can't wait to get the Vellozia started. So little information about > them. Ever so hard to find seed or plants makes me so eager to try and get > one to bloom size. Though my luck with them in the past is abismal. I got > the seed from Brazil Plants and Seed by Mauro Peixoto a couple of years > ago. > > > > I have always wanted to try some of the Andesonia sp. and an unknown > Erythrina wooot! I love the them. The ones that are native here are nice. > I have had bloom stalks over my head. Now if I was only 5'2" that would > not be much but I am 6'4". I have the "Plow breaker" E. zeyheri. Two > years ago I planted 2, one year old plants in my front yard. One died > quite promptly but on survived. I don't know how old they need to be > before they bloom but it is 3 years old and maybe this year. > > > > The pepper seed. I dont have any peppers but I grew up along the border > with Mexico. In Laredo 6 years, Del Rio 8 years and I lived 5 years in San > Antonio. So yeah I know all about peppers. LOL Friend chicken and > Jalepenos hmnmmmmmm.. > > > > Thanks for the pots too. I have wanted to order some of the pots from > Stuewe... but wanted to see what they were like before I bought a pig in > poke. I can certainly see how unstable they would be by themselves. That > was a big question for me. Though I was thinking of some a bit shorter. > > > > The cycads were quite a surprise. Some time back I looked up seed sources > but decided importing cycad seed was just too much hassle with cities and > the like. Several years ago when I was just ordering and didnt know > anyting about needing anything to import seed. I ordered some Zamia > roezlii seed from Mr. West at Guaycuyacu seed in Ecuador. I got me a small > packet of seed but got very good germination. Oh the new leaves are so > beautiful. Mine are about 3 or 4 years old now. And need to be repotted > into deeper containers this year. They are in 3 to 5 gal nursery pots now > so I am sure they might be a bit touching bottom. > > > > If you would like one let me know. They don't like full sun but they don't > seem to mind East Texas heat and humidity. Though not sure how they will > like hot and dry. They are in my green house or should I say large cold > frame. Where I have my SA bulb seedlings. I try to keep it from freezing. > Though this winter I am sure it got cold enough to freeze since my last > two chocolate relative trees died. Though only a few of the Zamia leaves > got freezer burns. > > > > Sorry this is so long. But since you enjoy strange and interesting plants, > I have to ask you about Browneopsis ucayalina. > > > > I got some seed of this from Mr. West at > > > > http://ecuadorexplorer.com/guaycuyacu/… > > > > Mine did not fair so well. I tried to get some more but Mr West wont > return my emails. lol I guess he got mad at me. I am quite unsure exactly > why he wont reply to me. It is either that he did not like it that I would > order a few seed then order a few more then order a few more. The seed are > so expensive I could not afford to loose more than a few at a time due to > lost mail. Or it might have been that I asked him to make right the rotted > seed he sent me. or to make right the wrong seed he sent me.. twice. Or it > might have been that I asked him to send green alive Anthurium seed > instead of the brown dead ones. twice. lol. > > > > I guess what I am asking is if you ever decide to order some of those > Browneopsis seed I will gladly pay you for a few extra in your order. Yes > I realize I can loose my money without seeing any seed. lol just part of > normal international shipping. I had a package from S Africa to vanish for > 6 months. only to have it show up two months after the replacement seed > showed up. Too bad the people didn't turn down my offer to pay for both > orders. lol. I felt so quilty about saying my seed didnt arrive that I > swore I would never mention again about not getting my shipment. lol > > > > OH by the way it is now just like Christmas it has started to rain. lol > > > > Take care and thank you again for everything. It made my week!. Well my > week so far that is.... lol > > > > > > Justin > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469230/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/