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 <ds429@comcast.net>. Include "BX 239" 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 <Arnold140@verizon.net>; no money orders,
please) you should send to the PBS treasurer to defray our costs for packing
and first-class, priority-mail, or international postage.
PLEASE NOTE: CURRENT POSTAL-RATE SCHEMES NECESSITATE OUR PLACING A
SURCHARGE ON EACH ORDER FROM PBS BX OFFERINGS.
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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 plant materials to:
Dell Sherk
6832 Phillips Mill Rd.
New Hope, PA, 18938
USA
Non US donors should contact me for instructions before sending seeds.
I WILL REPLY TO YOU WITHIN 24 HRS OF MY RECEIPT OF YOUR ORDER.
IF YOU DO NOT HEAR FROM ME, TRY AGAIN !!
SEEDS:
1. Clivia robusta, orange
2. Clivia robusta, red
3. Crossyne flava, yellow
4. Crossyne flava, white
5. Scadoxus multiflorus ssp katherinae, small variety
6. Scadoxus multiflorus ssp katherinae, large variety
From Jim Waddick:
7. Seeds of Cyrtanthus brachyscyphus These are seeds from bulbs donated to
the PBS BX by Mary Sue Ittner. The leaves are narrow and semi-tubular/flat.
Flowers are very bright orange. Although the flowers are not large, they are
abundant and show off really well. More at:
<http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki.php/…>
8. Seeds of Bowiea volubilis, the infamous "Climbing Onion.' The large pale
green bulb sits right on the ground. The vegetative growth is a long twining
mass of green threads. Small pale flowers are abundant. Any fan of
succulents and monocots should grow this interesting geophyte. Very easy,
but I have not grown these from seed so . . . More at
<http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…>
From Ken Blackford:
9. Seeds of Cyrtanthus falcatus x C. herrei. I feel fairly confident that
these will turn out to be valid crosses between Cyrtanthus falcatus (seed
parent) and C. herrei (pollen parent, frozen last September) as none of the
flowers I attempted to self from the C. falcatus pollen produced pods/seed.
I suspect my two original C. falcatus bulbs, now numbering about 45 after 7
years, are all clones of the same plant as they divide/split rather quickly.
They did well growing in the ground, on a North-facing hillside in pretty
lousy clayish soil, here in San Diego about 2 miles as the crow flies from
the ocean. I've only had one hard frost, 4.5 years ago in December 2005,
down to about 30F. Unusual here, but I live in a canyon where cold air does
collect on calm winter mornings. They were, of course, dormant at the time
but appeared unfazed when growth resumed in March even though the bulbs tend
to grow exposed about 2/3 above the soil line. Last year I split the clump
and put half of the bulbs into a pot. Here is a link to a photo I posted on
FLICKR of the potted clump with swelling seed pods on March 31st this year,
and another of the blooms from March of 2009:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/amarguy/4491919689/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/amarguy/3376515304/
and here are a couple shots of the C. Herrei blooming last September:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/amarguy/3884857237/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/amarguy/3920699987/
From Jim Shields:
BULBS:
10. Cyrtanthus labiatus
11. Cyrtanthus obliquus ex Stutterheim
12. Haemanthus montanus (few)
13. Haemanthus humilis humilis, ex Croft (few)
14. Haemanthus humilis hirsutus ex George Mann (few)
Thank you, Jim, Ken, and Jim !!
Best wishes,
Dell
Dell Sherk, PBS BX