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All: Please read this post in its entirety prior to ordering so we will have no confusion and your boxes can get out to you quickly.  It will make my job a bit easier.  This is a huge BX.
*This BX will be open for orders until Friday, June 14 at 9:00 p.m. PST*

Standard rules apply for this BX:

Kindly review the list below and email me with your request(s) at bulbexpbs@gmail.com.
I will send a simple acknowledgement of your email.  Should you not have a response from me within a day or so, please resend.

Be sure to include your full name and current address and PLEASE advise if you have moved recently so I may note.

Bulbs are $3 each.  Many of these are only one share and in short supply. Again: some of the donors have sent me only one share of some things.  I would like to temper expectations.

This will be a lottery (however, if you did not receive something you were especially keen on last round, kindly advise and I will try to assure some accommodation. Also, if there is something you really are looking to receive, it helps for me to know this as well.)

You must be current in your membership and you must be up-to-date on BX/SX charges. If you are uncertain, feel free to check with Jane McGary or Arnold Trachtenberg.

KINDLY NOTE:

Orders should be paid upon receipt through the PBS website at:
https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php?page=BXpay

Please be sure to reference the BX number above (496), this helps us with accounting.
You are still free to send payment via check if that is your preference.

No orders to anywhere but the US and (sometimes) Canada can be entertained at this point.  We cannot furnish the appropriate phyto docs to other countries.

Thank you as always to our current donors.  
Be advised that any and all mistakes on spelling are likely mine.  If donors see an issue with their listed item, please feel free to chime in.

1 Sauromatum giganteum           Amy Olmsted
2 Arisaema fargesii

         
3 Arisaema taiwanense

 

4 Ferraria crispa

Flower Colors:	white, green, yellow, brown, patterned
Life form:	deciduous corm
Climate:	winter rain climate

                        Judy Wong
5 Ixia   white flower w/ blackish red base

6 Oxalis callosa                          Mary Sue Ittner
7 Oxalis engleriana

         
8 Oxalis flava

(pink flowers)        
9 Oxalis hirta

     
10 Oxalis hirta

'Gothenburg'        
11 Oxalis hirta

(mauve)  
12 Oxalis imbricata         
13 Oxalis livida  
14 Oxalis luteola

MV 5567           
15 Oxalis melanosticta 'Ken Aslet'            
16 Oxalis obtusa 'Peaches & Cream'        
17 Oxalis obtusa

(pink)  
18 Oxalis obtusa

MV5005a          
19 Oxalis obtusa

MV6235            
20Oxalis pulchella var. tomentosa          
21 Oxalis purpurea 'Skar'             
22 Oxalis zeekoevleyensis            
23 Phaedranassasp. (grown from seed or offsets from Phaedranassa carmiolii (probably not that) or P. cinerea           
24 Tulipa'Daydream' (small bulblets)      

25 Achimenes admirabilis

Flower Colors:	red, orange
Life form:	rhizome
Climate:	summer rain climate

- plant NOW             Rimmer de Vries
26 Allium amethystinum

Flower Colors:	purple
Flower Season:	late spring to early summer

BX 252
27 Allium guttatum dalmaticum(purple) Montenegro, Petrovac 750m AH9114    
28 Alliumtall small drumstick mauve ex China    
29 Babaiana vanzijliae BX 447      
30 Babiana ambigua

ex Silver Hill 144567 BX 471              
31 Babiana ecklonii

BS 450          
32 Babiana framesii

BX 446         
33 Babiana melanops

BX 478-113            
34 Babiana patula

ex Silver Hill 14685 BX 478-117            
35 Babiana patersoniae

BX 478-116        
36 Babiana pulchra SX 11-311    
37 Babiana rubrocyanea

- Jeremy Spon  
38 Babiana rubrocyanea

BX 471
39 Babiana sambucina Jourbertiana ex SH 287 BC 471     
40 Babianasp. BX 429   
41 Babiana stricta           
42 Babiana stricta

hybrids?          
43 Babiana tubulosa BX 471       
44 Babiana vanzijliae      
45 Babiana virginea

P Goldblatt type collection Roggeveld            
46 Babiana 'Jim's Choice' SX11-310         
47Babiana mucronata

ex Silver Hill 13799 BX 478-114    
48 Babiana pygmaea

ex Silverhill 284 ex Hort BX 478-118             
49 Barnardia japonica

/ aka Scilla scilloides           
50 Cyanella hyacinthoides

BX 252            
51 Cyanella lutea

- Bredasdorp   
52 Cyanella lutea

- Robertson     
53 Cyanella orchidiformis

BX 368             
54Cyanella orchidiformis

west coast RSA             
55 Cyanella cygnea         
56 Cyrtanthus inaequalis S of ladysmith Hannon offset   
57 Cyrtanthus labiatus offsets, BX444     
58 Drimia uniflora

aka Litanthus pusillus- plant now        
59 Eliokarmos salteri Narouwsbert (Drimiasalteri) - Terry Smale 700A    
60 Eustephia Darwinii - Cuzco, Peru- ex Telos, ex Charles Gorenstein        
61 Gloriosa modesta

BX 455-2   
62 Haemanthus albiflos

63 Haemanthus paucifolius Telos epiphyte           
64 Hippeastrum striatum 'Cianorte'        
65 Irid volunteer              
66 Ixia 'Baby Blue'          
67 Ixia flexuosa

SX11-405            
68 Ixiahybrids BX 445   
69 Ixia paniculata            
70 Ixia rapunculoides

SX11-406  
71 Ixia thomasiae

SX11-407        
72 Ixia trifolia    
73 Ixia vinacea  
74 Ixiawhite magenta eye BX 445           
75 Lachenalia orchioides

pale yellow form           
76 Lachenalia bachmanii SX Feb 2014     
77 Lachenalia juncifolia 
78 Lachenalia latimerae

short pink plant
79 Lachenalia liliflora

BX 432      
80 Lachenaliamislabeled as stayeniae from Terry Smale
81  Lachenalia orthopetala          
82 Notholirion thomsonianum   
83 Ornithogalum 'Sun Star'         
84 Oxalis obtusa

hardy spring bloom pink             
85 Resnova macrophylla- wet packed     
86 Rhadamanthus aff. platyphyllusex BX 214     
87 Scilla madeirensis

from Longfield Garden 2014            
88Sinningia 'Spanish Skirts'        
89Sparaxis elegans

- orange SX11             
90 Sparaxis maculosa

     
91 Sparaxis metelekampiaeseed from BX 478-172         
92 Strumaria truncata   
93 Tritonia flabellifolia

BX 446   
94 Tritonia deusta

BX 446           
95 Tritonia gladiolaris

'cream' BX 478     
96 Tritonia pallida ssp. tayloriaeBX453 #6           
97 Urginea undulata var. tazensis KV seed 2017- 442 blooms in July- Aug, plant in hot sunny dryish location now        

98 Galanthus 'Blewberry Tart'               Anonymous Donor (PBS member)           
99 Galanthus 'Greenish'
100 Galanthus 'Cowhouse Green'      
       
101 Amorphophallus dunniiRP1                           Robert Parks
102 Amorphophallus dunniiRP2              
103 Amorphophallus henryi

Life form:

tuber

 Narrow Leaf             
104 Amorphophallus konjac

Flower Colors:	black
Flower Season:	mid spring
Special:	edible storage organ
Life form:	tuber

Nightstick   
105 Amorphophallus konjac

Flower Colors:	black
Flower Season:	mid spring
Special:	edible storage organ
Life form:	tuber

RP5              
106 Amorphophallus konjac Swallowtail
107 Amorphophallus myosuroides Green Leaf    
108 Amorphophallus myosuroides Silver Center 
109 Amorphophallus ongsakulii 
110Arum byzantinum    
111 Arum dioscoridis v. syriacum             
112 Biarumsp. (lost label)           
113 Colocasia x Pharaohs Mask 
114 Furcraea foetida 'Variegata'
115 Geissorhiza aspera 
116Gladiolus alatus       
117 Gladiolus carmineus              
118 Gladiolus maculatus              
119 Gladiolus pulcherrimus         
120 Haemanthus barkerae          
121 Ixia paniculata

(tall)
122 Ixia polystachya Baby Blue  
123 Ixia rapunculoides   
124 Ixia X Spotlight          
125 Lachenalia ensifolia ssp. maughanii 
126 Lachenalia splendida             
127 Lachenalia trichophylla

         
128 Oxalis burkei             
129 Oxalis engleriana

     
130 Oxalis fabaefolia

     
131 Oxalis flabellifolia   
132 Oxalis flava

RP1       
133 Oxalis flava

(pink)    
134 Oxalis flava

RP2       
135 Oxalis flava v. pectinaria      
136 Oxalis hirta

(mauve)              
137 Oxalis hirta

RP2       
138 Oxalis luteola glauca             
139 Oxalis luteola

MV5567          
140 Oxalis massoniana  
141 Oxalis melanosticta

142 Oxalis melanosticta Ken Aslet            
143 Oxalis namaquana RP1         
144 Oxalis namaquana RP2         
145 Oxalis oreithala       
146 Oxalis palmifrons

RP1           
147 Oxalis pardalis

MV 7632       
148 Oxalis pocockiae

     
149 Oxalis polyphylla     
150 Oxalis purpurea

(common lavender)               
151 Oxalis purpurea

(white)        
152 Oxalis purpurea

(yellow)      
153 Oxalis sp. Oudtshoorn           
154 Oxalis versicolor

RP1             
155 OxalisX Golden Cape            
156 Sauromatum giganteum

      
157 Sauromatum venosum

Green Stem 
158 Sauromatum venosum Indian Giant 
159 Strumaria discifera

 
160  Typhonium roxburghii         
161 Ullucus tuberosus Long Pink              
162 Ullucus tuberosus Moclips  

163 Hermodactylus tuberosa (Iris tuberosa)          James Shao
164 Ferraria crispa v. nortieri      
165 Oxalis glabra

dark pink ex Telos
166 Ferraria crispa          dark, ex Telos
167 Ferraria crispa           ex Telos
168 Pterostylis curta 'Keun Hee'

(Key: Silverhill number, locality and year sown)       James Heinrich
169 Gladiolus uysiae

Flower Colors:	brown, patterned
Climate:	winter rain climate

       Silverhill #3879 (Nieuwoudtville); 2012     
170 Sparaxis elegans       Silverhill 2332 (ex hort); 2012
171 Sparaxis grandiflora ssp acutiloba     Silverhill #2334 (Citrusdal); 2012
172 Sparaxis grandiflora ssp fimbriata     Silverhill 2335 (ex. hort); 2012
173 Sparaxis grandiflora ssp grandiflora  Silverhill 2336 (ex. Hort); 2012
174 Sparaxis grandiflora ssp violacea       Silverhill #2337 (ex.hort.); 2012
175 Sparaxis metelekampiae      Silverhill 5487 (Nieuwoudtville); 2012
176 Sparaxis tricolor

       Silverhill 2339 (Nieuwoudtville); 2012

177 Ipheion uniflorum                     Denis Kearns


178 Lycoris radiata

                           Dorothy Dron Smith

179 Galanthus elwesii                       A. Trachtenberg
      unnamed seedlings, variety of different markings, garden grown  



Thanks!
Bridget

The donations have been coming in and I'm going to post the list this weekend, by Sunday evening, EST.
Thanks!
Bridget

All:

The donation window for the next 2024 US BX is now open until June 5, 2024 (if you need additional time, kindly advise). Please read below carefully, thanks!

I am ready to accept donations of clean, healthy bulbs at this time.  I am not requiring donors pre-package the donations in ready-to-go packets; I find it easier and more effective to do this myself according to demand and realize not everyone has time to sort and separate, other than species/ssp.  I will need you to label the bag or box to easily identify the bulbs.

Each donor will be credited the postage for the donation or a minimum of $5.

Feel free to include comments or instructions for your donated items, most of us need some help with new items to our collections.

Kindly send your donations to me at:

Bridget Wosczyna
731 Furnace Road
Morgantown PA 19543

Please be sure to send me an email advising that you have sent the bulbs so that I may keep an eye on my mailbox.

This notice will  be mailed out to the PBS list as well.

Email me at bulbexpbs@gmail.com with any questions. 

Thanks in advance!
Bridget

We wanted to be sure to advise of the deadline for ordering from SA Bulb Company. 
Any and all orders must be sent to Bob Lauf by Monday evening, May 6 at 12 a.m. EST.  
Only current US PBS members are eligible to participate in the offer at this time.

Thank you!
Bridget
BX Manager, President

Dear All Current US Members:

PBS has an opportunity to order bulbs directly from The South African Bulb Company. This is the company from whom we ordered the wonderful amaryllid book and it went very well.

It is incumbent upon each member ordering to follow the below instructions precisely.

Member Bob Lauf has agreed to use his import permit to place a group order for US members at this time, keeping the matter above-board.  Bob has made orders previously and received his items speedily and in good condition.   We have a short window to make our orders directly through him.  We are exploring if we may be able to work something out for our EU membership at a later date.

We have decided this works best for everyone involved if we approach the order as outlined below. There will be no deviation from this protocol  

Please:

1.  Peruse the list attached (if you are reading this from the List, kindly go to the Forum post under the Bulb Exchange section to see the list)

2. Email Bob directly with your order. Include your full name and list of desired bulbs. Be very specific in listing your items.  Bob's email address is boblauf@att.net.  Any orders not sent to Bob directly will not be honored.  Continuity in the ordering is imperative.

3. Bob will send you the total you owe and you must prepay Arnold via Paypal prior to the order being made with South African Bulb Company.  The amount due will include the following: a prorated amount of the phyto certification (which is generally around $25 no matter how big the order will be, so it should be a few dollars for each ordering member), the prorated shipping costs for Bob to receive the bulbs (a group order will help offset these costs as well), the total price of the bulbs you order, the shipping to Atlanta, and the shipping from Atlanta to Bob.  Bob advises the shipping from South Africa usually runs a little less than the price of the bulbs ordered.  So, generally, you can expect your cost to run about double the total amount of the bulbs you are ordering.  As we all know, this is a good deal in that most of these bulbs are not available commercially and if you can find them online, they are very expensive.  

The prices of the items are on the offer list.  Upon Bob's receipt of the bulbs, they will be shipped to me for a normal BX distribution to members. I will include a slip indicating the additional postage you owe for the shipping from me to you. All BX recipients know those charges are inexpensive. Our Stamps account offers very competitive pricing: again, usually just a few dollars. 

You agree when you order and pay that you acknowledge that there is a risk that the bulbs may not be received. It is well-known that all customers take said risk when ordering anything from other countries.  PBS and Bob Lauf assume no liability should the items not make it to the US.  An additional risk is that the plants could be delayed in shipping or may be less than ideal when received.  Neither PBS nor Bob Lauf will make any refunds. We are all assuming this risk together. Bob has had very good experiences with receiving healthy plants quickly.  We are hopeful to have the same with our group order.  

You must be a current member to participate.   
 
THE SA BULB COMPANY SOUTH AFRICA BULB EXPORT PRICE LIST APRIL 2024.pdf

Thank you,
Bridget
BX Manager and President

Uli, thank you for reaching out.  I am adding to the agenda.

Bridget

Hello, Everyone, 

It is with excitement that we announce we have a new Bulb Garden Editor.  

Our Secretary, Emil Friend, has agreed to step into the post.  Emil has an extensive personal and professional background in horticulture and will bring a new and fresh perspective to our publication.  Emil will continue in his role as Secretary.   

We are very much looking forward to the next edition and recognize this is no small endeavor. It will be a little while until our next edition will be published, but in the meantime, we hope he will enjoy the process of putting it together.  

We would be remiss not to thank our former editor, Robin Hansen, for all of her prior work on the BG and wish her well.  

Thank you!

Bridget Wosczyna
President, PBS

Hello, Everyone, 

It is with excitement that we announce we have a new Bulb Garden Editor.  

Our Secretary, Emil Friend, has agreed to step into the post.  Emil has an extensive personal and professional background in horticulture and will bring a new and fresh perspective to our publication.  Emil will continue in his role as Secretary.   

We are very much looking forward to the next edition and recognize this is no small endeavor. It will be a little while until our next edition will be published, but in the meantime, we hope he will enjoy the process of putting it together.  

We would be remiss not to thank our former editor, Robin Hansen, for all of her prior work on the BG and wish her well.  

Thank you!

Bridget Wosczyna
President, PBS

All: Please read this email in its entirety prior to ordering so we will have no confusion and your boxes can get out to you quickly.  It will make my job a bit easier.  This is a large BX.

*This BX will be open for orders until Saturday, April 6 at 9:00 p.m. PST*

Standard rules apply for this BX:

Kindly review the list below and email me with your request(s) at bulbexpbs@gmail.com.
I will send a simple acknowledgement of your email.  Should you not have a response from me within a day or so, please resend.
Be sure to include your full name and current address and PLEASE advise if you have moved recently so I may note.
Bulbs are $3 each.  Some of these are only one share and in short supply.
This will be a lottery (however, if you did not receive something you were especially keen on last round, kindly advise and I will try to assure some accommodation. Also, if there is something you really are looking to receive, it helps for me to know this as well.)
You must be current in your membership and you must be up-to-date on BX/SX charges. If you are uncertain, feel free to check with Jane McGary or Arnold Trachtenberg.

KINDLY NOTE:

Orders should be paid upon receipt through the PBS website at:
https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php?page=BXpay
Please be sure to reference the BX number above, this helps us with accounting.
You are still free to send payment via check if that is your preference.

No orders to anywhere but the US and (sometimes) Canada can be entertained at this point.  We cannot furnish the appropriate phyto docs to other countries.

Thank you as always to our current donors.  Be advised that any and all mistakes on spelling are likely mine.  If donors see an issue with their listed item, please feel free to chime in.

 Amy Olmsted
1. Arisaema fargesii

                                             
2. Crinum powellii album  
Ottoline Clapham                                                 
3 .Ledebouria crispa

                                                   
 Ann Rametta/Mulqueen
4.Watsonia aletroides

                                               
 Bob Hoel
5.Zephyranthes grandiflora                                      
 Steven Whyman
6. Arisaema flavum                                                    
7. Arisaema candidissimum alba                                           
8. Arisaema candidissimum                                                  
9. Arisaema fargesii                                                  
10. Arisaema consanguineum      The Perfect Wave'                                     
  Fred Bisella
11. Sinningia tubiflora

hybrids    (seed grown, orange/red flowers)   
    Robert Lauf
12. Griffinia espiritensis (seedlings)                                     
13. Merwilla plumbea     (seedlings)                                       
14. Ledebouria galpinii                                            
15. Griffiniasp (poss rochae)      (seedlings) ex Telos                                     
  Fred Bisella
16. Gloxinia nematanthodes      Evita'                                 
17. Hippeastrum              SEED  Orange Varie x self                                         
  Mary Sue Ittner
18. Gloriosa superba                                                
19. Rhodohypoxis baurii 'Harlequin'                                      
20.Nerine masoniorum

                                             
21. Ornithogalumsp      Alberto Castillo provided this description when he sent the bulbs to BX 250, August 2010: "a miniature Ornithogalum species, fine foliage growing in tufts, clumping, evergreen, but definitely a winter grower. Flowers are white, minute and produced in profusion in spring. It was originally distributed as seed in an early PBS BX. Has been a charming undemanding species in full sun and gritty soil. Frost free conditions."                             
 Rimmer de Vries
22. Calostemma purpureum        (older seedlings) ex Telos           
23. Cyrtanthus labiatus  offsets bulbils BX 482 ex BX239                             
24. Drimia uniflora         ex Rennies Nek                             
25. Drimiopsis kirkii        ex BX 374 Uli Urban                                   
26. Ledebouria socialis paucifolia NNBH260      ex Nhu N                                         
27. Phaedranassa dubia

ex Ornduff 9674                                           
28.Sinningia defoliata    leaf cuttings from bulb 6.24.23                               
29. Sinninigia leucotricha                                                         
Lin Grado
30. Alstroemeria psittacina                                                  
 Steve Marak
31. Haemanthus albiflos

                                                           
 Rimmer de Vries                                                         
32.Clinanthus coccineus                                            
(formerly C. veriegatus- Red)      Telos offsets (FB, per Alan Meerow)                                     
33. Clinanthus incarnatus- Apricot            Telos offsets                                   
34.Clinanthus incarnatus

- drops (from others)    Telos offsets                                   
35.Clinanthus variegatus

- Yellow            Telos offsets                                   
36. Hymenocallis leavenworthii Telos offsets                                   
37. Hymenocallis maximiliani      Telos offsets                                   
38.Ismene hawkesii     Telos offsets                                   
39. Phaedranassa glaucifolia      Telos offsets ex Harry Hay                                       
40. Phaedranassa viridiflora       Telos offsets                                   
41.Sinningia reitzii         big bulb                                           
42.Griffinia espiritensis small offsets, Telos 2014                                           
43. Sinningiaex 'Esther' Esther' OP seedling                                     
44. Sinningia hyb 'Spanish Skirts'        excellent bullata hybrid - cutting 5/23                                 
45. Sininngia hyb cardinalis x S bullata    Seedlings 12/2022 and 6/2023 - the ones that have bloomed have cardinalis flower form with orange bullata coloring and cardinalis leaves with bullata growth habit                                   
46. Sinningiahyb leuchotrichia x S piresiana        23 month old seedlings, started 5/18/22, not yet flowered                                   
47.Sinningia nivalis       ex Brazil Plants seed, started 5/20/23                                 
48. Sinningia pirescens  ex Brazil Plants seed, started 3/16/23. Separate each bunch received for best growth                             
49. Sinningia tuberosa  Brazil Plants seed started 4/18/21, enjoys warm humidity while in growth
50. Zephyranthes            Sunset Strain'                                 
 Richard Schreiber
51. Massonia pustulata                                            
 Robert Parks
52. Adenium obesum                                                 
53. Amophophallus thaiensis                                                 
54.Amorphophallus albus RP1                                             
55. Amorphophallus albus RP2                                             
56. Amorphophallus dunnii                                                   
57. Amorphophallus henryi

Life form:

tuber

(narrow leaf)                                                         
58. Amorphophallus konjac 'Swallowtail'                                                         
59. Amorphophallus konjac

Flower Colors:	black
Flower Season:	mid spring
Special:	edible storage organ
Life form:	tuber

Beige Stem                                             
60. Amorphophallus konjac

Flower Colors:	black
Flower Season:	mid spring
Special:	edible storage organ
Life form:	tuber

Flesh Gordon                                                         
61. Amorphophallus konjac Nightstick                                              
62. Amorphophallus konjac

Flower Colors:	black
Flower Season:	mid spring
Special:	edible storage organ
Life form:	tuber

RP4                                           
63. Amorphophallus konjac

Flower Colors:	black
Flower Season:	mid spring
Special:	edible storage organ
Life form:	tuber

RP6a fine grey stem seedling                                           
64.Amorphophallus konjac

Flower Colors:	black
Flower Season:	mid spring
Special:	edible storage organ
Life form:	tuber

RP6e dark stem        seedling                                           
65. Amorphophallus konjac

Flower Colors:	black
Flower Season:	mid spring
Special:	edible storage organ
Life form:	tuber

RP6g fine grey, bunching        seedling                                           
66. Amorphophallus konjac Shattered GlassRP1                                           
67. Amorphophallus konjac Shattered Glass RP2                                           
68. Amorphophallus myosuroides Green Leaf                                              
69. Amorphophallus myosuroides Silver Center                                            
70. Amorphophallus ongsakulii                                            
71. Amorphophallus X Majda                                              
72. Amorphophallus yuloensis                                               
73. Amorphphallus konjac Nanus                                                         
74. Arisaema candidissimum Pink                                                      
75. Arisaema candidissimum White                                                  
76. Arisaema ciliatum                                              
77. Arisaema concinnum                                                        
78. Arisaema exappendiculatum                                                          
79. Arisaema fargesii                                                
80.Arisaema flavum

RP1                                                         
81. Arisaema flavum

RP2                                                         
82. Arisaema taiwanense                                                        
83. Begonia sutherlandii

                                                         
84. Colocasia X Pharaoh's Mask                                            
85. Furcrea foetida variegata (Agave?)    inflorescence bulbs                                     
86. Gloxinia nematanthodes 'Evita'                                                  
87. Gorgonidium intermedium                                               
88. Igidia volubilis RP1                                               
89. Igidia volubilis RP2                                               
90. Impatiens flanaganae

                                                       
91. Ixia X Bluebird                                                       
92. IxiaX Gemini                                                         
93. Ixia X Giant                                             
94. IxiaX Mabel                                           
95. IxiaX Rose Emperor                                             
96. IxiaX Spotlight                                                     
97. IxiaX Yellow Emperor                                                       
98.Lachenalia mutabilis

                                           
99. Lachenalia undulata

                                           
100.Maranta ruiziana                                              
101. Oxalis brasiliensis

RP2                                                     
102. Oxalis tuberosa

(cream with magenta)          Oca                                   
103. Oxalis tuberosa

(red)            Oca                                   
104. Oxalis tuberosa

(white)        Oca                                   
105. Oxalis tuberosa Amarillo      Oca                                   
106. Oxalis tuberosa Bolivian Red            Oca                                   
107. Oxalis tuberosa Rosy Gems Oca                                   
108. Oxalis tuberosa White Salmon          Oca                                   
109. Remusatia pumila                                             
110. Sauromatum giganteum                                                
111. Sauromatum horsfieldii Lancelot                                              
112. Sauromatum venosum

(pale stems)         
113. Sauromatum venosum Indian Giant
114. Sauromatum venosum

RP3
115. Sinningia tubiflora

116. Tropaeolum tuberosum

Flower Colors:	orange, yellow, red
Flower Season:	late summer
Special:	climber, edible flowers, edible storage organ

(similar to Hoh)      Mashua
117. Tropaeolum tuberosum 'Candy Cane'            Mashua
118. Tropaeolum tuberosum 'Hoh'         Mashua                             
119. Tropaeolum tuberosum 'Puca Anyu'              Mashua                         
120. Typhonium rhizomatosum                                       
121. Ullucus tuberosus long pink              Ulluco
122. Ullucus tuberosus Moclips Ulluco                               
123. Ullucus tuberosus

wild form Ulluco 


Thanks!
Bridget

Hi Everyone,

I am preparing the list and intend to post today or tomorrow (April 1 or 2).  Please keep an eye out.

Thanks!
Bridget

All:

The donation window for the first 2024 US BX 494 is now open until March 31 (if you need additional time, kindly advise). Please read below carefully, thanks! 

I am hopeful we have a lively exchange and I am ready to accept donations of clean, healthy bulbs at this time.  I am not requiring that donors pre-package the donations in ready-to-go packets at this time; I find it easier and more effective to do this myself according to demand and realize not everyone has time to sort and separate, other than species.  I will need you to at least label the bag or box to easily identify the bulbs.

Each donor will be credited the postage for the donation or a minimum of $5.

Feel free to include comments or instructions for your donated items, most of us need some help with new items to our collections.

Kindly send your donations to me at:

Bridget Wosczyna
731 Furnace Road
Morgantown PA 19543

Please be sure to send me an email advising that you have sent the bulbs so that I may keep an eye on my mailbox.

This notice will  be mailed out to the PBS mailing list as well.

Email me at bulbexpbs@gmail.com with any questions.

Thanks in advance!
Bridget

Hello:
Member Susan in southern Ontario, Canada has submitted the attached pics in hope of an ID.  Quite obviously an arum, but I don't feel qualified to nail down species, so I'm posting in her behalf.  I think it may be maculatum.

"It is currently growing among hardy geranium, in a protected area between a walkway and a wall, in dappled sunlight under the canopy of a mature juniper. It receives morning sun and otherwise, reflected light and shade. It has endured temperatures of at least -20C. This area does receive moisture.

The leaves are 5" long and 3" wide. The growing period is Feb-Mar to May; dormant Jun to Sep; restarts Oct thru Dec; dormant Jan. I've been trying to get the plant ID'd for three years without success. I believe the plant has bloomed before, but unfortunately I don't have any photos of it blooming. It would be at least five years old, and could be older."

Bridget

Very very exciting stuff.  I do need to send a request for his list.  I understand it's the finest.  
I won't say I'm a galanthophile, but I do enjoy these little sweeties in the gray days.

Bridget

Hi Everyone,

I wanted to send out a note to welcome our new members and thank our renewing friends. Membership is steadily climbing and we've had many folks take advantage of our offer to renew for several years at the former yearly rate  To each of you, the Board thanks you for your support. 

We had lively participation in the seed and bulb exchanges last year and I'm hopeful for more of the same this year. I will continue on as US BX manager and am excited to have Lisa Zankowski as our US SX manager.  Things will continue on with the EU BX and SX as before, with Martin and Uli at the helm for our international members.  

Our member donors are incredible.  I would like to remind everyone that seed and bulb donations are what keep the BX and SX humming. If you have only a few of something to share, we will offer them. I often receive just one item of something in a donation. I happily include it in the BX so another member can have a chance at growing something wonderful (and usually commercially unavailable).

We are deep into winter here in the US and I am hopeful that everyone's winter growers are thriving.  I would love it if some folks would privately email me directly and share a couple pictures of their progress. What's hot in your glasshouse, garden or plunge bed right now? Did you have screaming success with something last summer?  Let's see it!  I have been remiss in keeping up with posting on social media and would appreciate a few pics that I can share with our Instagram and Facebook accounts. The Forum is of course a great site for discourse and stories, but some folks are unsure how to upload pics or do not wish to spend time at the computer.  I am happy to give photo credit (or not, if that is your wish).  I know you're out there and growing fabulous things.  Show us!  

I also need to recognize the behind-the-scenes folks who make the Society function and am grateful for all of the Board who volunteer so much time to our merry band. 

Feel free to contact me privately (bulbexpbs@gmail.com) if you have any questions. I have an open door (mailbox?) policy and welcome dialogue with our members.  I may not respond right away, but I will respond.

New year, new plants.  New opportunities.  

I wish everyone the best for their endeavors this year.

Bridget  

P.S. The new edition of The Bulb Garden will be finished shortly.  Final touches are being added.  

Hi everyone,  
I have a quick, very small BX to share:

1.  Sprekelia   several                                       Christine Doud
2.  Chasmanthe floribunda

(3 gigantic corms)
3. Amaryllis belladonna

(hybrid, recalcitrant seed)
4. Crinum(unk. recalcitrant seed)
5. Daubenya alba

seedlings                               Carl Frederick

Kindly send me a SEPARATE email informing me of your choices, do not reply to this email. This will be a first-come, first served exchange as I have so few of these items and they must go out by the end of the week.  I will send an email once everything is spoken for, which I anticipate to be by tomorrow 12/12/23. 

Standard BX rules apply: $3 for each bulb, $2 for each share of seed.  

Thank you to members Christine and Carl for sharing.

I hope everyone is well and enjoying some winter flowers.
Bridget