Dear All,
The items listed below have been donated by PBS list members for
sharing. If you are interested in obtaining some of them, please email me
PRIVATELY at <dells@voicenet.com>. Include "BX 34" in the subject line.
Specify the NUMBERS of the items which you would like; do not specify
quantities. 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 (cash or check) you should send the PBS
treasurer for your order. This is a charge to defray
costs for packing and first-class postage. It is a good idea to include your
snail mail address too, in case I don't already have it.
Some of you are members of the PBS discussion forum but 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/ . Or
contact me at dells@voicenet.com
If you would like to donate seeds or bulbs/corms to the PBS, please send
CLEAN, clearly labeled material to: Dell Sherk, PO Box 224, Holicong, PA,
18928, USA. Donors will receive credit on the BX for the cost of postage for
their donations.
From Paul Tyerman:
SEED:
1. Eucomis hybrid - purple leaves with pink flowers. When coming out of
dormancy the shoots are almost black. Flowers can reach 3-4 foot tall.
2. White tigridia hybrid - White with red markings in the bowl.
3. Nerine undulata. Fresh seed. Pink flowers with lovely undulating
petals on tall thin stems. Remarked upon by everyone who saw it in my
garden. This is seed from plants grown by me from Silverhill seed. Will be
germinating by the time they arrive.
4. Cyclamen intaminatum - Gorgeous miniature cyclamen with white flowers
with darker veins. Produces a mass of flowers in autumn. Delicate and
choice!! Due to flowering time these should be pure as no other species
were flowering then.
5. Cyclamen coum - The classic winter flowering cyclamen with chubby deep
pink flowers with a dark nose. These were collected from the pink plants,
but there was a nearby white plant so it is possible that there will be
some variance in the progeny, however at this point there have not been any
mixed seedlings appearing, all that have naturally sown are either one or
the other colour. Expect deep pink.
6. Cyclamen hederifolium ex 'Island Scented Strain' - These are reputedly
a perfumed strain of cyclamen that naturally occured as an island
population. I cannot not detect any perfume in my plant, but that is not to
say the seedlings will not have the trait. There is a slim possibility that
some of these may be outcrosses to other hederifolium plants, but unlikely
due to location of the pot.
From Hamish Sloan:
SEED:
7. Cyrtanthus brachyscyphus
8. Habranthus magnoi - white flowered trumpet shape, not reflexed petals.
this is my first flowering from these seedlings. Would like info on this if
anyone can say anything.
From Mary Sue Ittner:
9. Sparaxis bulbifera--white, picture on the wiki, seed and cormlets
10 . Spiloxene capensis--cormlets, winter growing
SEED (winter growing):
11. Cyclamen cilicium--just harvested
12. Cyclamen coum--just harvested
From Cathy Craig:
A few bulbs of each:
13. Narcissus 'Avalanche' (Tazetta division) ex Bill Welch, especially
suitable for mild climates.
14. Freesia viridiflora, ex Lauw de Jager
From Dell Sherk:
15. Two bulblets of the following complex cross made by Marvin Ellenbecker:
[Hippeastrum pardinum x (H. puniceum x H. evansiae)] x H. papilio -
selfed. "parent is vigorous - strong bright red with white throat but look
at all the possibilities with that background!"
Thank you Paul, Hamish, Mary Sue, Cathy, and Marvin !!
Best wishes,
Dell
--Dell Sherk, Director, Pacific BX
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