Dell, I would love #4, #7, #11 and #12. Have a lot of sprouting bulbs in my greenhouse, courtesy of the earlier offerings I subscribed to. Many thanks. Shirley Meneice, Box 1520, Pebble Beach, CA 93953 Dell Sherk wrote: > 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 51" 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 to defray our 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. > > PLEASE NOTE: I WILL REPLY TO YOU WITHIN 24 HRS OF MY RECEIPT OF YOUR ORDER. > IF YOU DO NOT HEAR FROM ME, TRY AGAIN !! > > SEED: > (W = winter-growing; S = summer growing; WE = winter-growing, evergreen) > >From Mary Sue Ittner: > > 1. Alstroemeria hookeri--pretty pink, dwarf--W > 2. Calochortus catalinae--W > 3. Calochortus mariposa hybrids--W > 4. Hesperoxiphion peruvianum--S for me, this one blooms and blooms if you > dead head it and has amazing large yellow flowers > 5. Lachenalia campanulata--this one is evergreen for me if I keep watering > it > 6. Lachenalia carnosa-W--dry part of South Africa, I really am fond of the > leaves and flowers > 7. Lachenalia contaminata-W--linear leaves, pretty white flowers > 8. Lachenalia nervosa (syn. L. latifolia)-W great leaves on this one, spring > bloom > 9. Littonia modesta--S But does this need to be planted sooner > 10. Sparaxis metelerkampiae--W One of the prettier former Synnotias > >From Mark Wilcox: > > 11. Bletilla striata (S): blooming divisions of this plant, with a very few > too small to bloom next year. Plant in partial shade with the extreme > end of the large growing tips just at, or very slightly beneath, the > soil's surface. The tips are very fragile. If broken off, the plant > will put all its energy into growing a new one, and won't settle down to > blooming again for a couple years. > > 12. Bletilla striata X 'First Kiss' (S): blooming divisions same as above, > with the following differences. This plant is somewhat smaller than the > species in all its parts. The leaves are variegated, having a white > margin around their edges. The flowers are almost all white, except for > a very slight blush of violet. Plant these such that the growing tips > are about half an inch below the soil's surface. > >From Dell Sherk: > > 13. Small bulbs of Rauhia decora. Amaryllidaceae. from Peru? These are > 2.5-year-old seedlings. They are in the process of going dormant for the > first time. I think that they need a dormancy to produce their greenish > white flowers. Leaves are fleshy, petiolate, green, mottled white. Anyone > have any more data? > >From Pat Bender: > > 14. Seed of Arisaema taiwanense > > Thank you, Mary Sue, Pat, and Mark !! > > Best wishes, > Dell > > --Dell Sherk, Director, Pacific BX > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > . >