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.
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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