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 42" 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 !!
From Mary Sue Ittner:
Bulbs/Corms:
1. Babiana nana angustifolia--Couldn't get anyone to tell me what this
really is during the topic of the week. It is very reliable, smells like
cinnamon, was purchased under this name, picture in wiki--W
2. Calochortus uniflorus--One of the easier to grow, also less spectacular.
But blooms a long time for me in Northern California and I like it. It also
expands by bulblets.
3. Calochortus vestae--Beautiful white Mariposa flowers, likes good water
and
fertilizer during its winter growing period. This one expands by bulblets
unlike most so that is why there are a lot of this I am giving away. So you
should get a good value for your $2 handling charges.
4. Dichelostemma capitatum--Grown from Northwest native seed 98-197--Dwarf
form of this species (2-6"), found on North facing open slopes among oak
and stunted pines in soil from fragmented shale at 5600 feet.
5. Geissorhiza inaequalis--Purple flowers, long bloom in winter. In my
climate
potentially weedy, but it's not big enough to replace anything and very
charming. It produces a lot of small cormlets around the mother corm, but
these are blooming size.
6. Gladiolus communis byzantinus--hasn't bloomed yet so haven't confirmed
what
it is--W
7. Gladiolus geardii--Look at its picture on the wiki. Blooms in spring, but
isn't dormant long.
8. Gladiolus sp.--A winter growing mystery South African type for those who
like to gamble. Could be G. tristis, but I grow so many I'm can't tell the
dormant ones apart except this one does produce tiny cormlets around the
base
9. Hesperantha cucullata A--Blooms at night when you need to bring it in to
watch it perform. Fragrant. Winter growing
10. Hesperantha cucullata B--Form I grew from seed from Wayne Roderick and
my
seed, hopefully is pure. This one opens late afternoon so you can enjoy it
outside and is not fragrant.
11. Herbertia lahue--winter growing, blue-purple flowers early summer
12. Ixia frederickii--think this one has been put into something else known
for
different color flowers, cormlets, red-orange, G. Duncan says can go in
ground, late blooming, winter growing
13. Ixia polystachya--late blooming winter growing Ixia with nice markings,
I grow two kinds and lost track of which this is
14. Onixotis stricta--White flowers, winter growing, normally found in very
wet
places
15. Ornithogalum sp.--Seed was misnamed. Blooms after the leaves have
shriveled
early summer. Small, white, no idea of species
16. Oxalis flava--yellow, winter growing, fall blooming
17. Oxalis incarnata--more of this I offered before, better in shade, creamy
white flowers, long blooming if you attend to its needs, potentially weedy
18. Oxalis luteola MV5567-- I believe this is what this is. I left the MV
number off when I was setting it aside. If so, it is one of my favorites,
nice yellow flowers for a long time. 1.5" brt yellow flowers, 13 km s of
Nieuwodtville
19. Oxalis obtusa MV 6235
20. Oxalis obtusa pink--This is that one with grayish leaves that multiplies
rapidly
From Mark Wilcox:
21. Bulbs of Chionodoxa nana: Blooming size and offsets. 1 - 3 flowers
typical. Spring grower.
For the next six items, because of their weight and the added postage this
requires, we ask for a donation of $4.00 per item instead of the usual
$2.00:
From Lee Poulsen:
22. Tubers of Sinningia tubiflora
23. Bulbs of Ipheion uniflorum 'Alberto Castillo'
From Jim Waddick:
24. Bulbs of Cyrtanthus sanguineus
From Marvin Ellenbecker:
25. Near blooming-sized bulbs of Sprekelia formosissima
26. Large bulbs of Amaryllis belladonna
27. Large offsets of Hippeastrum papilio
Thank you, Mary Sue, Lee, Jim, Mark, and Marvin !!
Best wishes,
Dell
--Dell Sherk, Director, Pacific BX