Dear All,
The items listed below have been donated by PBS list members for
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From Mary Sue Ittner:
Bulbs/Corms:
1. Oxalis obtusa--Can't remember which
2. Oxalis sp. MV #3, from Mike Mace after lost tag, winter growing
3. Oxalis purpurea-white, winter growing
4. Romulea hirta--Winter growing, easily grown.
5. Sparaxis elegans--red, but doesn't have all the markings so I think could
be a hybrid, but Jim Duggan sells it as this
6. Sparaxis parviflora--small flower, winter growing
7. Tulipa batalini-- One year I got this one mixed up with T. linifolia and
I mostly have them separated, but could have a ringer in this lot. I think
someone is calling them both by the same name and I can't remember which is
right. This is a very charming yellow short tulip.
8. Watsonia hybrid--pink, medium size, winter growing, few
From Jane McGary:
Bulbs/corms:
9. Allium rubrovittatum < seed. Congested oval head of white, red-striped
flowers. Rare.
10. Arum palaestinum <Monocot seed. Large, ornamental foliage; increases
fast.
11. Babiana secunda Produces many blue-and-white flowers.
12. Calochortus venustus, red forms <Robinett seed. Seedlings of deeply
colored ("sanguineus") forms.
13. Fritillaria acmopetala Received from a Czech collector as F. ionica but
I am pretty sure it is this common species, though a handsome form.
14. Fritillaria bithynica <exchange seed. Early, elegantly poised green/gold
flowers, small plant.
15. Fritillaria crassifolia ssp. kurdica. Good-sized fls on short stems,
green/purple checked.
16. Fritillaria davisii <English stock. Nodding dark checkered flowers. Must
build up bulbs to flower. Sensitive to Botrytis.
17. Fritillaria latakiensis <Dutch stock. Slender flowers, green sharply
striped purple.
18. Fritillaria pontica Tall late-flowering hardy sp., large soft green fls.
19. Galanthus nivalis 'Scharlockii' <English stock. Small clone.
20. Hermodactylus tuberosus <Dutch stock. Irid with green-and-purple flowers
in late winter. Handsome once it bulks up, which it does fast in warm
situations.
21. Leucojum autumnale White-and-pink flowers on 4-5" stems, September.
These are mixed with ssp. oporanthum and most have red stems. Increase fast.
Narcissus cantabricus ssp. foliosus. A little later blooming than the next;
white.
22. Narcissus cantabricus ssp. monophyllus. Cream "hoop" flowers, very
early.
23. Odontostomum hartwegii <Ratko seed, N. California. Short raceme of
little white flowers. Of botanical interest.
Thank you, Mary Sue, and Jane !!
Best wishes,
Dell
--Dell Sherk, Director, Pacific BX