Dear All,
The items listed below have been donated by people from all over the
world, to be shared. If you are interested in obtaining some of them, please
email me PRIVATELY at <dells@voicenet.com>. Include "BX 68" in the subject
line. Specify the NUMBERS of the items which you would like; do not specify
quantities. It is a good idea to include your snail mail address too, in
case I don't already have it. Availability is based on a first come, first
served system.
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statement of how much money (cash or check) you should send the PBS
treasurer to defray our costs for packing and first-class postage.
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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.
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ORDER..
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From Mary Sue Ittner:
Bulbs:
1. Calochortus vestae--small bulblets of both white and pink forms -- winter
growing
2. Cyrtanthus montanus--small offsets from plants grown from small offsets
that haven't bloomed yet
3. Oxalis brasilensis--winter growing, but blooms late spring, not dormant
very long
4. Oxalis depressa MV 4871--winter growing, just a few
5. Oxalis hirta-- winter growing, offered in recent BX, but if you don't
grow it, it's a good one, fall blooming
6. Oxalis incarnata-- expands quickly, white flowers, tolerates shade and
may even like it, can be grown as a hanging basket, winter growing for me,
but maybe if watered better it could grow at other times
7. Oxalis melanosticta (syn. purpurea) 'Ken Aslet'-- luscious leaves, yellow
flowers when it bloom which it doesn't for me, winter growing
8. Oxalis zeekoevleyensis-- some doubt about whether this is named
correctly, fall blooming, winter growing
9. Spiloxene capensis -- winter growing, check out on the wiki. I find this
one hard from seed, but once you have it, it expands easily. Not blooming
size probably
10. Polyxena longituba -- fall or early winter blooming, really short
flowers but very charming white flowers with a pink tinge, better as it
gets bigger. These are very small bulbs, maybe not blooming size yet
11. Scilla peruviana (Oncostema peruviana) -- winter growing, but almost
evergreen in a climate with summer water.
From Pat Colville:
12. Small bulbs of Veltheimia bracteata. Pink, winter-growing, sometimes
evergreen. 1-2yr seedlings.
13. Small bulbs of Scilla peruviana.
14. Seedlings of Clivia miniata
From Jay Yourch:
15. Large bulbs of Ornithogalum saundersiae. These are large plants with
broad strappy, glaucous leaves and small white flowers in large clusters.
Summer growing from South Africa. (NOTE: $4.00 apiece because of larger size
and shipping weight)
16. Small bulbs of Crinum bulbispermum. 2nd yr seedlings. The most cold
hardy Crinum, good to Zone 5.
17. Small bulbs of Chlidanthus fragrans. Grow well here in NC surviving the
winter and multiplying. However they don't bloom for me and I have since
read that in warm soils the bulbs just divide and divide and never reach
flowering size. This plant is an Amaryllid from the South America. It has
small, glaucous foliage and supposedly has decent sized yellow, fragrant
flowers. It would be good for someone with a cool greenhouse or on the west
coast where temps are cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter. It is
a summer grower.
Thank you, Mary Sue, Pat, and Jay !!
Best wishes,
Dell
--Dell Sherk, Director, Pacific BX