Pacific BX 61
Dell Sherk (Mon, 10 May 2004 09:57:58 PDT)

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 61" 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 !!

From Tsuh Yang Chen:

1. Seed of Sinningia bulbosa
2. Seed of Tacca chantrieri

From Arnold Trachtenberg:

3. Hippeastrum unknown, "I was asked by friend to unpot a mass of
amaryllis bulbs that had been in the same pot for 35 to 40 years. I
potted the large ones and gave them back to the friend and the rest I am
sending in to the BX. I saw the flower earlier in the year and it is
red with thin petals."

From Joyce Miller:

4. Tubers of Sinningia tubiflora, "None has sprouted, but they are ready
with a little moisture
and heat. The books say they like bottom heat but I am insure that is
necessary. They are the progeny of a tuber from Telos Rare Plants, 1999."

From Rob Hamilton:

5. Seed of Dahlia coccinea, "It should be a good time to sown in your
hemisphere. My plants came from a donation of seed by Uli a several
years
ago. It has a lovely red single flower from early summer to late
autumn here. My plants grow to about 1.2m a little short of
the 1.8m in its native Mexico. The slender canes are very strong
and stand up well to the strong wind we get at times. This year I
have self sown seedlings appearing here and there in a
non-invasive way."

From Dell Sherk:

6. Seed of Hippeastrum 'Lemon Lime' x H. 'Jewel', pollen dabbing results of
the small, fragrant semi-double white with a red throat (Jewel) on to the
yellow green Lemon Lime'

From Chuck Schwartz:

7. Seed of Sprekelia formosissima x Hippeastrum papilio
8. Seed of Tulbaghia galpinii
9. Seed of Romulea flava
10. Seed of Cyrtanthus brachyscyphus
11. Seed of Gladiolus tristis

Thank you, Tsuh Yang, Arnold, Joyce, Rob, and Chuck!!

Best wishes,
Dell

--Dell Sherk, Director, Pacific BX