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 79" 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.
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.
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 Jay Yourch:
1. Bulbs of Sprekelia formosissima - A summer blooming Amaryllis relative
native to Mexico with large red flowers and compact strap shaped foliage.
Likes full sun and well-drained soils, summer water. Cold hardy to USDA
Zone 7 with deep planting and some extra winter mulch.
2. Bulbils of Begonia grandis (syn B. evansiana) - A late summer and
autumnal bloomer with attractive olive green foliage with red veins, backs,
and edges. The flowers are not large, but are produced in sufficient
quantity to be showy. The triangular fruits produced after bloom are also
attractive. The plant is easily propagated by the abundant bulbils (true to
mother plant) that form in the leaf axils after the plant blooms. Because
of its ability to rapidly reproduce this way, give it space or be prepared
to remove excess to control its spread. It is shallowly rooted and easily
removed and the seeds and bulbils don't go far, so not a big problem, but I
still think important for you to know. The plant is less than 2' high when
in bloom and is a fairly slow starter in the spring, so it might be good to
plant over other geophytes which would enjoy the spot in the early spring
without much competition and then the gardener could benefit from the
screening of fading foliage provided by the later emerging Begonias. Hardy
to at least Zone 6, maybe even hardier than that. The bulbils that just
fall onto the soil and get partially or shallowly buried in mulch or fallen
leaves sprout well here in the spring so that is how I would recommend that
you treat these donated bulbils. Two color forms were donated, a medium
pink and a white/blush. Likes part shade and moist well-drained soils.
See photos at:
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…
From Robert Werra:
CORMS:
3. Moraea aristata
4. Moraea ciliata
5. Moraea villosa
6. Moraea tripetala
From Tony Avent:
7. Small corms of Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Thailand)
8. Bulbs of Zephyranthes refugiensis (Texas)
9. Small bulbs of Ammocharis coranica
10. Bulbs of Zephyranthes 'Sunset Strain'
11. Corms of Cypella herbertii
12. Corms of Gelasine elongata
Thank you, Jay, Robert, and Tony !!
Best wishes,
Dell
--Dell Sherk, Director, Pacific BX