Dear Dell, If you still have Galanthus seeds, I would be interested in the following: #3 or 4 #5 #6 or 7 #9 #10 and #11. Have just returned from South Africa and have developed a real interest in some of those bulbs. Best, Kathy ksa@del.net Kathy Andersen 7 Perth Drive Wilmington, DE 19803 ----- Original Me00ssage ----- From: "Dell Sherk" <dells@voicenet.com> To: <Antennaria@aol.com>; <floralartistry2000@yahoo.com>; <gatogordo@webtv.net>; <numida@aol.com>; <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>; <Pat.Colville@JHResearchUSA.com>; "Cathy Craig" <CathyCraigEA@hotmail.com>; <mysticgardn@yahoo.com>; <masterson4@cox.net> Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 4:34 PM Subject: [pbs] Pacific BX 74 > 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 74" 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 Jim Waddick: > > 1. Seed of Anthericum sp.? > "My plant came from Panayoti Keladis of the Denver Botanic > Garden. It has grown well here in a raised bed and now the plant, > although small, puts on quite a show. Flower spikes are about 2 ft > long and has 10 or more main branches which in turn branch again. > Each smallest branch can have 20 or more small, white, star-shaped > flowers. Although each flower is short lived, with ten flower stalks > and upwards of 200 flowers per stalk it is an impressive sight. As > for ID since the genus has some 50 or so very similar species, I can > only say it is NOT either of the common species A. liliago or A > ramosum. > Only vaguely a geophyte, it has a similar annual cycle and > disappears underground during winter. Foliage is long and narrow > reminiscent of a very smaller Hemerocallis or semi-succulent grass > clump." > > >From Hans Joschko: > > SEED (some in VERY limited supply): > > 2. Galanthus plicatus ( w.c. by me - from Turkey , L.A.). > 3. Galanthus regina- olgae ssp. vernalis ( plants coll. by italian > botanists ) > 4. Galanthus regina-olgae ssp. vernalis ( plants coll. by me from > Sicily ) > 5. Galanthus peshmenii ( plants coll. by me from Turkey ) > 6. Galanthus elwesii A.Y./Turkey ( seeds coll. by me from Turkey ) > 7. Galanthus elwesii G. / Turkey ( seeds coll. by me from Turkey ) > 8. Galanthus elwesii Chios / Greece > ( plants coll. from a plantfriend from Chios ) > 9. Galanthus woronowii ( seeds coll. Turkey by me ) > 10. Galanthus krasnowii ( seeds coll. Turkey by me ) > 11. Sternberia sicula ( plants coll. by me Apulia / Italy ) > 12. Habranthus texanus > 13. Zephyranthes X `Fred Jones ` > 14. Zephyranthes ? gracilis > 15. Zephyranthes sp. small,pink flowers > 16. Zephyranthes (Habranthus) robustus > 17. Zephyranthes morris-clintonii > 18. Zephyranthes (Habranthus) martinezii > 19. Zephyranthes (Habranthus) brachyandrus > > Thank you, Jim and Hans !! > > Best wishes, > Dell > > --Dell Sherk, Director, Pacific BX > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php