Dear Diana, We prefer to come when Harold Koopowitz will come. Always wanted to meet him. Sorry Jane McGary can't come. Always wanted to meet her also. Wish I had chains to loan her. The Werras ----- Original Message ----- From: <pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org> To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2005 9:00 AM Subject: pbs Digest, Vol 35, Issue 12 > Send pbs mailing list submissions to > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > pbs-owner@lists.ibiblio.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of pbs digest..." > > > List-Post: <mailto:pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > List-Archive: <http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbslist/> > > Today's Topics: > > 1. PBS meeting (diana chapman) > 2. Re: PBS meeting (janemcgary@earthlink.net) > 3. Newbie (Donna Anderson) > 4. clivia root cuttings? (Diane Whitehead) > 5. Re: clivia root cuttings? (Ronald Redding) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 09:06:31 -0800 > From: "diana chapman" <rarebulbs@earthlink.net> > Subject: [pbs] PBS meeting > To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <000701c5fce2$e8fe3730$b0dcf7a5@DJ9SK221> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Here are some suggested dates for the meeting at my house in Ferndale, > California: > > Weekend of Feb. 4/5 (Harold Koopowitz is available for this weekend) > Weekend of Feb. 18/19/20 This is President's Weekend (Harold NOT > available!) > Weekend of Feb. 26/27 (Harold available) > Weekend of Jan. 14/15/16 Martin Luther King's BD (Harold not available) > > Would all interested parties please vote on the date that is best for them. > I have been contacted by non-members about coming. Anyone interested is > welcome!! I think, though, that I have to give first priority to members > for overnight accommodations, so if there are more participants than I can > put up overnight, some might have to stay in a motel. > > Diana > Telos Rare Bulbs > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 16:19:43 -0800 (GMT-08:00) > From: janemcgary@earthlink.net > Subject: Re: [pbs] PBS meeting > To: diana chapman <rarebulbs@earthlink.net>, Pacific Bulb Society > <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: > <23980393.1134173983934.JavaMail.root@elwamui-lapwing.atl.sa.earthlink.net> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > Regarding the proposed dates for the meeting at Diana's, I can't make it in February or January because of the problem of having to drive from the north over the icebound Siskiyou passes. I don't do chains any more, sorry. > > Jane McGary' > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 22:20:41 -0600 > From: "Donna Anderson" <perdy@mts.net> > Subject: [pbs] Newbie > To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <016701c5fd41$16561910$6600a8c0@ComputerRoom> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi, Everyone! My name is Donna and I live in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada. I luv plants that are inside and out. > > I really want to get more into the caudex/caudiciform/tuberosus plants. Here are the few that I have. > > Senecio tuberosus - Solanecio tuberosus > Neoalsomitra sarcophylla - Caudiciform cucurbit > Caudiciform Morning Glory - Ipomoea platensis > Raphionacme flanaganii - Caudex Succulent > > I don't know alot about these plants but find there shape very interesting. Some of the ones would like to try are the Pelargoniums. Whenever I'm looking up some type, my search most of the time brings me to the PBS images. > > I would like to join the Pacific Bulb Society, but how does the seed and bulb exchange work. > > Thank you for allowing me to join. I know I will learn alot from Everyone here. > :) Donna > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 00:23:16 -0800 > From: Diane Whitehead <voltaire@islandnet.com> > Subject: [pbs] clivia root cuttings? > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <p06230900bfc0406233c7@[192.168.2.4]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" > > I have just been repotting clivias, and one piece of thick root with > the beginnings of branching roots broke off. It looks like it ought > to grow, so I've potted it. Has anyone had clivias grow from a piece > of root? > > Diane Whitehead > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 19:08:34 +1000 > From: "Ronald Redding" <ron_redding@hotmail.com> > Subject: Re: [pbs] clivia root cuttings? > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Message-ID: <BAY108-F96615062FD5B8EBDE85AC94440@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed > > Diane, > > There is a clivia chat group that has probably tried to answer this question > on several occassions. Some purport that they have successfully propogated > clivia from root cuttings. I am very sceptical and do not believe it. I only > just recently had a very large root ball from a clivia that I broke up and > yet no growth from this mass of plant material. > > The root ball was from a very robust green centred almost terracotta flower > (I find these types to pup like crazy) and this still hasn't helped. Maybe I > am a non believer and I haven't lived and loved long enough so there might > be somebody with more experience who can help with a method for you. > > On the clivia note imagine how happy I was today when a guaranteed Chubb's > Peach has flowered yellow that I have been growing for a very long time. My > Wittig Pinks had better be pink or you will here about a crazed Australian > on a clivia rampage. > > > Kind Regards and Best Wishes > Ron Redding > Hervey Bay > Australia > > > > > > >From: Diane Whitehead <voltaire@islandnet.com> > >Reply-To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > >To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > >Subject: [pbs] clivia root cuttings? > >Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 00:23:16 -0800 > > > >I have just been repotting clivias, and one piece of thick root with > >the beginnings of branching roots broke off. It looks like it ought > >to grow, so I've potted it. Has anyone had clivias grow from a piece > >of root? > > > > Diane Whitehead > >_______________________________________________ > >pbs mailing list > >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > _________________________________________________________________ > realestate.com.au: the biggest address in property > http://ninemsn.realestate.com.au/ > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > End of pbs Digest, Vol 35, Issue 12 > *********************************** >