Hi , does anyone know where I can get Ornithogalum Apertum seeds or bulbs from? Thanks Hugh --- "J.E. Shields" <jshields104@insightbb.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > No, it is not spring here yet, after all! The sun is > shining (for the > moment) but it is pretty chilly out there, maybe up > to 20°F by now. My dogs > keep seeing the sunshine and wanting to go outside, > only to be reminded > once out there that it is still cold. Once this > evening's promised snow > gets here, they will know it's cold outside. > > My "lost" pot of Cyclamen purpurascens has been > found. It is bursting into > bloom. Some very nice person sent me some seeds of > C. purpurascens when I > thought I had lost it. Now I can reciprocate with > some seeds of C. graecum > if anyone needs that. I will send most to the NARGS > SeedEx next summer, but > I can spare a few now for Dell's BX/SX. > > Cyrtanthus [elatus X montanus] is blooming, in fact > several pots of it are > starting to open. There is a scape on one pot of > Cyrtanthus mackenii > cooperi (the yellow form) and one on Cyrtanthus > obrienii. > > In my little greenhouse devoted to David Conway's > export clivias, there are > lots of scapes suddenly starting to appear. More on > those later. > > Several of my Scadoxus puniceus are in flower, from > several different > sources. I'm running around trying to pollinate > them. Wish me luck, please! > > Ornithogalum apertum is blooming with yellow flowers > with a green stripe, > Onixotis triquetra is in bloom (white), and several > Lachenalia have started > flowering including LL. latifolium, mutabilis, and > carnosa. Seeds have set > on L. pusilla. I didn't get them collected last > year, and now the pot has > lots of tiny seedlings in it too. > > The new greenhouse is virtually finished. The power > company ran the buried > cable from their transformer to the meter base > yesterday, and they will set > the meter on Monday. The electricians have less than > one day's work left to > do, and then I can have the final inspection. The > new greenhouse will be > just for Clivia plants. I can finally turn my > suppliers loose to ship to me! > > Regards, > Jim Shields > in central Indiana (USA) > > ************************************************* > Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 > Shields Gardens, Ltd. > P.O. Box 92 WWW: > http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ > Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA > Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free > 1-866-449-3344 in USA > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > ___________________________________________________________ ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/