Do you have a web site? I'm still searching for tuberous deciduous terrestrial orchids, especially some of the smaller growing South African Eulophias and Brazilian Cyrtopodiums.. Bonaventure Magrys Cliffwood Beach, NJ Usa zone 7 bonaventure@optonline.net ----- Original Message ----- From: pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org Date: Thursday, January 20, 2005 12:02 pm Subject: pbs Digest, Vol 24, Issue 20 > 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..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Newsletter (James Waddick) > 2. Re: Tuberous orchids (piaba) > 3. sources for hippeastrum species (Claude Sweet) > 4. Re: seed request (Rachel Saunders) > 5. Tulbaghia fragrance -- is it, or isn't it?? (DaveKarn@aol.com) > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 11:18:06 -0600 > From: James Waddick <jwaddick@kc.rr.com> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Newsletter > To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <p0602041ebe1446a46adf@[192.168.1.100]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" > > > By the way, my membership renewal is in the mail, late but on > it's way. > >Kathy Stokmanis > > Join the crowd Jim > -- > Dr. James W. Waddick > 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. > Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 > USA > Ph. 816-746-1949 > Zone 5 Record low -23F > Summer 100F + > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 10:04:38 -0800 (PST) > From: piaba <piabinha@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Tuberous orchids > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <20050119180438.33927.qmail@web51907.mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > i always wondered if anyone grows Caladenia? since > i've seen pics of the blue Caladenias and Thelymitras, > i've been so fascinated since they look like a "real" > blue, instead of the purplish-lavender blue. i have > never seen them live though. > > tsuh yang > > --- BBCNURSERY@aol.com wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I grow many bulbous orchids, including Eulophia > > spectabile, Pterostylis, > > Pleione, Diuris, Thelymitra, etc. The first grows > > in an orchid greenhouse, > > while the others enjoy our cool mild moist Fall, > > Winter and Spring. > > > > Greig Warner > > Burnt Bridge Creek Nursery > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. > http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 14:51:36 -0800 > From: Claude Sweet <claudesweet@cox.net> > Subject: [pbs] sources for hippeastrum species > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <41EEE478.6040303@cox.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > I am preparing an article on hippeastrum for HortResources > electronic > magazine hortresources.org. > > http://bulbsociety.org/GALLERY_OF_THE_WORLDS_BULBS… has images > of > over 63 species. > > I am mentioning the PBS and anticipate readers asking the question > of > how they might obtain seed or bulbs of any of the species. Any > help > would be appreciated. Please send any information to me at > hortventures@cox.net > > Providing mail order sources for Dutch and African hybrids is not > a problem. > > Excellent newsletter. Very professional. I can appreciate the > time and > hard work that went into planning and implementing a good design > with > color being an added attraction. > > Claude Sweet > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 08:15:57 +0200 > From: "Rachel Saunders" <silverhill@yebo.co.za> > Subject: Re: [pbs] seed request > To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <01ed01c4febe$c7e3e860$0100a8c0@SERVER> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" > > Sorry we do not sell seeds of this species. > Regards > Rachel > > > Silverhill Seeds has closed for 2 months. We will respond to your > e mail as > soon as we can. > Regards > Rachel Saunders > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jonathan Steeds" <scnf@dodo.com.au> > To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 11:57 PM > Subject: [pbs] seed request > > > > I am after Xeronema callistemon - it is available on seed list > for sale. > > > > How do I purchase the seed? > > And what is the cost? - sending it to NSW? > > > > Thanks > > > > Jonathan > > (I am a member of the PBS) > > > > *********************************** > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 11:52:01 EST > From: DaveKarn@aol.com > Subject: [pbs] Tulbaghia fragrance -- is it, or isn't it?? > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Message-ID: <e6.61aceba2.2f213bb1@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Hello all ~ > > Recent mention of tulbaghia on the listserv has prompted me to ask > about the > following. > > I bought some Tulbaghia simmleri (fragrans) several years ago and > have them > planted in a pot and growing outdoors with very little care here > in Northern > California. I babied them indoors the first season but didn't get > back home > until late January the following year so they survived outdoors > through some > frosty weather that damaged the foliage and stems of flowers then > in bloom. With > warmer weather, the plants renewed the foliage for the following > season. > The plants have bloomed every winter since receipt (and are > currently in > bloom with several stems of flowers) but, for the life of me, I > cannot detect any > fragrance (in the coolness of winter or in the warmth indoors). > Now, I know > my olfactory apparatus still works because I seem able to detect > what others > appear not to. Thus, the question becomes one of why can't I (or > my wife, for > that matter) detect any fragrance?? Assuming physiology is not at > fault here, > are some of these plants just not fragrant? That is, as a > species, is that > trait not universal? I originally bought the plants (from Monocot > in England) > because I had read they were "intensely" fragrant and can only > assume they were > divisions from obviously fragrant stock. Thus, I am puzzled why > these plants > do not exhibit the fragrance that originally generated the epithet > "fragrans." > > Dave Karnstedt > Windsor, California, USA > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > End of pbs Digest, Vol 24, Issue 20 > *********************************** >