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 89" 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/ <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 !! BULBS from Cathy Craig: 1. Urginia maritima originally from Lauw in France. Like sunny, well drained position. Leaves in spring/summer, blooms in fall. If you pot up, don't disturb. It is said they don't bloom potted but will if you are patient enough. 2. Veltheimia bracteata orig grown by me from seed from Bill Dijk in NZ. Excellent drainage required on all the V's: perhaps all sand if you can grow that way. I personally have had the best luck with them in ground in a raised bed with no automatic watering system. 3. Veltheimia bracteata 'rosealba' originally from Wm Reuters in Germany, all same clone. 4. Veltheimia bracteata 'reverse rosealba' originally from Bill Dijk in NZ. 5. Rhodophiala bifida, all same clone, originally from Rodney Barton. I have been growing all these in four 2 gallon plastic nursery pots and they eventually all end up in the bottom of the pot. Presumably they are not as picky about perfect drainage as other bulbs and seem to like very deep planting. The bases of the bulb are at what amounts to 5 inches below top of soil. "Bloom size" or maximum bulb size seems to be about 12 cm. 6. Small-med size Narcissus. Probably ŒThalia.¹ If they bloom white, that's what they are. They are from an outdoor bed, and about all I grow in-ground here, in the way of Narcissus, are ŒThalia.¹ Excellent daffodil! Very reliable, always blooms profusely, very pretty, nice large-enough flower, persistent, multiplies well, and unlike lots of daffs I could mention, these bloom reliably above the foliage even here in So Cal. 7. Ornithogalum umbellatum originally from Charles Schwartz here in So Cal. Cute; white and green flowers, short. [Dell notes that here in PA, they are viciously invasive.] 8. Ixias?: I was never sure as they were in a bed, and all these tender bulbs grow like weeds here, and some get mixed into others. They are perhaps tritonias. They are originally from Mary Sue, and she may know exactly what they are. They bloom with rather funnel or tulip-shaped flowers. Very pretty, orange-tan, most of them. 9.Tritonias originally from Mary Sue. Really lovely pink - multicolor, light but very striking flowers. 10. Crinum 'Hannibal's Dwarf'. These have been all growing in a large clay pot for some years now. I had a ton of crinums and have about gotten them all into the ground this last year. They are blooming better than they did in pots, but I tend to kind of neglect the potted plants.These are all well-rooted bulbs, small but I don't think these crinums ever get big bulbs like powellii or moorei. I think I got the original bulb from Tony Avent. All same clone. 11. Narcissus 'King Alfred'. They bloomed wonderfully here but I think these particular narcissus need more cold than we get here in winter (which is about no cold at all) and would naturalize better for people in zone 8 and colder. Thank you, Cathy !! Best wishes, Dell Dell Sherk, Director, PBS BX