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 104" in the subject
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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 Marcelle Sheppard via Joe Shaw:
1. Seed of Crinum macowanii
Joe writes:
" . . . they are open pollinated and part of her breeding program. She
calls the parent plant "My best Praetoria C. macowanii." As you may know
Marcelle was hospitalized over summer and could not attend to her garden. I
visited her on Tuesday and she gave me many seeds of many things.
I'd like to try to send them to folks who might correspond with Marcelle
over time. Marcelle's goal is to spread them around and to eventually learn
what might grow from the seeds--she'd be especially interested in hearing
from folks in a few years who might send her photos.
The small seeds are viable, even if smaller than a pea. They just need a
bit extra care to keep them from drying out once the germination process
starts. Sometimes the small ones push themselves out of the soil and you
have to dust a bit of potting mix gently over them and mist them; eventually
they get it right and produce a plant.
The mother plant is Marcelle Sheppard¹s ³best² C. macowanii from Praetoria,
South Africa. I¹m not sure where she acquired the strain, but it may have
been from Dave Lehmiller. She chose the mother plant from among many dozens
of siblings for best garden characteristics such as: richness of color,
rebloom, substance of petals, shape of bloom, ability to set seed, etc.
The pollen parents are unknown for the seeds but most of the seeds are
likely the result of self-pollination by the mother plant. "
Re: Hurricane Rita: "Marcelle Sheppard is OK; I talked with a mutual
friend. She has returned home to Vidor after being a refugee for about 8
days. I think her home is mostly OK, but I don't know if she has power yet.
I'd sure hate to be the one to clean out a refrigerator that went days
without power."
From Merrill Johnson (of the Gamble Gardens in Palo Alto, CA):
(SEED)
2. Alstroemeria sp. An old hybrid that is historic to the Elizabeth F.
Gamble Garden in Palo Alto, CA. These have been happily growing here on the
estate for at least 50 years. The flowers are smaller than the current
hybrids and tend to be pastel shades of pink and yellow.
3. Freesia laxa. These are growing under some old coast live oak and
receive no summer water. Brent and Becky¹s currently list these for
$4/bulb. Zones 8 10
4. Dierama pulcherrimum. Collected off of the largest established clump
I¹ve seen at any public institution. (3¹ diameter) It has a blooming
diameter of over 7¹ and is quite spectacular.
5. Cypella coelestis A photo of these can be seen on the WIKI.
6. Allium senescens subsp. montanum var. glaucum This is a good late
season Allium for rock gardens. The lavender flowers don¹t get much taller
than 4²
From Mary Sue Ittner:
Seed:
7. Pasithea caerulea
8. Lilium pardalinum --form called Giganteum
9. Calochortus mariposa hybrids
10. Albuca circinata
11. Bulblets of Oxalis purpurea 'Garnet'
From Jerry Flintoff:
12. Seed of Gagea fibrosa
13. Seed of Allium brevicaule
From Gary Meltzer:
14. Seed of Gloriosa superba
Thank you, Marcelle, Joe, Merrill, Mary Sue, Jerry, and Gary !!
Best wishes,
Dell
--Dell Sherk, Director, Pacific BX