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 124" 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, check, or Paypal to
<theotherjen8@yahoo.com>; no money orders, please) you should send the PBS
treasurer to defray our costs for packing and first-class postage. Some of
you are members of the online PBS discussion forum but are 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/> ....
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
6832 Phillips Mill Rd.
New Hope, PA, 18938
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 !!
From Mary Sue Ittner:
BULBS:
1. Mixed bulbs-- Every year when I repot I collect the bulbs that have made
their way into a pot of something else. Generally I pot three or four large
deep community pots and have fun seeing what they might end up being. The
bloom in these community pots can be quite long as different things bloom at
different times. This year I have decided to share this fun with the group.
I have added a temporary picture to the wiki of the bulbs I sent to Dell for
this purpose.
These are winter rainfall bulbs and probably most of them are from South
Africa or California and therefore hardiness cannot be guaranteed. Looking
at them I'd expect there are Gladiolus, Moraea, Oxalis, Ixia, Sparaxis,
Calochortus, Brodiaea or Dichelostemma, Geissorhiza, Spiloxene, Allium,
Tritonia represented, but there could be others as well. Some may be too
small to bloom, but many are blooming size.
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/…
Winter growing:
2. Ipheion uniflorum -- White
3. Muscari aucheri-- The birds stole the tag on this pot, but I am
reasonably sure this is what they are. Grown from Nargs seed and I don't
have a good key for Muscari so accuracy has not been checked
4. Oxalis MV 4674 -- More info on the wiki
5. Oxalis unknown -- Another lost tag. These are not obtusa. They look more
like hirta-flava types, but doing an inventory of what I've planted, I've
already planted those so who knows
6. Spiloxene capensis -- White or pink
SEED: ( Some of these in small quantities and probably only enough for one
person.)
Photos on the wiki, winter growing except for the Cyrtanthus.
Scilla and Veltheimia with short dormancy
7. Calochortus nitidus -- not a California species so maybe more tolerant
of summer water
8. Cyrtanthus brachyscyphus -- recently offered, long blooming, evergreen
9. Geissorhiza heterostyla -- one of the easier Geissorhizas for me
10. Lachenalia mathewsii -- yellow
11. Lachenalia rosea -- very few seeds, pink
12. Romulea diversiformis-- early blooming, nice yellow
13. Triteleia hendersonii -- very few seeds, one of the most striking
species, found mostly in Oregon
14. Scilla peruviana ( syn .Oncostema peruviana )
15. Veltheimia bracteata -- seeds germinate well with the paper towel
method. I have finally gotten to the point where I feel I have enough pots
of this gorgeous plant with its wonderful leaves and long lasting flowers
From Arnold Trachtenberg:
16. Bulbs of Colchicum pannonicum
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/….
JPG
17. Seed of Erythronium californicum 'White Beauty'
From Uli Urban:
18. Seed of Hippeastrum sp?
"The bulb was given to me by a person who traveled in Brazil. It comes
from a garden, but does very much look like a species. It flowered with nice
orange-red flowers and a yellow throat, the petals were lightly twisted. I
self fertilized it and it (hopefully) seems to have worked. Unfortunately I
was too busy to take a picture of the flower. No further details known. Uli"
Thank you, Mary Sue, Arnold, and Uli !!
Best wishes,
Dell
--Dell Sherk, Director, Pacific BX
