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Today's Topics:

1. Weekend at Diana Chapman's (Mary Sue Ittner)
2. Re: Weekend at Diana Chapman's (Ron Vanderhoff)
3. Phaedranassa & Weldenia (Hans und Babs Joschko)
4. Re: Phaedranassa & Weldenia (J.E. Shields)
5. PBS weekend (diana chapman)

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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 19:36:48 -0800
From: Mary Sue Ittner <msittner@mcn.org>
Subject: [pbs] Weekend at Diana Chapman's
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Dear all,

I'd like to report about our Pacific Bulb Society weekend at Diana
Chapman's in Ferndale. There were 13 participants including the three
people who live in the area. We had a wonderful time. I always enjoy
talking with others who are interested in talking about bulbs, although of
course that wasn't all we talked about. Bob Werra brought slides of a trip
he and his wife took to China with the Alpine Garden Society about ten
years ago and we looked at them the first night. Both Friday and Saturday
we all spent a lot of time looking at some of the bulbs that Diana had
blooming in her greenhouses: species of Oxalis, Romulea, Gladiolus,
Spiloxene, Lachenalia, Erythronium, Veltheimia, Bomarea, Phaedranassa,
Albuca, Tecophilaea, Cyclamen, Allium, Stenomesson, Hippeastrum, Muscari,
Rhodophiala, one Aroid (I forgot to note if it was an Arum or Arisaema),
and did I mention Oxalis. The Oxalis seemed to be what people spent the
most time looking at. There were even some Oxalis that don't normally

that were sporting blooms to throw off anyone new to that genus. Oxalis
palmifrons had this large white (unattached) flower in the middle of the
leaves.

Harold Koopowitz brought some plants for show and tell and left a few with
Diana. Among those he brought were some Cyclamen with amazing leaves,
Ranunculus, a very tiny Narcissus, and a pot of robust short bright yellow
Narcissus pumilis, a present for Diana. Harold showed pictures of his trip
to Crete last November in search of interesting leaf forms of Cyclamen
graecum and Narcissus serotinus. They also found some nice Sternbergia and
a couple Crocuses blooming at the same time. Harold knows how to tell a
story and entertained us with the travails of a plant collector attempting
to follow the ever changing rules. We also found we could gather around

laptop and see pictures from a trip to the White Mountains of California
and Harold's attempt to hybridize Gladiolus to create an attractive
Mother's day flower. There were a lot of other interesting images as this
wasn't planned ahead of time so he didn't quite know what would appear. I
showed a CD of wildflower pictures of mostly Central California in last
year's amazing spring.

Diana gave people special seeds and Bob Werra offered some pots of
Calochortus, Moraea, and a few other things to share.

We were lucky with the weather. Most of the rain fell during the first
night although there were a few showers the next day. Hail falling on a
plastic greenhouse is very loud indeed, but fortunately it didn't last
long. There was enough light and warmth for most of the Oxalis to open and
the Romuleas although Diana reported it was much better the next day after
we had all departed. We were treated to good food, good company, and a

nice place to stay and visit with each other. Thanks Diana for inviting
people on this list to come for a visit and thanks from a happy visitor to
all of you who came.

Mary Sue

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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 21:54:41 -0800 (PST)
From: Ron Vanderhoff <rvanderhoff@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [pbs] Weekend at Diana Chapman's
To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Message-ID: <20060207055441.45756.qmail@web81001.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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It was quite a wonderful weekend indeed. Being an Oxalis enthusiast I was

Mary Sue gave a great report on the weekend.

Diana Chapman, our host, deserves a big round of thanks from all of us.

Thank you Diana. Your sharing and friendship is a great example of what

Ron Vanderhoff

Mary Sue Ittner <msittner@mcn.org> wrote:
Dear all,

I'd like to report about our Pacific Bulb Society weekend at Diana
Chapman's in Ferndale. There were 13 participants including the three
people who live in the area. We had a wonderful time. I always enjoy
talking with others who are interested in talking about bulbs, although of
course that wasn't all we talked about. Bob Werra brought slides of a trip
he and his wife took to China with the Alpine Garden Society about ten
years ago and we looked at them the first night. Both Friday and Saturday
we all spent a lot of time looking at some of the bulbs that Diana had
blooming in her greenhouses: species of Oxalis, Romulea, Gladiolus,
Spiloxene, Lachenalia, Erythronium, Veltheimia, Bomarea, Phaedranassa,
Albuca, Tecophilaea, Cyclamen, Allium, Stenomesson, Hippeastrum, Muscari,
Rhodophiala, one Aroid (I forgot to note if it was an Arum or Arisaema),
and did I mention Oxalis. The Oxalis seemed to be what people spent the
most time looking at. There were even some Oxalis that don't normally

that were sporting blooms to throw off anyone new to that genus. Oxalis
palmifrons had this large white (unattached) flower in the middle of the
leaves.

Harold Koopowitz brought some plants for show and tell and left a few with
Diana. Among those he brought were some Cyclamen with amazing leaves,
Ranunculus, a very tiny Narcissus, and a pot of robust short bright yellow
Narcissus pumilis, a present for Diana. Harold showed pictures of his trip
to Crete last November in search of interesting leaf forms of Cyclamen
graecum and Narcissus serotinus. They also found some nice Sternbergia and
a couple Crocuses blooming at the same time. Harold knows how to tell a
story and entertained us with the travails of a plant collector attempting
to follow the ever changing rules. We also found we could gather around

laptop and see pictures from a trip to the White Mountains of California
and Harold's attempt to hybridize Gladiolus to create an attractive
Mother's day flower. There were a lot of other interesting images as this
wasn't planned ahead of time so he didn't quite know what would appear. I
showed a CD of wildflower pictures of mostly Central California in last
year's amazing spring.

Diana gave people special seeds and Bob Werra offered some pots of
Calochortus, Moraea, and a few other things to share.

We were lucky with the weather. Most of the rain fell during the first
night although there were a few showers the next day. Hail falling on a
plastic greenhouse is very loud indeed, but fortunately it didn't last
long. There was enough light and warmth for most of the Oxalis to open and
the Romuleas although Diana reported it was much better the next day after
we had all departed. We were treated to good food, good company, and a

nice place to stay and visit with each other. Thanks Diana for inviting
people on this list to come for a visit and thanks from a happy visitor to
all of you who came.

Mary Sue

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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 10:04:46 +0100
From: "Hans und Babs Joschko" <buj.joschko@freenet.de>
Subject: [pbs] Phaedranassa & Weldenia
To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
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Hi all ,

In few days I will receive bulbs of Phaedranassa and Weldenia - could

anyone give me any suggestions what kind of potting mix they like .
It is enough when I know in which relation mineralic and organic are (

or ( 2:1 ) or ( 1:2 ) or similar .
I had look under Google - but there is nothing special .
Thank you in advance.

Best wishes
Hans

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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 09:47:02 -0500
From: "J.E. Shields" <jshields@indy.net>
Subject: Re: [pbs] Phaedranassa & Weldenia
To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
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Hans,

I grow my Phaedranassa in Promix BX (a peat mix) + course brown sand +
granite grit, 2 : 1 : 1. Dry and indoors in winter, dappled shade

in summer, and sometimes one or two will bloom in summer or autumn.

Good luck.

Jim Shields
in central Indiana (USA)

At 10:04 AM 2/7/2006 +0100, you wrote:

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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

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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 07:10:35 -0800
From: "diana chapman" <rarebulbs@cox.net>
Subject: [pbs] PBS weekend
To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
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Many thanks for your kind words, Mary Sue and Ron.

I would also like to thank everyone. It was a marathon journey for some
participants, and I really appreciate the effort everyone made to drive to
this northern outpost of California. The weather forecast was horrible,

fortunately the weather didn't turn out to be as bad as predicted.

Thanks especially to all those who helped, Susan Hayek who helped me get
ready for the meeting, and came over twice to assist in the kitchen even
though she couldn't stay for dinner and Harold's slides. Chris Carley who
took charge of part of the group when I had to return to the house with a
member who was having back problems. Mary Sue for her wonderful

slide show, Bob and Marlene Werra who brough all kinds of goodies, pots of
seedlings, and a great slide show on their trip to China, Paul Machado and
Michael Homick who drove a very long way and told us about their lilies, a
local friend who provided a wonderful cake, and especially Harold

and his group who must have clocked well over a thousand miles on this

and entertained all of us with good talk and wonderful slides.

For all of those who gave willing help and made the weekend a success ---
THANK YOU!! Being hostess is not always the most enjoyable role, but I

a truly wonderful time.

Diana Chapman
Telos Rare Bulbs

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