Regarding gladiolus watsoniasomething, it came from me and is blooming now in the groound looking great despite 5 nights of 25 degrees F. Interestingly, in the ground, it is a much more vibrant red than in the pot. What you have Arnold is very special. G. watsoniae is the female form and like all females is much more beautiful than the male watsonius form. If you don't believe me, ask my wife. Sincerely Bob W ----- Original Message ----- From: <pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org> To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 9:00 AM Subject: pbs Digest, Vol 37, Issue 22 > 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..." > > > List-Post: <mailto:pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > List-Archive: <http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbslist/> > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: gladiolus (Alberto Grossi) > 2. [Fwd: Re: gladiolus] (Arnold Trachtenberg) > 3. Re: gladiolus (Mary Sue Ittner) > 4. The first day of spring (Jim McKenney) > 5. Re: The first day of spring (Arnold Trachtenberg) > 6. Re: The first day of spring (Bill Richardson) > 7. Re: gladiolus (Dell Sherk) > 8. Re: fees (Theladygardens@aol.com) > 9. oops, sorry (Theladygardens@aol.com) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 20:16:36 +0100 > From: "Alberto Grossi" <crinum@libero.it> > Subject: Re: [pbs] gladiolus > To: "pbs" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <IV02VO$12EBD4291D1585211F08E3E4CD02B9AC@libero.it> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Dear Arnold, I also have found only watsonius and watsonioides on my books and on IPNI and Tropicos. I think you have to wait for flowers to identify it. > My regards > Alberto > Italy > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 14:41:29 -0500 > From: Arnold Trachtenberg <arnold@nj.rr.com> > Subject: [pbs] [Fwd: Re: gladiolus] > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Message-ID: <43FA1B69.6030603@nj.rr.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > I received this from a PBS member. > > Arnold > > http://ag.arizona.edu/~daves/glads.html > <http://ag.arizona.edu/%7Edaves/glads.html> > > Gladiolus watsonius- A small plant producing a single round leaf. The > flower spike emerges from the base of the leaf. This species is a rather > vigorous, if dainty plant and in the second year has 6-8 bulblets > sprouting around the base of the main bulb. It blooms in early to mid > February (2/15/00 and 2/5/01) and has 2-3 buds. Each flower lasted 6-7 > days. The flowers are burnt orange in color with the center of the > flower, especially the "hood" petal being a pale yellow with some > veining of the orange color. The flowers have no scent, are spidery in > form and span 3" in diameter. They are strongly zygomorphic > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 13:23:02 -0800 > From: Mary Sue Ittner <msittner@mcn.org> > Subject: Re: [pbs] gladiolus > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.2.20060220131209.036022f0@mail.mcn.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > Hi Arnold, > > The corms you got were from Bob Werra. He grows Gladiolus watsonius very > successfully and there is a picture on the wiki of his plants in flower. It > looks like this was just a spelling error that no one caught. I expect we > all need to be a little more vigilant looking at the BX offerings. > Sometimes I note something that looks like a questionable name or spelling > and if I'm really busy don't send a message to the group about this. Dell > no doubt just accepts the name the people give him. We can't expect him to > research every name with all the time he puts in with the BX. Please help > us get the names right everyone. > > I am also guilty of misspelling this plant on the wiki. It's not one I grow > (although Bob has given me corms so that has changed) and I didn't look > carefully at his spelling when I added his picture to the wiki. Thanks to > your questioning we have cleared this up and I have made the correction. > > When we visited Diana, she had this species in bloom. It is really very > pretty. I took a nice side view picture of it which I could add to the wiki > unless Susan has a better one which she is planning to add. > > Mary Sue > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 16:52:43 -0500 > From: "Jim McKenney" <jimmckenney@starpower.net> > Subject: [pbs] The first day of spring > To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <002201c63667$fae99020$4a012c42@Library> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I was doing something around the house the other day, the radio was on in > the background, and I thought I heard the voice on the radio say "the first > day of spring is only two weeks away". > > Then today I heard it again: "spring starts next week" or something like > that. This time I tried to listen a little more carefully: the spring in > question is something being called meteorological spring. > > Traditional spring is what, astronomical spring? > > Is this concept of meteorological spring being used in other areas, or is it > a peculiarity of our local weatherman? > > Jim McKenney > Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, where titmice, cardinals, > mourning doves and Carolina wrens are singing and lots of things are > blooming. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 17:00:26 -0500 > From: Arnold Trachtenberg <arnold@nj.rr.com> > Subject: Re: [pbs] The first day of spring > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <43FA3BFA.50401@nj.rr.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Jim: > > Found a definition;; > > Meteorological spring: Comprised of March, April and May, it begins on > March 1. Astronomical spring extends from the vernal equinox to the > summer solstice (about March 20 to June 21). > > So I guess senility starts early too. > > Arnold > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 09:08:27 +1100 > From: "Bill Richardson" <ixia@dcsi.net.au> > Subject: Re: [pbs] The first day of spring > To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <005901c6366a$306b9cf0$0201a8c0@Ixia> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Jim, > hmmm!. You've got me confused > regards, > Bill Richardson, > Ixia King > Summer 16c-42c. at present > West Gippsland, > Victoria, > Australia > ixia@dcsi.net.au > Ixia Website: http://www.angelfire.com/ri/ixia/ > "Almost any garden, if you see it at just the right moment, can be confused > iwth Paradise" Henry Mitchell > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Arnold Trachtenberg" <arnold@nj.rr.com> > To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 9:00 AM > Subject: Re: [pbs] The first day of spring > > > > Jim: > > > > Found a definition;; > > > > Meteorological spring: Comprised of March, April and May, it begins on > > March 1. Astronomical spring extends from the vernal equinox to the > > summer solstice (about March 20 to June 21). > > > > So I guess senility starts early too. > > > > Arnold > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 17:27:52 -0500 > From: "Dell Sherk" <dells@voicenet.com> > Subject: Re: [pbs] gladiolus > To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <20060220222741.426F24C008@lists.ibiblio.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi, > > If I question a name, I look it up in Bryan or IPNI or someplace. Since that > one came from Bob Werra, a master plantsman, and because I don't know much > 'bout Glads (and nothin' 'bout birthin' babies), I plead persistent senile > ignorance. ;<)) But I am thinking of trying some species gladiolus for the > first time; they are so beautiful! > > Dell > > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] > On Behalf Of Mary Sue Ittner > Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 4:23 PM > To: Pacific Bulb Society > Subject: Re: [pbs] gladiolus > > Hi Arnold, > > The corms you got were from Bob Werra. He grows Gladiolus watsonius very > successfully and there is a picture on the wiki of his plants in flower. It > looks like this was just a spelling error that no one caught. I expect we > all need to be a little more vigilant looking at the BX offerings. > Sometimes I note something that looks like a questionable name or spelling > and if I'm really busy don't send a message to the group about this. Dell > no doubt just accepts the name the people give him. We can't expect him to > research every name with all the time he puts in with the BX. Please help > us get the names right everyone. > > I am also guilty of misspelling this plant on the wiki. It's not one I grow > (although Bob has given me corms so that has changed) and I didn't look > carefully at his spelling when I added his picture to the wiki. Thanks to > your questioning we have cleared this up and I have made the correction. > > When we visited Diana, she had this species in bloom. It is really very > pretty. I took a nice side view picture of it which I could add to the wiki > unless Susan has a better one which she is planning to add. > > Mary Sue > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 23:24:44 EST > From: Theladygardens@aol.com > Subject: Re: [pbs] fees > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Message-ID: <d5.3775ea99.312bf00c@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Arnold, you sent me an e-mail saying I was $6.00 ahead. I just received BX > 115 for which I owe $4.00 Can we just apply the 5 to that? > Carolyn Craft > 16380 Hawood Rd > Los Gatos, CA 95032 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 23:34:31 EST > From: Theladygardens@aol.com > Subject: [pbs] oops, sorry > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Message-ID: <126.6ee04abe.312bf257@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > sorry for sending message for Arnold to entire list! > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > End of pbs Digest, Vol 37, Issue 22 > *********************************** >