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 119" 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 Gary Meltzer:
1. (Repeat offering.) Seed of a Clivia hybrid. Photo at
<http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/…>
From Mark Wilcox:
2. Scaly rhizomes of Achimenes hybrid, pink.
From Steve Putman:
3. Seed of Brunsvigia gregaria from Bill Dijk
From Joe Shaw:
4. Seed of Hymenocallis lirosme. The Conroe type blooms earlier and is a
smaller plant and has a smaller flower. The flower is not tiny because H.
liriosme just has a big flower. However, I've brought them home and in the
garden they remain smaller and earlier than any other form I've found.
Perhaps the flower is 5 inches across, from spidery tip to spidery tip.
5. Seed of large-flowered H. liriosme. This form is typical throughout its
range, and it blooms later by 2-4 weeks than the Conroe type. The precise
seeds I'm sending are from Wallisville, TX and I've never found any forms
that can make larger flowers. Exceptional flowers can be 9 inches across
(rare), but 7-8 inches across is typical. The foliage is taller, about
24-32 inches, as compared to the Conroe type (18-24 inches).
6. Seed of Crinum bulbispermum Jumbo-type seeds The small ones can
germinate just as well as the large seeds. All are from Jumbos that
Marcelle Sheppard grew; all are from plants she decided are "keepers;" all
are open pollinated. At the time of year that they bloomed little else
would be blooming, so the Jumbos seeds I'm sending are called "pollinated by
other Jumbos," or I suppose they could be apomictic seeds.
Thank you, Gary, Mark, Steve, and Joe !!
Best wishes,
Dell
--Dell Sherk, Director, Pacific BX
