All PBSer's Are those sending in bulbs from Northern California sure the bulbs etc are free of Sudden Oak Death (SOD)? Just a thought since one suspected method of transmission is contaminated soil and the disease is present in cool coastal areas of the state. Perennials and bulbs are probably not susceptible although they could be symptomless carriers and certainly soil is suspect. Seeds would presumably be disease free. Information at these URL's: http://www.na.fs.fed.us/sod/ http://nature.berkeley.edu/comtf/ I hate to bring this up but when my brothers visit from the area they cleanse their vehicles thoroughly at the car wash before they get to my Southern California home where we have numerous oaks and other trees on a dirt road. Regards, Chris Willig ************************************************ Environmental Water Management PO Box 1171 Agoura Hills California USA Telephone 818 889-6521 Cell 818 970-0127 ewaterm@earthlink.net On Nov 29, 2006, at 2:39 PM, Dell Sherk wrote: > 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 133" 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.ibiblio.org/ > pbs> .... > > > > 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 Dennis Kramb: > > > > 1. Seed of Alophia veracruzana > > 2. Seed of Manfreda virginica ex NARGS ex wild collected W. Madison > Co., AR > > > >> From Carol Jensen: > > > > 3. Seed of large, but ordinary Dutch hyb. Hippeastrum > > > >> From Doug Westfall: > > > > 4. Seed of Haemanthus sanguineus (the "standard red form) > > > > > >> From Mary Sue Ittner: > > > > Bulbs/Corms: > > 5. Allium campanulatum -- California native > > 6. Calochortus uniflorus bulblets-- unmarked > > 7. Calochortus uniflorus bulblets-- spots > > 8. Dichelostemma ida-maia - > > 9. Freesia alba -- I think, these I dug up from my garden and that > is what I > have in abundance, very fragrant, has naturalized in my northern > California > coastal garden, but also nice in a container > > 10. Geissorhiza inaequalis -- increases rapidly in my Northern > California > garden and has tiny cormlets around main that break off, but stands > up to > our rain and blooms reliably-- new pictures on the wiki of it > blooming in > mass in Nieuwoudtville in the reserve > > 11. Watsonia alectroides - few > > 12. Triteleia hyacinthina - I think > > > > Seed shared from Alan Horstmann: > > > > 13. Daubenya alba -- from Totuin and Middelpos > > 14. Daubenya stylosa -- from Nieuwoudtville > > 15. Lachenalia alba -- from Nieuwoudtville > > 16. Lachenalia mutabilis --from Clanwilliam > > 17. Lachenalia seed purchased from the Ramskop garden at > Clanwilliam (South > Africa): mixed species, we saw L. unifolia and L. unicolor, L. > violacea in > bloom there, don't know what other species they might have, has > germinated > well > > > > 18. Lapeirousia anceps > > > > From my garden: > > Winter growing: > > > > 19. Brodiaea californica-- seed from a pink form, but open pollinated > > > > 20. Brodiaea sp. -- sorry, but I didn't mark this seed, the pods > look like > Brodiaea pods, but the seed is smaller than B. californica. I also > grow B. > c. ssp leptandra which is smaller, B. elegans, B. pallida, and B. > purdyi so > could be one of those > > > > 21. Delphinium nudicaule - seed collected from orangy red form, but > open > pollinated so could be hybrid > > > > 22. Delphinium nudicaule - seed collected from dark purple red > more robust > form, but open pollinated so could be hybrid > > > > 23. Geissorhiza leopoldtii > > 24. Geissorhiza radians > > 25. Geissorhiza splendidissima > > 26. Lilium sp. -- This is a California species, but I forgot to > mark my > seeds. > > I think it is L. humboldtii, but could be L. pardalinum or L. > kelloggii or > hybrid of some of these since they all three bloomed in June > > > > 27. Massonia pustulata -- nice form > > 28. Nerine sarniensis hybrid seed from my Zinkowski plants-- > bright red > > 29. Nerine sarniensis hybrid seed from my Zinkowski plants-- kind > of a > strange colored form, purple? only a few seeds > > 30. Romulea bulbocodium -- from Jane's plants labeled nivalis > > 31. Triteleia bridgesii > > 32. Triteleia dudleyi - limited amount > > 33. Triteleia ixioides -- late blooming, nice bright yellow > > 34. Watsonia coccinea -- lower growing species, nice red flowers, > does not > expand rapidly, in fact some years doesn't even come up > > > > Summer growing: > > > > 35. Calydorea amabilis -- blooms for months if dead headed the day > after it > blooms, but short lived flowers > > 36. Gelasine elongata-- seems to be growing fine in my garden in > spite of > being a summer grower. Flowers are a pretty blue, but don't last a day > > 37. Nerine angustifolia -- already sprouting, I give year round > water in > pot, but less in winter > > 38. Nerine platypetala -- already sprouting, I give year round > water in pot, > but less in winter > > 39. Sandersonia aurantiaca -- tricky from seed > > 40. Calochortus nitidus > > > > Thank you Dennis, Carol, Doug, and Mary Sue !! > > > > Best wishes, > > Dell > > > > Dell Sherk, Director, PBS BX > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php