Hi all, This will be my last email to the forum about the meeting and dinner this Saturday. My friend Nancy and I will be hand-making the main dish - vegetarian and also chicken enchilladas. Adele from Adele's Restaurant in SC is making the rice and beans. I encourage all to come who wish to. But I still need a nose count so we know how much food to provide. NOSE COUNT - PLEASE RSVP me PRIVATELY at CathyCraigEA@hotmail.com (other contact info at end). Dr Harold Koopowitz will do a slide presentation on his most recent trip to Africa (a few months ago) and will tell us about all the rare bulbs he found there. I have encouraged Harold to bring some bulbs that cannot be found anywhere else in the world and to donate them for the bulb auction after dinner. I am hoping he can do this. Also, anyone else coming, please bring bulbs, plants, or seed to donate to the auction. Just make sure they are relatively clean and most particularly LABELED even if you know only the species name. Myself, I have several items that I will donate: 1. I have been growing several hanging baskets of the streptocarpellas many of you have admired. These are now nearly a year old and very full and starting to bloom. This particular selection has dark blue flowers MUCH LARGER than the standard you find in nurseries from time to time. It is a relative of the african violet and can bloom almost continuously if kept moist and fertilized. Excellent bright shade plant. 2. Potted bulbs of various crinum 3. Bulbs of nerine bowdenii 4. Seed from littonia modesta http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… 5. Other misc items. From The Bat: 1. Mom has been planting the seeds that look like dust specs of her mini gesneriads. I know many of you grow these and it is extremely difficult to find either plants, leaves, bulbs, or seed, even on the internet. They are african violet relatives and the entire plant (which is a bulb, btw) matures to about the size of a quarter measured across from leaf tip to leaf tip. Prolific bloomers! These will be potted up (in pots the size of restaurant creamers) and ready for auction. Blooming now! NOTE: The entire board of directors of PBS will be in attendance. This may be your only chance to meet and speak with them for some time. They live all over the country and this will be the first time, since the formation of PBS, that they will all be together. Details on who is who below. SPECIAL ADDITION: We are raffling off a four-tier, customized, plant stand. This was over $1,000 new and is a very sturdy with wheels. We bought this from IFG in Ohio who, in my opinion, makes the very best plant stands. Comes with lights, fully adjustable lighting, capable of one or more lights being on, fiberglas trays, all aluminum frame, grids, timer, electrical wire, everything. Come join the raffle! Pacific Bulb Society 7th Annual Spring BULB GATHERING This is your Invitation to PBS¡¦ 7th Annual Bulb Dinner, Slide Presentation, and Pot Luck Please join us for an afternoon and evening of BULBS: camaraderie, food, and enlightening fun! Bring any guests you like. WHEN Saturday May 5th 2007 WHERE Home of PBS prez: Cathy Craig 307 Calle Sonora San Clemente CA 92672 (949) 939-7801 or (714) 904-8531 TIME 4pm to 9pm WHAT ƒæ Afternoon of socializing with other bulbophiles ƒæ Pot Luck Dinner ƒæ slide presentation by Dr. Harold Koopowitz ƒæ Bulb Auction with auctioneer extraordinaire, Charles Hardman BRING Side dish, small. Please email me for particulars (see below) SPECIAL APPEARANCE by the entire PBS Board of Directors Please come meet the board, many are coming from the east coast and this is your chance to meet and speak with them: ƒæ President: Cathy Craig ƒæ Vice President: Shawn Pollard (Arizona) ƒæ Secretary: Jennifer Hildebrand (New York) ƒæ Treasurer: Arnold Trachtenberg (New Jersey) ƒæ Membership Chair: Patty Colville ƒæ Seed and Bulb Exchange Director: Dell Sherk (Pennsylvania) PLEASE RSVP (so we have enough food): CathyCraigEA@hotmail.com Cathy Craig EA Taxation & Asset Management CathyCraigEA@hotmail.com (949) 369-8588 Ofc and Fax (949) 939-7801 Cell and Home