Name whatever galanthus you wan't I can send it to you probably but phyto certificates will probably stimmy any effort in spite of them being garden hybrids etc. Kind regards, Mark W. Brown ----- Original Message ----- From: "J.E. Shields" <jshields@indy.net> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 10:51 PM Subject: [pbs] Wish Lists and the BX >I can play this game too! > > There is a source for seeds of several Brazilian species of Hippeastrum. > I > would like to get seeds of the Argentinean and the Bolivian species of > Hippeastrum as well -- but not hybrid seeds! > > Are seeds of Chilean bulbs available anymore? I got some nice Rhodophiala > species a few years ago. By the way, those Rhodophiala seeds remain > viable > at room temperature for years on end! There are other genera beside > Rhodophiala in Chile that are also attractive and enticing. > > I want to see seeds of more uncommon species of Haemanthus and Scadoxus > available. For example, HH. tristus, amarylloides, namaquensis, and > canaliculatus; SS. pole-evansiae, cinnabarinus, cyrtanthiflorus, and > nutans > > Summer growing Gladiolus species, from the Drakensberg and Eastern Cape > Province, for instance. > > Cyclamen seeds from the species. If I can nurse my C. graecum back to > enough health to flower, I can try to donate seeds of C. graecum someday. > > Hardy species of Fritillaria, seeds of the real species of the names that > Chen Yi lists in her bulb sales. > > And I like Paige's suggestion about seed expeditions. I might be willing > to chip in a little bit to support one of those. Thinking of going to > China again, Paige? Maybe you ought to. > > Things that I am not eager to grow from seeds include Galanthus, Crocus, > Tulipa, and Narcissus. I'm too old to wait for those kinds of seeds to > get > around to flowering. However, I'd definitely be interested in BULBS of > Galanthus, Crocus, Tulipa, and Narcissus; I'd also like some healthy > bulbs > of Fritillaria, come to think of it. > > Dell didn't say our wishes had to be easy to fulfill, did he? > > Jim Shields > in central Indiana (USA) > > > ************************************************* > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > >