Greetings friends, This is interesting. I maintain two bulb collections, one in Santa Barabara, CA and the other in Honolulu, Hawai`i where I live. I would be interested in seed of South African and South American Amaryllidaceae, both those from a Western Cape, eastwards and upwards to subtropical and tropical bulb species. As for African genera, I am very keen on Gethyllis, Haemanthus, Brunsvigia etc. I echo Jim's desires for Scadoxus species such as pole-evansiae, cinnabarinus, and cyrtanthiflorus. And as for the American Amaryllidaceae I'm pretty much interested in all of them! With a special wish for Griffinia and Eucharis seed. Finally, I am interested in Calochortus and other Theimidaceae bulbs that occur in Mexico and down through Central America. I am doubtful, however, owing to the rarity of the plants that I've mentioned, would really even be available for purchase to enrich our BX. But I thought I'd just share my input. Aloha, Jacob Knecht --- "J.E. Shields" <jshields@indy.net> wrote: > 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/ > see my botanical photography at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/morabeza79/ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs/