Hi Dell: Please put me on the list for items: 4, 5, 6, 7, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 Thank you and best regards. Mark -----Original Message----- >From: Dell Sherk <dells@voicenet.com> >Sent: Nov 22, 2008 5:05 PM >To: 'Adam Fikso' <adam14113@ameritech.net>, 'c' <CathyCraigEA@hotmail.com>, DavBouch5@aol.com, Douglas Westfall <eagle85@flash.net>, General PBS forum <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>, John Lonsdale <john@johnlonsdale.net>, 'Macfarlane' <macfarla@almaden.ibm.com>, 'Mark' <Antennaria@aol.com>, 'Mark Wilcox' <marque219@yahoo.com>, Pat Colville <Pat.Colville@JHResearchUSA.com>, The Masterson Family <masterson4@cox.net> >Subject: [pbs] Pacific BX 192 > >Dear All, > > The items listed below have been donated by our members to be shared. > > If you are interested in obtaining some of them, please email me PRIVATELY >at <dells@voicenet.com>. Include "BX 192" 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 (usually $2.00/item) >(cash, check, or Pay Pal to <Arnold@NJ.rr.com>; no money orders, please) you >should send the PBS treasurer to defray our costs for packing and >first-class, priority-mail, or international postage. > > PLEASE NOTE: NEW POSTAL-RATE SCHEMES NECESSITATE OUR PLACING A SURCHARGE ON >EACH ORDER FROM PBS BX OFFERINGS. > > 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/ .... > > If you would like to donate seeds or bulbs/corms to the PBS,(Donors >will receive credit on the BX for the cost of postage for their donations.), >please send CLEAN, clearly labeled material to: > >Dell Sherk >6832 Phillips Mill Rd. >New Hope, PA, 18938 >USA > > I WILL REPLY TO YOU WITHIN 24 HRS OF MY RECEIPT OF YOUR ORDER. >IF YOU DO NOT HEAR FROM ME, TRY AGAIN !! > >From Charles Hardman: > >A special offering: $2.00 per bulb. Limit: 2 bulbs of each kind: > >NOTE: plant immediately > >1. Large bulbs of Tecophilaea cyanocrocus (type) > >2. Large to medium bulbs of Tecophilaea cyanocrocus 'Leichtlinii' > >3. Medium bulbs of Tecophilaea cyanocrocus 'Violacea' > >Charles says that he has found that, for good germination, a loose, acidic >medium is necessary. He uses "Super Soil" for seed starting as well as for >growing on to blooming. He said that Andrew Wilson told him that they grow >well in the peaty soil of Ireland ! Another piece of advice from Charles: >the bulbs do not like to be crowded and will not set seed if they are. > >SEED: > >4. Tecophilaea cyanocrocus (type) > >5. Tecophilaea cyanocrocus 'Leichtlinii' > >6. Tecophilaea cyanocrocus 'Violacea' > >7. Tecophilaea 'Hardman's Violet' large violet hybrid > >8. Sparaxis hybs > >9. Narcissus papyraceus > >10. Gladiolus scullyi > >11. Asclepias curassavica (Asclepidaceae, milkweed family) "Brilliant >scarlet, orange, and gold flowers. Blooms while still young. Grows to 6 - 7 >feet. Keeps blooming. Perennial here in Southern California." > >From Tom Mitchel: > >12. Seed of Veratrum maackii var maackii >13. Seed of Veratrum album, very early flowering form >14. Seed of Galtonia viridiflora > >From David Ehrlich: > >15. Seed of Zantedeschia remanii > >From Alberto Castillo: > >SEED: > >16. Scilla greilhuberi (W). Very reliable in areas of mild winters, out of >direct sun. In cold climates, very hardy. Several scapes per bulb. Does not >offset, only propagated from seed. > >17. Neopatersonia uitenhagensis (W). Cape bulb for full sun, frost free >areas. Besides the "botanical interest" it flowers for a long period and >produces several scapes per bulb. Flowers are white and pale green and >attractive. > >BULBS: > >18. Oxalis gracilis (W). This is a shortish form, compact, and extremely >floriferous, we have it in flower for four months or more in winter. Full >sun and gritty soil. > >19. Oxalis purpurea 'Garnet' (W). This is the deepest purplish form of this >species, spectacular. Full sun and gritty soil. Recently mentioned in the >PBS forum as one of the most striking of all. > >20. Oxalis compressa, double form (W). Apparently this form is unknown in >the States. Flowers are very double, yellow with faint terracotta back to >the petals, on tall stems. The foliage is compact, ground hugging and >attractive. Some forms have a black center that makes them very striking. >Most plants produce plain green leaves as the character of black center is >recessive, but of course, from offsets they prove true to the variety. Both >forms are here, in mix. > >From Lynn Makela: > >BULBS: > >21. Hippeastrum 'Firey Bouquet' bulblets, few > >22. Hippeastrum 'San Antonio Rose' , small bulbs > >23. Scaly rhizomes of Achimenes 'Purple King' > >24. Scaly rhizomes of Achimenes grandiflora 'Robert Dressler' > >25. Scaly rhizomes of Eucodonia hybs > >Thank you, Charles, Tom, David, Alberto, and Lynn !! > >Best wishes, >Dell > >Dell Sherk, PBS BX > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/