I would like some of: 1,3,9,and 10, if possible Richard Wagner P.O. Box 252 Vista CA 92085 Thanks you! -----Original Message----- From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of robertwerra@pacific.net Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 4:28 PM To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org Cc: Robert J Werra Subject: [pbs] Free moraea corms To all moraea lovers, I have an excess of winter growing S Africa moraeas in my inland California location. These are all good corm formers. I'm sorry I don.t have a website, but pictures are on the wiki. 1.) Moraea aristata- 12 in. with blue center peacock. Multiplies well with stolons. Does better near the Calif. coast. Rare in nature. Nonfugacious. 2.) M. ciliata- 4-6 in. miniature slate blue or 6-8 in. blue and yellow irislike blossom. Blooms early-Feb.-March. Multiplies exceedingly with many basilar cormlets forming small clumps. Fugcious but periodic repeat blooms for 4-8 weeks. Tolerates frost. 3.) M. gigandra-12in. largest blosomed peacock lavender with a black and white center crescent. Nonfugacious. Multiplies fairly well with seed and cormlets. Rare in nature. 4.) M. macrocarpa.- 3 in. with disproportinally large violet and yellow blossom. Very fugacious and blooming period short. 5.) M. macronyx- 4-6 in. yellow/white irislike blossom. Feb.-March. a real charmer. Seeds and basal cormlets poorly, but makes under ground cormlets forming nice small colonies. Fugacious but repeats periodically for 6 weeks. 6.) M. polyanthos- 12-14 in. with light blue medium 6 petal blossoms. Late bloomer -June. Fugacious opening in late afternoon with a shower of blossoms. Nice but not exciting. However, it is the best reproducer-self pollinating and vigorous cormlet production. 7.) M. tripetela- varying shades of blue slender iris like blossoms. Not spectacular but very nice en masse in a long narrow pot or colony in the ground. Non fugacious. Actually it is the very best reproducer by seed and underground stolons and cormlets. 8.) M. vegeta- http://4-6in.tan/yellow/ small blossoms. Not spectacular, but interesting. Fugacious. Self pollinating. 9.)M. tulbaghensis- 12 in. orange large peacock with brown or green center. Non fugacious. Fair seedmaker but an excellent underground corm producer. Rare in nature. 10.) M. villosa- The queen of the peacocks. 12 in. wi th white to purple with greento blue iridescent centers. Non fugacious. Makes seed well and underground corms even better. They do well in a well drained lean mix. If you want some, I will try to accommodate you. Let me know. I apologize for the length of this message. . _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/