PLEASE STOP SENDING E-MAIL TO ME !!!!!!!!!!!!! -----Original Message----- From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org Sent: 17 September 2008 07:21 PM To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org Subject: pbs Digest, Vol 68, Issue 23 Send pbs mailing list submissions to pbs@lists.ibiblio.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org You can reach the person managing the list at pbs-owner@lists.ibiblio.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of pbs digest..." List-Post:<mailto:pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> List-Archive:<http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbslist/> Today's Topics: 1. Botanical Italics (info@auchgourishbotanicgarden.org) 2. Re: Manfreda virginica (Dennis Kramb) 3. Re: Belamcanda chinensis - Iris domestica (Dennis Kramb) 4. (no subject) (jonathanhutchinson@rhs.org.uk) 5. Re: (no subject) (Hannon) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:31:31 +0100 From: <info@auchgourishbotanicgarden.org> Subject: [pbs] Botanical Italics To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Message-ID: <002001c918fb$fd9c32e0$0301a8c0@homepc> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" David indeed you are quite right to flag up Scilla peruviana and as it is grown here in our collection of Scilla / Squills but my only defence [sorry about the standard English spelling] is that I am up to my next and beyond in matters Lilium and it is alleged around here that I seem to have lost the plot in relation to all the other wee plants here but when things like Lilium souliei have both flowered and produced bulbils on non flowering stems ye cannae help but be a wee bit more motivated. Some other Lily species not noted for stem bulbil production have made their abilities in that department known and I am wondering to what extent this has been due to lack of pollination for quite a lot of plants this year with so much cold the pollinator insects have barely been around to all manner of plant genera. Has anyone else had a similar outcome? We had -4 C on 22nd June = midsummer here this year and the same on 19th of June last year. In some cases flowers have simply been fr osted off, except the usual hardmen like LL.pyrenaicum and martagon. Lilium pardalinum had all but two flowers frosted off and any hopes for seed from that taxon are truly down the pan for this year, so much for Woodcock and Stearn's quote "The Leopard of Panther Lily of California is one of the hardiest and most easily grown of American lilies........" So much for global warming @ c.58 degrees on the far north western edge of Europe! Never mind the Lilium pyrifolium is flowering right now with a few Asian species right behind, hopefully no early frosts will prevent seed production but I wouldn't bet on that. We have a good production of seed from both L.L. pyrenaicum & martagon if of any interest to folks across the pond. if so let me know and I will find a way to sort that as we have friends arriving here from BC for a funeral sadly and they might be one route is timing works out. Iain -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for home users. SPAMfighter has removed 18323 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len/ ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:17:15 -0400 From: Dennis Kramb <dkramb@badbear.com> Subject: Re: [pbs] Manfreda virginica To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Message-ID: <48D05A9B.805@badbear.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed My Manfreda virginica didn't bloom this year. And it's VERY mature. It has bloomed the previous two years with no problem. There are lots of "pups" now. I thought I would get multiple bloom stalks instead of zero. Harrumph! Dennis in Cincy (where power has been restored after "Hurricane" Ike blew through on Sunday) Mark McDonough wrote: > Hello PBS people, > > I haven't been very active on this group... it seems that I have to wait until my annual August vacation (all of August, 4-weeks, yippee!) before I have time to do extracurricular activities. > > I just updated the PBS wiki page with images of Manfreda virginica in flower. Along the upper reaches of a 6' stalk are interesting rather than beautiful flowers, but they are not without their own charm. A surprising aspect is that the tiny whitish three-lobed tube at the center of each stamen-esque floral construction are rather fragrant. The brownish shading to yellowish-green oversized stamens and anthers are interesting upon close viewing. > > I have added 4 images, taken between thunderstorms and downpours which seem to occur multiple times daily this summer. > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… > > I grow this plant on a raised enbankment that is rather dry, getting afternoon sun. Thanks Aaron! > > Mark McDonough > Massachusetts, near the New Hampshire border, USDA Zone 5 > antennaria@charter.net > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:17:38 -0400 From: Dennis Kramb <dkramb@badbear.com> Subject: Re: [pbs] Belamcanda chinensis - Iris domestica To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Message-ID: <48D05AB2.502@badbear.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed I haven't grown it for years, but it is naturalized in this part of Ohio, so must not have an issue finding pollinators. I would be surprised if yours never sets seed. Of course you could do it by hand if you so choose. Dennis in Cincinnati Linda Foulis wrote: > Hello all, > Does Belamcanda have a particular pollinator? Mine is outstanding this year > and covered in blooms, however I'm finding that I have to do the pollination > myself. Half a dozen blooms came and went without seed pods forming until I > started helping, curious. > > Linda Foulis > Okotoks, AB > Canada > > Zone 3 > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:32:59 +0100 From: <jonathanhutchinson@rhs.org.uk> Subject: [pbs] (no subject) To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Message-ID: <67FCC990C7597E46BEB7E981870923021BDA5C@wismail.rhs.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I wondered if anybody had experiences with Walleria gracilis? I purchased this species as seed a few years ago as seed from Silverhills Seeds. Some germinated and grew well for the first few years and I have now some good tubers which are about 1.5- 2cm across. The problem is I get no growth, they sit there perfectly happy in a hibernated state and I cannot seem to shift them into any movement. I have tried the smoke treatment and awit to see any movement, other than that does any body have any suggestions This is a lovely little plant and well worth growing .... I just wish it would ! Jonathan ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:48:54 -0700 From: Hannon <othonna@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [pbs] (no subject) To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Message-ID: <8e8da5260809170848g7318a274gae75e006b97efdb9@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Jonathan, I can only say I have had a similar experience with this species, from the same source. I don't get the idea that it is a fire-follower in situ. Mine are outdoors all winter in part sun in a very sandy mix in 5" pots. Some grew well last year but no flowers. Since they are outdoors and subject to the full effect of our winter rains (Los Angeles average about 17"/year) they are not the victims of any capricious watering regime yet they will sit there and refuse to budge in spite of this natural drenching. Some eriospermums and albucas are like this also and it is difficult to say if they "alternante" years or just what is going on. Dylan On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 2:32 AM, <jonathanhutchinson@rhs.org.uk> wrote: > I wondered if anybody had experiences with Walleria gracilis? > I purchased this species as seed a few years ago as seed from Silverhills > Seeds. Some germinated and grew well for the first few years and I have now > some good tubers which are about 1.5- 2cm across. > The problem is I get no growth, they sit there perfectly happy in a > hibernated state and I cannot seem to shift them into any movement. > I have tried the smoke treatment and awit to see any movement, other than > that does any body have any suggestions > This is a lovely little plant and well worth growing .... I just wish it > would ! > > Jonathan > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php End of pbs Digest, Vol 68, Issue 23 *********************************** ___________________________________________________________ Important Notice: Absa is an Authorised Financial Services Provider and Registered Credit Provider, registration number: NCRCP7. This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. Please note that there are terms and conditions and some important restrictions, qualifications and disclaimers ("the Disclaimer") that apply to this email. 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