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 <ds429@comcast.net>. Include "BX 214" 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.
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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 plant materials to:
Dell Sherk
6832 Phillips Mill Rd.
New Hope, PA, 18938
USA
Non US donors should contact me for instructions before sending seeds.
I WILL REPLY TO YOU WITHIN 24 HRS OF MY RECEIPT OF YOUR ORDER. IF YOU
DO NOT HEAR FROM ME, TRY AGAIN !!
From Mike Mace: (BULBS)
1. Nerine "sarniensis" (ruffled magenta flowers, very floriferous, look a
bit different from a typical sarniensis, ex. The Dry Garden nursery in
Oakland, CA. Regardless of the identity question, a great Nerine)
Three Nerine sarniensis (?) hybrids from the late Jack Zinkowski
2. Nerine G-36
3. Nerine G-56
4. Nerine H-61
5. Nerine humilis brachiae
6. Nerine sarniensis 'Arcadia'
7. Nerine sarniensis 'Miss France Clarke'
From Ellen Hornig:
8. Seed of Haemanthus montanus
9. Seed of Gladiolus wilsonii, ex Mc Master
From Kathleen Sayce:
Seed of two tuberous/rhizomatous species collected in situ:
10. Romanzoffia tracyi, Tracy’s mistmaiden (Hydrophyllaceae) A tuberous
deciduous perennial from salt spray zone rocks on the Pacific Ocean,
northern California to the south half of Vancouver Island, British Columbia,
always within 30 m of salt spray zone on rocky cliffs. Flowers in spring;
dormant in summer. Seeds collected in situ, near Ilwaco, Washington.
11. Claytonia sibirica, Siberian candyflower (Portulacaceae) A tuberous
deciduous perennial to annual, damp open forest, damp to wet. Winter
dormant, spring to summer flowering, from sealevel to mid elevations; Alaska
to California, east to Montana. Seeds collected in situ at 1500 ft, near
Onion Peak, Clatsop County, Oregon.
SEEDS, all open-pollinated:
12. Tulipa turkestanica, seeds from commercial bulbs.
13. Hyacinthoides x massartinia, seeds from naturalized bulbs.
14. Tulipa sylvestris, seeds from commercial bulbs.
From Richard Wagner:
15. Large bulbs of xAmarcrinum ‘Fred Howard’
16. Corms of Chasmanthe floribunda
17. “Small bulbs of a lachenalia that I originally got as “spectabilis”
which is probably not a valid name. The plants have flower spikes somewhat
less than a foot tall of a deep purple color.
From Tom Glavich: SEEDS
18. Rhadamanthus platyphyllus
19. Rhadamanthus species (similar to platyphyllus, but larger flowers that
open about 10 days before platyphyllus) This is a mountain form (There are
only a few of these)
20. Calochortus venustus ex commercial bulbs
21. Veltheimia bracteata
22. Pelargonium triste
From Pam Slate:
23. Bulblets of Allium sphaerocephalum
24. Corms of Watsonia, pale pink. From BX 144, Judy Glattstein
25. Corms, various sizes, of Gladiolus hybrid, red-orange
Thank you, Mike, Ellen, Kathleen, Richard, Tom, and Pam !!
Best wishes,
Dell
Dell Sherk, PBS BX