Dear All,
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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.
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From Ernie De Marie:
1.Corms of Gladiolus papilio, a form I got years ago from Charles Craib, I
believe it was collected in the Transvaal. It has been hardy here just
outside NYC for years and bears the typical greenish flower with darker
markings. Propagates very easily, best in full sun with summer moisture.
2. Impatiens flanaganae tubers. I brought back material from South Africa
in the early 90's, and have found it easy to grow in pots. Tubers are
planted, they sprout, and that’s it until fall when the stems start to look
ratty and then I store the tubers in the pots in a cool location and water
the pots very infrequently until spring, when new sprouts will appear. I've
also stored cleaned tubers in zip baggies with a paper towel in the fridge
(NOT freezer) until spring then taken them out and planted them. If any have
soft spots where they were divided, just scrape off any rot and plant, or
soak in fungicide. The tubers cannot remain in open air for a long time
without desiccating. It is an endangered plant found at Port St Johns in
SA, and though a cousin of Impatiens tinctoria, it is far easier to grow.
Even when it is too hot for it to flower well, the tubers will still
multiply. Shocking what I see tubers of it going for on ebay. This summer,
being cool, was a good one for it to flower.
I have a post with info on it somewhere on my plant blog at
http://geraniosgarden.blogspot.com/
From Uli Urban:
3. Seed of Tropaeolum pentaphyllum ssp megalopetalum
From Steve Putman:
4. Bulbs of Crinum variabile, various sizes (heavy ones will necessitate
extra postage charges)
5. Small bulbs of Crinum sp “Doran’s #41”
From Mark Mazer:
6. Small bulbs of Nerine bowdenii
7. Bulbs of Drimiopsis maculata
From Shirley Meneice:
8. Seeds of Amaryllis belladonna, Doutt’s hybrids
From Robin Hansen:
9. Seeds of Arisaema serratum
From Kathleen Sayce (SEEDS):
10. Tulipa turkestanica, ex situ, collected 8-2009.
11. Tulipa clusiana, ex situ, collected 8-2009
12. Tulipa dasystemon, ex situ, collected 8-2009
13. Diplarrena latifolia, ex situ, collected 10-2009 (I was very surprised
to see this one had set seed)
14. Iris douglasiana, ex situ, 8-2009
From Jim Jones:
15. Seeds of Begonia sinensis
From Cathy Franklin:
16. Seeds of Fritillaria camschatensis, “chocolate lily” dark form, 12 – 24
inches. Collected 30 years ago at Hatcher Pass, Alaska. Grown since near
Palmer, AK
Thank you, Ernie, Uli, Steve, Mark, Shirley, Robin, Kathleen, Jim, and Cathy
!!
Best wishes,
Dell
Dell Sherk, PBS BX