> From: ds429@comcast.net > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:10:10 -0400 > CC: macfarla@almaden.ibm.com; marque219@yahoo.com > Subject: [pbs] Pacific BX 250 > > 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 250" 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 <Arnold140@verizon.net>; no money orders, > please) you should send to the PBS treasurer to defray our costs for packing > and first-class, priority-mail, or international postage. > > PLEASE NOTE: CURRENT 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 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 Jim Shields: (SEEDS) > > 1. Hymenocallis eucharidifolia – very few. > > 2. Hippeastrum mandonii -- getting old but still should have ca 50% > germination. > > 3. Haemanthus montanus -- probably the most cold-tolerant species of > Haemanthus. White flowers in June (Northern Hemisphere) > > 4. Haemanthus humilis hirsutus (white) probably x H. montanus (open > pollinated in June) > > 5. Crinum variabile -- hardy outdoors in the ground in Indiana, once bulbs > get to be about 2 inches in diameter. Flowers open pure white, turn pink as > they age. Everyone should grow Crinum variabile! > > From David Ehrlich: > > 6. Bulbs of Scilla peruviana > > SEEDS: > > 7. Freesia laxa (red on red): the parent plants were grown from seed from > Alberto Castillo in BX 179 > > 8. Moraea pendula: the parent plant was from Annie’s Annuals. > > 9. Scilla peruviana: My plants produced much seed in previous years, but > this year they were far too crowded to prosper, so I have only a few seeds. > > 10. Albuca aurea: parent plant was from Annie’s Annuals. It bloomed this > season, but produced very little seed. > > 11. Cypella herbertii: The seeds for the parent plants came from Alberto > Castillo. They grow very well, and produce a great deal of seed. > > From Alberto Castillo: > > 12. ADULT bulbs of a miniature Ornithogalum species, fine foliage growing in > tufts, clumping, evergreen, but definitely a winter grower. Flowers are > white, minute and produced in profusion in spring. It was originally > distributed as seed in an early PBS BX. Has been a charming > undemanding species in full sun and gritty soil. It does not key out to any > of the species in the monograph. Frost free conditions. > > From John Ingram: > > 13. Tubers of Sinningia selovii, from open pollinated parents. Are likely to > be of a variety of shades of color. > > From Bob Hoel: > > 14. Near blooming-size bulbs of Hippeastrum papilio ($5.00 each) > > 15. Good sized (2 - 4 cm dia) offsets of Hippeastrum papilio (the usual > $2.00 per share depending on supply/demand) > > Thank you, Jim, David, Alberto, John, and Bob !! > > Best wishes, > Dell > > Dell Sherk, PBS BX > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/