Sorry- forgot to change the recipient address. Too much coffee :( -----Original Message----- From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Dell Sherk Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 3:01 PM To: 'Pacific Bulb Society' Cc: 'Roger Macfarlane'; 'Mark Wilcox' Subject: [pbs] Pacific BX 248 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 248" 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 Waddick: 1. Lilium lancifolium 'Flore Pleno' This blooms slightly later than the typical 'Tiger Lily'. Flowers are described as interesting to hideous. First bloom may be less than attractive, but as the plants settle in they produce fairly uniform hose-in-hose double flowers. They just never have the 'neat' quality of typical flowers. The plants form stem bulbils which will each produce a new lily plant in time. They do not produce fertile seed. Bulbils are naturally small. These are a blend of two strains from India and Seneca Hill Nursery. They seem identical in all characters. 2. Dioscorea oppositifolia 'Variegata' stem bulbils. This Air Potato or Cinnamon Vine is classed as an invasive plant in some parts of the US. Here it is a hardy, vigorous vine that does not get out of hand. The original plant had leaves well striped and streaked with white and very attractive. Subsequent growth is uneven with bulbils producing all green as well as variegated stems. These were taken ONLY from stems with variegated leaves. WARNING that these have weedy potential in some climates milder than Kansas City. 3. Cryptostephanus vansonii seeds (Few available). This is considered by many as the closest relative to the genus Clivia. The plant looks like a miniature Clivia with a head of numerous, small white (typically) flowers. Culture as for Clivia. Seeds have germinated well in the past. Fruits take a year to ripen so these were harvested from a plant now in bloom again. Fruits are about the size of a small cherry and mature to a pale red -orange color. The soft pulp is bright yellow and bland to the tongue. Each fruit has 1 to 3 seeds although more are possible. For more info on this species and the genus see Harold Koopowitz book on 'Clivias'. Highly recommended. A collector's items as flowers are not comparable to Clivia, but pleasing. From Ryan Wilson: 4. Seed of Scilla peruviana (few) 5. Seed of Camassia leichtlinii 'Sacagawea' OP. This cultivar has variegated foliage. From Roy Herold: BULBS 6. Oxalis glabra 7. Oxalis hirta 'Gothenburg' ex Odyssey 8. Oxalis hirta 'Gothenburg' ex BX218 (different from above)--only a few 9. Oxalis hirta mauve ex BX179 10. Oxalis massoniana ex Dylan Hannon--only a few 11. Oxalis massonorum (not massoniana) ex Vanderhoff 12. Oxalis 'namaquensis' ex Mattus 13. Oxalis obtusa MV5516 14. Oxalis obtusa MV4719D 15. Oxalis obtusa Peach ex BX179-35 16. Oxalis obtusa MSI17B Pale orange ex BX175 17. Oxalis obtusa MSI17C ex BX175 18. Oxalis obtusa MSI17D ex BX175 19. Oxalis obtusa MSI17E ex BX175 20. Oxalis obtusa MV6235--without a doubt the most floriferous obtusa that I grow. Blooms all winter. 21. Oxalis obtusa MV6341 22. Oxalis obtusa MV7085 23. Oxalis sp 'Uli 69' ex BX152 24. Oxalis palmifrons--will it ever bloom? Who cares! 25. Oxalis perdicaria var malacoides--heavy bloomer, only a few 26. Oxalis polyphylla heptaphylla 27. Oxalis hirta ex BX152 SEED 28. Pelargonium barkleyi--blooms in 9 months from seed 29. Massonia echinata Thank you, Jim, Ryan, and Roy !! Best wishes, Dell Dell Sherk, PBS BX