Hi, Dell I am interested in 9,10,11,12,13,14 thank you Erin Grace 200 sawgrass Lane Thomasville, GA 31757 On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 7:53 AM, Dell Sherk <ds429@comcast.net> wrote: > 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 239" 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 !! > > SEEDS: > 1. Clivia robusta, orange > 2. Clivia robusta, red > 3. Crossyne flava, yellow > 4. Crossyne flava, white > 5. Scadoxus multiflorus ssp katherinae, small variety > 6. Scadoxus multiflorus ssp katherinae, large variety > > >From Jim Waddick: > > 7. Seeds of Cyrtanthus brachyscyphus These are seeds from bulbs donated to > the PBS BX by Mary Sue Ittner. The leaves are narrow and > semi-tubular/flat. > Flowers are very bright orange. Although the flowers are not large, they > are > abundant and show off really well. More at: > <http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki.php/…> > > 8. Seeds of Bowiea volubilis, the infamous "Climbing Onion.' The large pale > green bulb sits right on the ground. The vegetative growth is a long > twining > mass of green threads. Small pale flowers are abundant. Any fan of > succulents and monocots should grow this interesting geophyte. Very easy, > but I have not grown these from seed so . . . More at > <http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…> > > >From Ken Blackford: > > 9. Seeds of Cyrtanthus falcatus x C. herrei. I feel fairly confident that > these will turn out to be valid crosses between Cyrtanthus falcatus (seed > parent) and C. herrei (pollen parent, frozen last September) as none of the > flowers I attempted to self from the C. falcatus pollen produced pods/seed. > I suspect my two original C. falcatus bulbs, now numbering about 45 after 7 > years, are all clones of the same plant as they divide/split rather > quickly. > They did well growing in the ground, on a North-facing hillside in pretty > lousy clayish soil, here in San Diego about 2 miles as the crow flies from > the ocean. I've only had one hard frost, 4.5 years ago in December 2005, > down to about 30F. Unusual here, but I live in a canyon where cold air > does > collect on calm winter mornings. They were, of course, dormant at the time > but appeared unfazed when growth resumed in March even though the bulbs > tend > to grow exposed about 2/3 above the soil line. Last year I split the clump > and put half of the bulbs into a pot. Here is a link to a photo I posted > on > FLICKR of the potted clump with swelling seed pods on March 31st this year, > and another of the blooms from March of 2009: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/amarguy/4491919689/ > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/amarguy/3376515304/ > > and here are a couple shots of the C. Herrei blooming last September: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/amarguy/3884857237/ > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/amarguy/3920699987/ > > >From Jim Shields: > > BULBS: > > 10. Cyrtanthus labiatus > 11. Cyrtanthus obliquus ex Stutterheim > 12. Haemanthus montanus (few) > 13. Haemanthus humilis humilis, ex Croft (few) > 14. Haemanthus humilis hirsutus ex George Mann (few) > > Thank you, Jim, Ken, and Jim !! > > Best wishes, > Dell > > Dell Sherk, PBS BX > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >