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 255" 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)
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please) you should send the PBS treasurer to defray our costs for packing
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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 Mary Sue Ittner:
BULBS:
1. Acis autumnale - I let these dry out, normally they bloom about now
2. Brodiaea pallida cormlets - rare plant, but easy in cultivation if it
gets enough water when in growth as it is found in very wet spots, light
blue with a pale center
3. Calochortus argillosus bulblets
4. Calochortus uniflorus bulblets- this one has purple spots on the pale
violet flowers
5. Ferraria crispa
6. Ferraria crispa ssp. nortieri - pale yellow flowers with dark margins,
blotches
7. Narcissus cantabricus - I pinched all these and discarded the ones with
bulb fly larvae, but probably it would be good to give them another squeeze.
Some of these I potted earlier are already blooming, white flowers in winter
8. Narcissus sp. - I've not sure what this is, but there were a lot of them
I dug up in a place where there isn't enough sun for them to bloom properly.
I believe I donated this before and showed a picture, but don't think anyone
identified it for me.
<http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/…
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9. Nothoscordum dialystemon , syn. Ipheion dialystemon yellow flower in
winter, 8 tepals
10. Nothoscordum sellowianum, syn. Ipheion sellowianum yellow flower in
winter, 6 tepals
11. Oxalis obtusa pink
12. Tritonia flabellifolia - blooms late spring, early summer, white
flowers, mostly cormlets
13. Tritonia securigera - cormlets, orangy flowers late spring
14. Tropaeolum tricolor - just a few, this species is the most likely to
come up and bloom reliably for me
SEED (all open pollinated):
15. Brodiaea elegans - beautiful California species with shiny flowers
16. Freesia fergusoniae
17. Geissorhiza inflexa- this is the dazzling red variety
18. Haemanthus humilis- seed from the white one from Cameron McMaster. I
don't know if plants will also be white.
19. Lachenalia reflexa
20. Romulea diversiformis - one of the early blooming yellow flowered South
African ones
21. Romulea tetragona - another South African with distinctive leaves
Thank you, Mary Sue !!
Best wishes,
Dell
Dell Sherk, PBS BX