Hi there everyoneI joined the PBS a while back and I must say to all and sundry that I have learnt so much from reading the blogs on the different topics that pop up on a daily basis.You are an astute group of persons with a passion for plants that blows me away,I already have quite an extensive collection of Amaryllis from Worsleya to Zepheranthes and every thing in between but as you all know it's not easy to stop collecting and growing once the dreaded bulb bug has bitten. Reading what you all have written has made me even hungrier to add to my collection. CheersFrankSydney Australia > From: pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org > Subject: pbs Digest, Vol 103, Issue 16 > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:01:14 -0400 > > Send pbs mailing list submissions to > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > pbs-owner@lists.ibiblio.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of pbs digest..." > > > List-Post:<mailto:pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > List-Archive:<http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Hello (steven hart) > 2. Re: Lycoris Season yet? (James Waddick) > 3. Re: Lycoris Season yet? (J.E. Shields) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 03:32:50 -0700 > From: steven hart <hartsentwine.australia@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Hello > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: > <CACm0T0c-WD3Vrw-gX7u0n2+DgO+wQjSfnxF3ep+qYLz2y-7Esw@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi Ina > > I don't have a big collection but have a passion for collecting Crinums, I > love them & i'm surrounded by thousands of hectares of forestry & rain > forest so there is loads of wild critters that love to dig in the gardens, > but the Crinums can do it all, drought, animals, bugs, cold.........They > have even survived the onslaught of my sweet but extremely naughty little > cashmere goats, munching everything down to ground level....... > > I have some hippeastrums & heaps of regular stuff, tuberoses & liliums, > different crocus species & saffron does well here surprisingly. Lots of > different crinums, but i've barely scratched the surface My mountain top is > dry & the only soil is a thin layer i have created over 10 years or so. The > bulbs & lilies are survivors, where little else can live........ > > Harsh words i know & i'm a green finger haha.......... > > > On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 1:41 AM, Ina Crossley <klazina1@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello Steven > > > > Welcome to the PBS. > > > > What sort of Ameryllids are you growing? > > > > Ina Crossley Auckland New Zealand > > > > > > >> Hi Everyone ! > > >> > > >> I'm Steven. I love fragrant gardens, was a nursery manager long ago& > > >> collect Crinums, Amerillys& various other goodies. > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> pbs mailing list > > >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > _______________________________________________ > > > pbs mailing list > > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 22:52:13 -0500 > From: James Waddick <jwaddick@kc.rr.com> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Lycoris Season yet? > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <p06240882ca6901cc408d@[10.0.1.2]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" > > > > I fully expect to see flowering stems > >>coming up today or tomorrow. I'll report back then. > > > >Dear Friends, > > I wrote too soon. > > > > A quick survey came up with hundreds of bloom stalks emerging > >from 1/2 inch to 2 inches. Mostly all squamigera, but a couple others. > > Dear Friends, > Amazing what an inch of rain can pull from the ground. > Now 2 days after seeing nothing I have stalks emerging from > L. squamigera, L. sprengeri. L. chinensis. L. longituba and some of > their hybrids. These range from just poking out of the ground and up > many in the 4 to 8 inch range and one clump of L. squamigera probably > to bloom tomorrow and join the earliest L. longituba. > > Still no sign of L. sanguinea More rain equals more > Lycoris. Best Jim > -- > Dr. James W. Waddick > 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. > Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 > USA > Ph. 816-746-1949 > Zone 5 Record low -23F > Summer 100F + > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:19:47 -0400 > From: "J.E. Shields" <jshields@indy.net> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Lycoris Season yet? > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20110811101439.05865390@pop.indy.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed > > My Lycoris sanguinea started blooming a few days ago, then yesterday many > of my squamigera burst into bloom! > > We had less heat here than Jim W. did in Kansas City, but no rain until > about 10-14 days ago. Since then we have had 2 inches or rain, and the > Lycoris are shooting up everywhere. > > The only pictures I have posted anywhere so far are in the SRGC Forum at: > http://srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php/… > > Jim Shields > > > At 10:52 PM 8/10/2011 -0500, Jim Waddick wrote: > >......> A quick survey came up with hundreds of bloom stalks emerging > > >from 1/2 inch to 2 inches. Mostly all squamigera, but a couple others. > > > >Dear Friends, > > Amazing what an inch of rain can pull from the ground. > > Now 2 days after seeing nothing I have stalks emerging from > >L. squamigera, L. sprengeri. L. chinensis. L. longituba and some of > >their hybrids. These range from just poking out of the ground and up > >many in the 4 to 8 inch range and one clump of L. squamigera probably > >to bloom tomorrow and join the earliest L. longituba. > > > > Still no sign of L. sanguinea More rain equals more > >Lycoris. Best Jim > >-- > > ************************************************* > Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 > P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ > Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA > Lat. 40? 02.8' N, Long. 086? 06.6' W > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > End of pbs Digest, Vol 103, Issue 16 > ************************************