Dear Dell, I am new with the society and not quite sure if these I picked will do well in Houston, Texas. Please feel free to exclude ones you know would not do well. Eucharis amazonica 6. Lachenalia pustulata (light blues), ex BX 40 7. Lachenalia bachmanii 12. Lachenalia gillettii 29. Gladiolus priorii My address is: Suchit Hart 10526 Wind Walker Trail Houston, Tx 77095 Thank you, Suchit On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 4:39 PM, 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 291" 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/share of > seeds or $3 -$5/ share of bulbs)(cash, check, or Pay Pal to > <Arnold140@verizon.net>; no money orders, please) you should send 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. > > Many of you are subscribers to this pbs elist which is free, but are > not members of the Pacific Bulb Society which has a yearly membership > charge. THIS BX OFFERING IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO MEMBERS of the Pacific Bulb > Society. If you are not a member, consider joining 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 Corina Rieder: > BULBS > > 1. Babiana sinuata > 2. Babiana stricta > 3. Calochortus superbus (1st year open pollinated) > 4. Melasphaerula ramosa > > >From Monica Swartz: > > 5. Bulbs of Eucharis amazonica > Eucharis is known to potentially carry a couple of different endemic > viruses (ie Amazon > Lily Mosaic Virus, Eucharis Mottle Virus). I have not seen evidence > of virus in these bulbs nor have I ever had virus in > any of my other Amaryllids that my Eucharis have lived with for a > decade. However, it is my understanding that Eucharis can carry virus > without showing symptoms so BX recipients should be aware and > diligently prevent sucking insects. It may be that all Eucharis carry > endemic viruses (not unusual in Amazonian plants) so this warning > should apply to all material in this genus, not just these bulbs. > > >From Richard Smith: > (BULBS/CORMS) > > 6. Lachenalia pustulata (light blues), ex BX 40 > 7. Lachenalia bachmanii > 8. Lachenalia thomasiae, bulblets > 9. Lachenalia liliflora, bulblets > 10. Lachenalia orthopetala > 11. Lachenalia zeyheri > 12. Lachenalia gillettii > 13. Lachenalia bulbifera (pendula), deep red > 14. Lachenalia mutabilis > 15. Lachenalia aloides quadricolor > 16. Ixia capillaries > 17. Ixia paniculata > 18. Ixia bellendenii > 19. Ixia 'Giant' > 20. Ixia rapunculoides, ex BX 41 > 21. Ixia monodelpha, ex BX 35 > 22. Ornithogalum thyrsoides > 23. Babiana stricta, maroon > 24. Babiana villosa > 25. Babiana 'Blue Gem' > 26. Babiana framesia > 27. Geissorhiza monanthos, ex BX 35 > 28. Gladiolus angustus, ex BX 45 > 29. Gladiolus priorii 'Red Afrikaner' > 30. Gladiolus tristis > 31. Gladiolus communis ssp byzantinus > 32. Gladiolus cardinalis > 33. Gladiolus 'Homoglad hybrids' > 34. Ledebouria cooperi > 35. Ferraria crispa var nortieri, ex BX 36 > 36. Romulea obscura var obscura, ex BX 111 > 37. Romulea tortulosa var aurea > > Thank you, Corina, Monica, and Richard !! > > Best wishes, > Dell > > Dell Sherk, PBS BX > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >