Pacific Bulb Society BX 319

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too, in case I don't already have it. Availability is based on a first come,
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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 Dell 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 Roy Herold:

BULBS:

1. Narcissus 'Stockens Gib'
Another mystery from Lt Cdr Chris M Stocken. This one came to me from a
friend who received it from a grower in Belgium. It was listed by the
RHS as last being commercially available in 2005. The term 'gib' was a
mystery to me, and originally I thought it to be an alternate spelling
of a 'jib' sail. Google told me that a 'gib' is a castrated male cat or
ferret. No thanks, but it also told me that 'gib' is short for
Gibraltar. Stocken also collected in the Ronda mountains of Spain, and
Gibraltar is just to the south, so is the probable origin of these
bulbs. As for the bulb itself, it has never bloomed for me in ~8 years,
but has multiplied like crazy. It has received the summer treatment
recommended for plain old 'Stockens', but to no avail. Let me know how
it turns out.

2. Narcissus mixed seedlings
These date back to a mass sowing in 2004 of seed from moderately
controlled crosses of romieuxii, cantabricus, albidus, zaianicus, and
similar early blooming sorts of the bulbocodium group. Colors tend to be
light yellow through cream to white, and flowers are large, much larger
than the little gold colored bulbocodiums of spring. These have been
selected three times, and the keepers are choice. There is the odd runt,
but 95% look to be blooming size.

These albucas from wild collected seed have been languishing in seed
pots for several years, and as a result never got around to blooming.
Take a chance on something new.

3. Albuca sp, north of Calitzdorp, 12-18"
4. Albuca sp, Paardepoort, north of Herold
5. Albuca sp, De Rust
6. Albuca sp, Volmoed, southwest of Oudtshoorn, only a couple
7. Albuca sp, Uniondale, 1 or 2 flowers per scape

From Jerry Lehmann:

8. Bulbils of Lilium tigrinum

From Jonathan Lubar:

9. Bulbs of Gladiolus murielae

From Mary Sue Ittner:

10. Corms of Babiana sp. - These have naturalized in my Northern California
garden
and are probably a form of Babiana stricta. Originally grown from
mixed seed more than twenty years ago. Winter growing

11. Bulbs of Oxalis pulchella var tomentosa - ex BX 221 and Ron Vanderhoff -
Low,
pubescent, mat forming foliage and large very pale salmon colored
flowers. Fall blooming. This one hasn't bloomed for me yet, but I
hope it will this year.

12. Bulbs of Oxalis semiloba - originally from Uli, this is supposed to be a

summer rainfall species, but grows for me in winter and dormant in
summer. It never bloomed but the leaves reminded me of Oxalis boweii.
Chuck Powell provided me with some photos of this species he grow
successfully (also on a winter growing schedule) and I added them to
the wiki. I can't confirm the identity of these.

13. Bulbs of Oxalis obtusa (peach flowers), winter-growing

14. Bulbs of Oxalis flava (lupinifolia form), winter-growing

15. Bulbs of Ammocharis longifolia, syn. Cybistetes
longifolia, (survivors from seed sown from Silverhill Seed in 2000
and 2005). It can take 8 to 10 years to flower so I may be giving up
too soon, but I suspect they need more summer heat and bright light
than I can provide so I'm letting someone else have a crack at them.

From PBS:

16. Small corms of Gladiolus flanaganii
17. Small bulbs of Zephyranthes 'Labuffarosea'
18. Small corms of Tigridia pavonia
19. Small corms of Gladiolus dalenii

Thank you, Roy, Jerry, Jonathan, and Mary Sue !!

Best wishes,
Dell

Dell Sherk, PBS Bx