Yes, and men also get hit in the face with them and die! ----- Original Message ----- From: "John T Lonsdale" <john@johnlonsdale.net> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Thursday, July 5, 2012 11:52:45 AM Subject: [pbs] Off topic - cricket ball A cricket ball is a bit bigger than a hardball (baseball) and real men catch it without wearing huge padded gloves :) All the best, J. John T Lonsdale PhD 407 Edgewood Drive, Exton, Pennsylvania 19341, USA Home: 610 594 9232 Cell: 484 678 9856 Fax: 315 571 9232 Visit "Edgewood" - The Lonsdale Garden at http://www.edgewoodgardens.net/ USDA Zone 6b > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs- > bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of arnold140@verizon.net > Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2012 11:48 AM > To: PacificBulbSociety > Subject: Re: [pbs] Boophone excitement! > > For the non-Yankees that's just a bit larger than a criket ball. > > Arnold > > ------------------------------ > Sent using Verizon.net Mobile > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: "MARK MAZER AND FREDRIKA MAZER" > <markmazerandfm13@earthlink.net> > To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > CC: > Sent: Thursday, 05 July, 2012 09:05:38 AM > Subject: Re: [pbs] Boophone excitement! > > > > > > > Will Boophone bloom in a pot? I've had one in a pot for several years > and it has yet to bloom. I wonder if I need to find a permanent home > for it. > > Yes, big ones. It takes 10 years or so from seed for B. disticha. Mine > bloom when the bulb gets to be about the size of a hardball. > > Mark Mazer > Hertford, North Carolina USA > Zone 8 > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/