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 328" 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
<pbs.treasury@verizon.net>; no money orders, please) you should send the PBS
treasurer. Postage and packaging charges are added.
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 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 Nhu Nguyen:
Codes: W = winter growing, Sp = spring/summer growing, S = summer growing,
WC = wild collected, OP = open pollinated, CP = control pollinated
SEEDS:
1. Lilium parvum - Sp WC, Nevada Co., CA about 5000ft (1500m),
stratification recommended.
2. Lilium sp. (washingtonianum?) - Sp WC, Nevada Co., CA about 3500ft
(~1000). I found this only in seed so no guarantee of the actual species,
but based on location and elevation, it could very well be L.
washingtonianum. Stratification recommended although probably not necessary.
3. Calochortus luteus NNBH2503 - W WC, Calaveras Co., about 650ft (200m).
From a friend's property. This form is supposed to have a nice and dark
marking in the center.
4. Bomarea acutifolia - OP this species comes from Mexico and Central
America. It likes to be slightly warmer than other species of Bomarea but
grows fine in the Bay Area. This species can grow year-round in moderate
winter areas, although much slower in winter and more vigorous in spring and
summer. It is said that the seeds cannot dry out completely so I packed them
into barely moist peat for distribution. NOT RECOMMENDED for Hawai`i, New
Zealand, Australia and other areas prone to invasive plants. These produce
beautiful red seeds that are easily dispersed by birds, thus can spread.
5. Allium dichlamydeum - W OP
6. Allium hyalinum pink - W OP
7. Allium sanbornii - W OP
8. Dichelostemma multiflorum - W OP
9. Lachenalia aloides v. aurea - W OP
10. Cyrtanthus brachyscyphus - W CP
11. Ornithogalum fimbrimarginatum form (Steve? Hammer) - W CP
12. Gladiolus alatus - W CP
13. Nerine bowdenii - W OP
BULBLETS:
14. Hippeastrum striatum - S seed grown, very vigorously offset forms mixed
together so there is a good chance that you will get a multiple clones from
several bulblets.
15. Allium unifolium - W always a nice and reliable onion that blooms
midspring and multiplies slowly but steadily.
16. Allium amplectens - W
From Kathleen Sayce: SEEDS
17. Diplarrhena moraea, parent is white flowered, selfed (no other
Diplarrhenas for males)
18. Romulea autumnalis
19. Acis autumnalis, syn. Leucojum autumnale
From Kipp McMichael:
20. Seeds of Haemanthus coccineus, ex Arid Lands, Outshoorn
21. Bulblets of Dichelostemma capitatum, from San Francisco serpentine
22. Seed of Ornithogalum fimbrimarginatum
Thank you, Nhu, Kathleen, and Kipp !!
Best wishes,
Dell
Dell Sherk, PBS BX