Welcome aboard, Tony! I have a feeling you're going to like it here. :-) Dennis in Cincinnati On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 2:05 AM, <tony.joe@comcast.net> wrote: > > > Hello Pacific Bulb Society, > > I'm a new member from Seattle, Washington, USA who has a small 10' x 12' > greenhouse that I keep just over freezing. This autumn, I started to worry > that I might become the star of a future reality show on plant hoarders! > So, with the help of the PBS website, I decided to specialize in bulbs. > I've got a good start already. I think my first PBS-worthy achievement was > starting Albuca setosa bulbs from Thompson & Morgan-purchased seeds over a > decade ago. > > > > Your web site also pounded home the power of good labels. I'm impatiently > waiting for an irid that I started from seed six or seven years ago to open > its very first flower. It is either a D ietes or a M oraea, but the label > is long gone, as is my memory of the species! I moved the plant from the > greenhouse to my laundry room in a fairly bright window in the hopes that > the flowers will open , and they seem to be expanding. Please let me know > of any suggestions that might facilitate me seeing this plant's flowers. > > > > I think I might as well specialize in bulbs, because I already have a > Griffinia, some B runsvigia grandiflora babies , H ippeastrella, a C > yrtanthus montana, several H ippeastrum and C rinum hybrids , and I started > some W urmbea stricta seedlings last summer that are doing well. I have > one Haemanthus coccineus that puts out two beautiful leaves every year, but > has never bloomed. Recently, I've added a Ferraria crispa, Amarine hybrid, > Gladiolus speciosa and Rhodolphias. > > > > I appear to have a slight Clivia addiction, too , as I discovered about > five years ago how easy these plants are to grow fro m seed and I went a > little crazy. These are not common plants here in the Northwest, as they > aren't hardy here and I've never seen a live plant of any Clivia hybrid > that wasn't orange and yellow, or just yellow. That will change when some > of my pastel seedlings bloom, or at least that is my hope. > > > > My favorite thing in the world is to grow rare plants from seed to flower, > and it is so exciting to see all the great advice this group provides. And > just knowing that there are some other like-interested/obsessed individuals > out there is great! My goal is learn much more about all of these plants > so that I can grow them well, and to eventually visit all of my favorites > in their natural habitat. > > > > Happy New Year! > > > > Tony Peterson > > Seattle, Washington > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/