i did NOT ask for this! On 2/22/2015 6:21 PM, pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org wrote: > Send pbs mailing list submissions to > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > pbs-owner@lists.ibiblio.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of pbs digest..." > > > List-Post:<mailto:pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > List-Archive:<http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Off topic but of interest to at least some of our members > (Don/Diane) > 2. Re: one hundred percent totally off topic (penstemon) > 3. Re: Orobanche - CALIFORNIA FOLKS (Kipp McMichael) > 4. Re: Orobanche - CALIFORNIA FOLKS (Jude Haverington) > 5. Re: Orobanche - CALIFORNIA FOLKS (Giant Coreopsis) > 6. Re: Orobanche - CALIFORNIA FOLKS (Nhu Nguyen) > 7. Re: PBS website contact:///amorphophallus/ seeds (Nhu Nguyen) > 8. Re: Orobanche - CALIFORNIA FOLKS (Jude Haverington) > 9. Re: one hundred percent totally off topic (Jim McKenney) > 10. Re: Wiki Pests & Diseases Section ? RE; Amaryllis Moth (Tim Eck) > 11. Re: Off topic but of interest to at least some of our members > (James Waddick) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 12:47:37 -0800 > From: Don/Diane <voltaire@islandnet.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Off topic but of interest to at least some of our > members > Message-ID: <54A39FAB-3435-495D-AA7C-9ACB3F8B0E22@islandnet.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > On 2015-02-22, at 12:01 PM, Jim McKenney wrote: > >> YouTube ....... when you can't understand something someone has said the first time, you can easily back up and try again. > I have my television set so the spoken words appear on the bottom of the screen. I think it was originally intended for deaf people, but it certainly helps with understanding various versions of English. > > Diane > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 13:51:17 -0700 > From: "penstemon" <penstemon@Q.com> > To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Subject: Re: [pbs] one hundred percent totally off topic > Message-ID: <37431DCDDA63452B995118D8345C6111@bobPC> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I mentioned the Midsomer Murders series of made for TV mysteries in a recent post. > > > Yes, but you failed to mention that a Certain Book on penstemons (now out of print, so this isn?t a sales pitch) is featured in the episode ?The Garden of Death?, at about 16:22. > Bob Nold > Denver, Colorado, USA > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 13:10:26 -0800 > From: Kipp McMichael <kimcmich@hotmail.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Orobanche - CALIFORNIA FOLKS > Message-ID: <BLU168-W48C61B079F3734D87CCBA9CC280@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Jude, > Getting chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum) should be pretty easy - it's one of the most common plants in California and in-state native nurseries will have it cheaply available in many sizes. I can certainly stay on the lookout for you for any seeds/dead plants - once you have those in-hand, getting the host plant should be easy. > -|<ipp > >> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 14:40:36 -0500 >> From: tylus.seklos@gmail.com >> To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> Subject: Re: [pbs] Orobanche - CALIFORNIA FOLKS >> >> Fascinating stuff - thanks again everyone. >> >> >> On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 2:36 PM, penstemon <penstemon@q.com> wrote: >> >>> I have just "discovered" this crazy plant - and am interested in getting >>> seeds of this - O. bulbosa or O. californica, or both. Could somebody help? >>> >>> You need a host plant, first. Adenostoma fasciculatum. >>> Orobanches are true parasites and will not survive unless they can develop >>> haustoria very quickly after germination, in order to attach themselves to >>> the host plant. Unlike, say, castilleja, which can survive without a host. >>> The seeds are practically invisible. You can probably collect seed, though >>> not on a windy day. >>> Bob Nold >>> Denver, Colorado, USA >>> (I grew up in California, which is why I responded.) >>> _______________________________________________ >>> pbs mailing list >>> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >>> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >>> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >>> >> >> >> -- >> The Silent Seed >> Rare and Unusual plants from around the world. >> thesilentseed.com >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 16:13:03 -0500 > From: Jude Haverington <tylus.seklos@gmail.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Orobanche - CALIFORNIA FOLKS > Message-ID: > <CAPH75tDTLWtFYj+8t5T=jobMzPeitgwJ9yn0farHXM73pdRxfQ@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Sounds good. Thank you. > Jude > > > On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Kipp McMichael <kimcmich@hotmail.com> > wrote: > >> Jude, >> Getting chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum) should be pretty easy - it's >> one of the most common plants in California and in-state native nurseries >> will have it cheaply available in many sizes. I can certainly stay on the >> lookout for you for any seeds/dead plants - once you have those in-hand, >> getting the host plant should be easy. >> -|<ipp >> >>> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 14:40:36 -0500 >>> From: tylus.seklos@gmail.com >>> To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >>> Subject: Re: [pbs] Orobanche - CALIFORNIA FOLKS >>> >>> Fascinating stuff - thanks again everyone. >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 2:36 PM, penstemon <penstemon@q.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I have just "discovered" this crazy plant - and am interested in >> getting >>>> seeds of this - O. bulbosa or O. californica, or both. Could somebody >> help? >>>> You need a host plant, first. Adenostoma fasciculatum. >>>> Orobanches are true parasites and will not survive unless they can >> develop >>>> haustoria very quickly after germination, in order to attach >> themselves to >>>> the host plant. Unlike, say, castilleja, which can survive without a >> host. >>>> The seeds are practically invisible. You can probably collect seed, >> though >>>> not on a windy day. >>>> Bob Nold >>>> Denver, Colorado, USA >>>> (I grew up in California, which is why I responded.) >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> pbs mailing list >>>> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >>>> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >>>> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> The Silent Seed >>> Rare and Unusual plants from around the world. >>> thesilentseed.com >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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/ >> > >