Dear All, The items listed below have been donated by our members and friends to be shared. If you are interested in obtaining some of them, please email me PRIVATELY at mailto:ds429@frontier.com Include "BX 380" 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 do not 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 55 W. High St. Salem, WV 26426 USA Non US donors should contact Dell for instructions before sending seeds. ALL ORDERS TO THE FOLLOWING EMAIL ADDRESS ONLY. Dell's email address ds429@frontier.com Do not hit the reply tab or you will reply to all PBS members by mistake. I WILL REPLY TO YOU WITHIN 24 HRS OF MY RECEIPT OF YOUR ORDER. IF YOU DO NOT HEAR FROM ME, TRY AGAIN !! From Uli Urban: 1. Lachenalia punctata, (syn. L. rubida) bulbili. The plant is quite showy with red tubular flowers in early spring and is strictly winter growing. The bulbili form at the leaf bases and on the midrib like structure of the leaf.The mother plant was given to me by Dietrich Müller-Doblis but I do not have the collection data. 2. Gladiolus flanaganii, cormlets and small corms. It grows very vigorously with me but is a little shy to flower, easy, summer growing and winter dry. 3. Tubers of my blue tropical waterlily. I posted those before. I lost the mother tubers in winter due to rot but the small tubers that formed in the center of the leaves were kept in moist Sphagnum with some fungicide at a temperature around 10°C. They kept very well, I started 2 of them at the end of April and all sprouted. I had kept one in unheated water in my frost free but cold greenhouse. It is sprouting, too. They should be started immediately in warm water, give them as much light and warmth as possible, fertilize well (Osmocote is best) and then they will grow VERY quickly. Purple-blue flowers with yellow centre held above the water, very scented. Will form new tubers or even small plants on the leaves (viviparous) Identity is uncertain, I got it as an exchange from the Strasbourg Botanical Garden in France under the name of Nymphaea daubeniana which it is definitely not. It comes closest to the Hybrid 'Tina' From Rimmer de Vries: 4. Cyclamen graecum- fresh seeds moist packed in vermiculite. 5. Seeds of Clivia miniata hyb- ex Maris Andersons- blooms as Salmon D4 to Apricot D6 (VERY FEW) Thank you, Uli and Rimmer !! Best wishes, Dell Dell Sherk, PBS BX