I'm very sorry to hear of Bill's passing Mariano, and your loss of a great friend. My condolences. Anne McNeil On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 4:55 PM, Mariano Saviello < mariano_saviello83@yahoo.com.ar> wrote: > Dear esteemed members, in this occasion I must communicate the loss of my > dearest friend, botanical colleague and one of the administrators of Planet > Botanical Hippeastrum Facebook Group, William Lewis Janetos (Bill Janetos, > 62) of Rollins Road, who passed away on Monday, May 25th, 2015 at > Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover, N.H., with his family by his side. As > well as being an extraordinary person, Bill was an avid orchid, Hippeastrum > and Crocus horticulturalist. Arrangements were under the direction of > Wiggin-Purdy-McCooey-Dion Funeral Home of Dover, N.H. > > R.I.P [10/17/1952 - 05/25/2015] > -------------------------------------------- > El mar 26-may-15, pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org < > pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org> escribió: > > Asunto: pbs Digest, Vol 148, Issue 18 > Para: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Fecha: martes, 26 de mayo de 2015, 16:17 > > 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. from: larryryo@gmail.com > (larryryo@gmail.com) > 2. Spammer (Bulborum Botanicum) > 3. Re: Spammer (David Pilling) > 4. New Moraea hybrids, 2015 (Michael > Mace) > 5. New Moraea Hybrids, 2015 (Pamela > Slate) > 6. Re: New Moraea hybrids, 2015 (Jim > McKenney) > 7. Re: New Moraea hybrids, 2015 (Anne > McNeil) > 8. Re: New Moraea hybrids, 2015 (Karl > Church) > 9. Fwd: New Moraea Hybrids, 2015 (Pamela > Slate) > 10. Re: New Moraea hybrids, 2015 (Mark Mazer) > 11. Re: New Moraea hybrids, 2015 (a van beek) > 12. vinyl blinds as plant tags (was re:///New/ Moraea > hybrids, 2015) > (Nicholas plummer) > 13. vinyl blinds as plant tags (was re:///New/ > Moraea hybrids, 2015) > (Lamon Ready) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 25 May 2015 20:51:05 +0200 > From: "larryryo@gmail.com" > <larryryo@gmail.com> > To: "pbs" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Subject: [pbs] from: larryryo@gmail.com > Message-ID: <5371264C-E984-4159-8EC5-9634D1B7FE1C@radioonline.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="us-ascii" > > Salutations pbs > > http://emmamclaughlan.com/would.php/… > > > > > larryryo@gmail.com > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 25 May 2015 22:11:21 +0200 > From: Bulborum Botanicum <bulborum@gmail.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Subject: [pbs] Spammer > Message-ID: > <CABsCM2q8fYKeGa+9m_m7h27EKeaoVntHuGpaso3mwRQkqcRH2A@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > larryryo@gmail.com > is a spammer > > Roland > > > R de Boer > 2238 Route de la Maugardiere > F 27260 EPAIGNES > FRANCE > > Phone./Fax 0033-232-576-204 > Email: bulborum@gmail.com > Facebook Group English :https://www.facebook.com/groups/bulborum/ > <https://www.facebook.com/groups/518187888211511/> > Facebook Group French : https://www.facebook.com/groups/1454572311501070/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 25 May 2015 21:25:47 +0100 > From: David Pilling <david@pilling.demon.co.uk> > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Subject: Re: [pbs] Spammer > Message-ID: <5563854B.6030106@pilling.demon.co.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; > format=flowed > > Hi, > > On 25/05/2015 21:11, Bulborum Botanicum wrote: > > larryryo@gmail.com > is a spammer > > Thanks Roland. I've suspended Larry from posting. I suspect > his email > account has been hacked - long time since we had one of > those events. > > > > -- > David Pilling > http://www.davidpilling.com/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 25 May 2015 15:56:07 -0700 > From: "Michael Mace" <michaelcmace@gmail.com> > To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Subject: [pbs] New Moraea hybrids, 2015 > Message-ID: > <005401d0973d$fd699a20$f83cce60$@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="us-ascii" > > Hi, gang. > > > > Fair warning -- I am going to talk about hybrids. > > > > My Moraea hybridization results for 2015 are now posted > online. The > highlights for this year include a flower with long black > eyelash streaks on > the tepals, one that looks a bit like a white-skinned > pumpkin, a nice bright > orange with pale blue eyes, and (as I mentioned on the list > a couple of > months ago) what I think may be the first documented Moraea > X Homeria cross. > > > > If you're interested, you can see photos of my favorites > here: > > > > > http://growingcoolplants.blogspot.com/2015/05/… > l > > > > If you have trouble with that link, here's a shorter > version: > > > > http://bit.ly/1LzHzbd/ > > > > As for species Moraeas, I spent a lot of time this year > trying to puzzle out > the difference between Moraea bellendenii and Moraea > tricuspidata. According > to Goldblatt's book, the main difference is that > tricuspidata is white and > flat and while bellendenii is yellow and cupped. But what if > you have a pale > yellow-white one that's sort of cupped? Is it a hybrid or a > color variant of > one of the species? Supposedly you can tell the difference > by measuring the > filaments (the little stems that lead to the anthers). But > the darned things > are only a few millimeters long. Just try shoving a ruler > into a tiny little > flower. I ended up plucking off some of the stamens so I > could measure them, > but the stems that i got were shorter than they should be > for either > species. > > > > If anyone can enlighten me, please let me know. > > > > It's become hard to find seeds of Moraea species I don't > already have, but I > did get my first ever flower from Moraea unguiculata, just > last week. The > flower is ridiculously small -- it would fit on the tip of > my finger. After > I saw it I realized that the photos I've seen in books are > all heavily > magnified. Anyway, it was cute, and also notable because it > was the first > time I've gotten a flower from seeds supplied by > rareplants.de. Often their > seeds have failed to sprout for me. > > > > I'll have some seeds of various species for the BX later > this summer, but > nothing like the bumper crop that Bob Werra just discussed. > Bob, I think > you're right, raised beds are the way to go in our part of > California! > > > > Mike > > San Jose, CA > > (zone 9, min temp 20F / -7 C) > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 25 May 2015 17:52:11 -0700 > From: Pamela Slate <myixia1@gmail.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Subject: [pbs] New Moraea Hybrids, 2015 > Message-ID: > > <CAMmkippN5Lv1OfWj9-nSk1qAyfknC0E71ow1U4vYqWU=wLmf+A@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > VERY interesting and beautiful, Mike! Congratulations! > P Slate > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Tue, 26 May 2015 01:16:53 +0000 (UTC) > From: Jim McKenney <jamesamckenney@verizon.net> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Subject: Re: [pbs] New Moraea hybrids, 2015 > Message-ID: > <564731957.1978986.1432603013624.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Wow Mike those are exciting.? > And here's a question for the group: who else uses those cut > down vinyl blinds for plant labels? I've been using them for > years.? > Jim McKenney > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Mon, 25 May 2015 20:05:49 -0700 > From: Anne McNeil <amcdeubner@gmail.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Subject: Re: [pbs] New Moraea hybrids, 2015 > Message-ID: > > <CAHaZp6GTUfGnBnoxnJQo_h5hWMhVKgVPd1YO_-0S=Wn4D+agFw@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Michael, > > Stupendous! I love them all but really do like the > white one you think is > elegant, I think so too. > > Jim, > > Great idea about the blinds, I've never used them but shall > start! > > Anne McNeil > > On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 6:16 PM, Jim McKenney <jamesamckenney@verizon.net > > > wrote: > > > Wow Mike those are exciting. > > And here's a question for the group: who else uses > those cut down vinyl > > blinds for plant labels? I've been using them for > years. > > Jim McKenney > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Mon, 25 May 2015 20:19:34 -0700 > From: Karl Church <64kkmjr@gmail.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Subject: Re: [pbs] New Moraea hybrids, 2015 > Message-ID: > > <CAGquAQiFwaYBtZE-MXJ6E6Tuj19rFPk9ZAej=o-ffsgn31yT7Q@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Been using them for 2 years since being introduced to them > when becoming a > Master Gardener. > > Karl > On May 25, 2015 6:17 PM, "Jim McKenney" <jamesamckenney@verizon.net> > wrote: > > > Wow Mike those are exciting. > > And here's a question for the group: who else uses > those cut down vinyl > > blinds for plant labels? I've been using them for > years. > > Jim McKenney > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Mon, 25 May 2015 22:26:57 -0700 > From: Pamela Slate <myixia1@gmail.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Subject: [pbs] Fwd: New Moraea Hybrids, 2015 > Message-ID: > <CAMmkippC1HyAyWRJ7APm6u2+LV7vuhVqUdaYQs_7d-O0phH1zA@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Pamela Slate <myixia1@gmail.com> > Date: Mon, May 25, 2015 at 5:52 PM > Subject: New Moraea Hybrids, 2015 > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > > > VERY interesting and beautiful, Mike! Congratulations! > P Slate > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Tue, 26 May 2015 07:15:56 -0400 > From: Mark Mazer <markemazer@gmail.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Subject: Re: [pbs] New Moraea hybrids, 2015 > Message-ID: > > <CAAvPRWvyu+sdfUdegZ+cNf2y2SdBEBkqx94+yyO7TG6dfW_Ehw@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Tom Stuart started me on using vinyl blind labels in > the garden decades > ago. > > Mark Mazer > Hertford, NC USDA 8a > > On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 11:19 PM, Karl Church <64kkmjr@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Been using them for 2 years since being introduced to > them when becoming a > > Master Gardener. > > > > Karl > > On May 25, 2015 6:17 PM, "Jim McKenney" <jamesamckenney@verizon.net> > > wrote: > > > > > Wow Mike those are exciting. > > > And here's a question for the group: who else uses > those cut down vinyl > > > blinds for plant labels? I've been using them for > years. > > > Jim McKenney > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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/ > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Tue, 26 May 2015 13:48:58 +0200 > From: a van beek <avbeek1@hotmail.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Subject: Re: [pbs] New Moraea hybrids, 2015 > Message-ID: <BLU436-SMTP42E1D4BE07F3EB3ADDC97DE0CC0@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"; > format=flowed > > The only thing I can add is use a good waterproof marker. > Some of them > are not so waterproof as claimed as I found out the hard way > 2 years > after returning from holiday. > The person that sold me some succulent pelargoniums wrote > the name with > a white ink marker on the black plastic pots. He told me > that would last > for a least 4 years. I'm trying that now also. > > Aad > > On 5/26/2015 1:15 PM, Mark Mazer wrote: > > Tom Stuart started me on using vinyl blind labels > in the garden decades > > ago. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 12 > Date: Tue, 26 May 2015 14:51:26 -0400 > From: Nicholas plummer <nickplummer@gmail.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Subject: [pbs] vinyl blinds as plant tags (was re:///New/ Moraea > hybrids, > 2015) > Message-ID: > > <CAJQ9fxUknpu7ib6Rms=Reujk52ZeEqXsfMvUSwNWB9ZSqy_+Jg@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > I have some labels cut from old blinds that are still > flexible after about > 15 years use. However, I always use a No2 (HB) > pencil to label my > plants. I haven't found any pen that lasts as long as > pencil in direct sun. > > Nick > > On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 7:48 AM, a van beek <avbeek1@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > The only thing I can add is use a good waterproof marker. > Some of them are > > not so waterproof as claimed as I found out the hard > way 2 years after > > returning from holiday. > > The person that sold me some succulent pelargoniums > wrote the name with a > > white ink marker on the black plastic pots. He told me > that would last for > > a least 4 years. I'm trying that now also. > > > > Aad > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 13 > Date: Tue, 26 May 2015 15:17:39 -0400 > From: Lamon Ready <lamonready@hotmail.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Subject: [pbs] vinyl blinds as plant tags (was re:///New/ > Moraea hybrids, > 2015) > Message-ID: <COL129-W7583D642338A1F6FF17991C5CC0@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > I started out using soda, etc cans, cut into strips various > widths. Start by cutting the bottom off first, > then the top. Trim both rough ends with sisscors. Use > something that has a slight give to it > to place the label on. I usually use a # 2 pencil to > write with, using a little pressure. Fold the 'period' > end into an arrow for added stiffness to insert into the > pot, etc. I sometimes use alum wire stuck > through the 'period' end to loosely wrap around a small > branch, etc. > > I have used the blinds / a # 2 pencil the last 2 years, but > am planning on reverting back to my orginal > alum. ones. > > > > > I have some labels cut from old blinds that are still > flexible after about > > 15 years use. However, I always use a No2 > (HB) pencil to label my > > plants. I haven't found any pen that lasts as > long as pencil in direct sun. > > > > Nick > > > > On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 7:48 AM, a van beek <avbeek1@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > > > The only thing I can add is use a good waterproof > marker. Some of them are > > > not so waterproof as claimed as I found out the > hard way 2 years after > > > returning from holiday. > > > The person that sold me some succulent > pelargoniums wrote the name with a > > > white ink marker on the black plastic pots. He > told me that would last for > > > a least 4 years. I'm trying that now also. > > > > > > Aad > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > ------------------------------ > > End of pbs Digest, Vol 148, Issue 18 > ************************************ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >