Happy new year all! Flowering right now in my lawn I have Triteleia clementina Muscari armeniacum Cyclamen coum Narcissus cantabricus Narcissus poirot IPheion Alberto Castillo IPheion hirtellum Olsynium douglassii Tulbaghia violacea Apart from the odd n cantabricus,iPheion c coum and muscari none of the others have ever flowered this early(I have pics) Regards john Sent from my iPhone > On 2 Jan 2016, at 21:11, 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: Worsleya pollen (The Silent Seed) > 2. Belladonna lilies/'naked ladies' bulbs available. (Rick Buell) > 3. Re: Scadoxus cyrtanthiflorus (romain amato) > 4. Re: Scadoxus cyrtanthiflorus (L. Cortopassi - G. Corazza) > 5. New Year's flower count (Jane McGary) > 6. Re: New Year's flower count (James SHIELDS) > 7. Re: New Year's flower count (Nicholas plummer) > 8. Re: New Year's flower count (Mark Mazer) > 9. Re: New Year's flower count (Jim McKenney) > 10. SA books (arnold140@verizon.net) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2016 19:45:57 -0500 > From: The Silent Seed <tylus.seklos@gmail.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Worsleya pollen > Message-ID: > <CAPH75tBi=77JnZ0C0cR+C2b7dLp+8B9YkToUUP6tSVPuuXDw_Q@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Sorry, Ton, but no. I do have plants if that helps any. Contact me > privately if so. > > Happy New Year everyone! > > >> On Fri, Jan 1, 2016 at 8:48 AM, ton1 <wijne148@planet.nl> wrote: >> >> Hello >> >> Is these some one who can help me with Worsleya pollen? >> Thank you for helping me >> >> kind regards >> Ton Wijnen >> Holland >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2016 09:02:31 +0000 (UTC) > From: Rick Buell <rredbbeard@yahoo.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Subject: [pbs] Belladonna lilies/'naked ladies' bulbs available. > Message-ID: > <1748671016.4694185.1451725351122.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > A gardening friend brought this to my attention, and I'm ordering a few for myself. This individual is clearing land in California, where 1000's (?) of mature plants are growing, and these bulbs are available for purchase. Please note: 1) I haven't yet purchased/received my order. 2) I cannot personally attest to the reliability of this seller, but he has a good reputation from what I can tell. > > If you're interested, contact Ken Hettman at > > info@safetyequipmentcorp.com? > > I suggest you put the words 'Belladonna/naked ladies lilies for sale?' in the subject line. I don't know if these are available for export, you'll have to work that out yourselves. Good luck!Rick Buell? > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2016 12:35:09 +0100 > From: romain amato <ramato2210@gmail.com> > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Subject: Re: [pbs] Scadoxus cyrtanthiflorus > Message-ID: > <CA+zxN+kkqoijL-jmuqo6MNWqyjoN1nuius6o=ZB81BGedeMvvw@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hello and happy new year ! > I agree with sphagnum as a good medium for germinating Scadoxus. > I got some hybrid seeds from a SRGC member, and they do well at 20 ? C > under artificial light in sphagnum. > I keep it constantly moist and only 1 seed of the 10 I got has rotten. > The others developped their first root and then I transplanted them in a > mix of sphagnum, perlite, and compost and they do fine. > regards > Romain, > Paris, France > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2016 15:01:44 +0100 > From: "L. Cortopassi - G. Corazza" <cortocora@gmail.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Scadoxus cyrtanthiflorus > Message-ID: > <CAK-yN6eeLZbup4TOhvipK3wizFYCi5r_O5kNx5+0VjmU9DzMtg@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > I sowed them in a succulent medium, partly uncovered, but kept rather moist > and got a ca. 90% germination rate. > They're in a greenhouse with a minimum temp of 8?C. During the summer this > greenhouse is fully open from dawn to dusk and covered with a shading > cloth. Summer temps can slightly go over 40?C. > Plants are healthy and some 7-10 cm high. > Gianluca Corazza, Italy > > 2016-01-02 12:35 GMT+01:00 romain amato <ramato2210@gmail.com>: > >> Hello and happy new year ! >> I agree with sphagnum as a good medium for germinating Scadoxus. >> I got some hybrid seeds from a SRGC member, and they do well at 20 ? C >> under artificial light in sphagnum. >> I keep it constantly moist and only 1 seed of the 10 I got has rotten. >> The others developped their first root and then I transplanted them in a >> mix of sphagnum, perlite, and compost and they do fine. >> regards >> Romain, >> Paris, France >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2016 10:21:13 -0800 > From: Jane McGary <janemcgary@earthlink.net> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Subject: [pbs] New Year's flower count > Message-ID: <56881519.2030800@earthlink.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > Noticing the birds in the garden on New Year's Day, I was reminded of > the annual "bird counts" done around the country (and I suppose in other > countries too). What is flowering in your garden this New Year weekend? > If you live in the Southern Hemisphere, plenty! However, we northerners > have sparser resources, at least those of us without heated greenhouses > or subtropical climates. > > Just looking at the open garden, where the paths crunch with the year's > very first hard frost, I find Galanthus cultivars (especially > 'Dionysus'), Cyclamen coum, Cyclamen trochopteranthum (and the possibly > distinct Cyclamen alpinum), and some winter shrubs (Chimonanthus > praecox, Jasminum nudiflorum, various Camellias, Viburnum x bodnantense > 'Dawn', and rosemary). In the bulb house, which has a solid roof but > open mesh sides, only Narcissus cantabricus and a few of its hybrids, a > tiny white Colchicum (species unknown), and Sternbergia fischeriana. > > I expect our correspondents in California can list dozens of bulbs, and > our correspondents in Minnesota may not like to read about it. All over > the world, this is an unusual year, warm and drenched for many of us. > Most of us in the Pacific Northwest live in hilly country where we're > safe from floods. I hope our friends in the US Midwest, where hills are > not so common, are safe too; and how are you doing in England? > > Jane McGary > Portland, Oregon, USA > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2016 14:02:36 -0500 > From: James SHIELDS <jshields46074@gmail.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Subject: Re: [pbs] New Year's flower count > Message-ID: > <CAPSFtJCv1gdsppC-9U+ydBChPY-G-QY5oXbmSij8fET1Pi=-xQ@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hi all, > > Still the only thing in bloom in the greenhouse is Hippeastrum aulicum. > Sorry I can't include a picture here! I have been hand-pollinating them > for the past week or so, and I expect to have some seeds to share in a > month or two. > > In the basement under fluorescent lights, Griffinia espiritensis are in > bloom. So far, hand pollinating them has produce no seeds at all. Since > these plants seem to grow and offset vigorously, I suspect that all of my > original plants were offsets from a single mother plant. My lone plant of > Griffinia liboniana has grown far less vigorously sitting on the same shelf > right beside the espiritensis plants, with no increase and no sign of > blooming. Different species, different habits, it seems. > > Happy New Year to everyone, > Jim > > > On Sat, Jan 2, 2016 at 1:21 PM, Jane McGary <janemcgary@earthlink.net> > wrote: > >> Noticing the birds in the garden on New Year's Day, I was reminded of the >> annual "bird counts" done around the country (and I suppose in other >> countries too). What is flowering in your garden this New Year weekend? If >> you live in the Southern Hemisphere, plenty! However, we northerners have >> sparser resources, at least those of us without heated greenhouses or >> subtropical climates. >> >> Just looking at the open garden, where the paths crunch with the year's >> very first hard frost, I find Galanthus cultivars (especially 'Dionysus'), >> Cyclamen coum, Cyclamen trochopteranthum (and the possibly distinct >> Cyclamen alpinum), and some winter shrubs (Chimonanthus praecox, Jasminum >> nudiflorum, various Camellias, Viburnum x bodnantense 'Dawn', and >> rosemary). In the bulb house, which has a solid roof but open mesh sides, >> only Narcissus cantabricus and a few of its hybrids, a tiny white Colchicum >> (species unknown), and Sternbergia fischeriana. >> >> I expect our correspondents in California can list dozens of bulbs, and >> our correspondents in Minnesota may not like to read about it. All over the >> world, this is an unusual year, warm and drenched for many of us. Most of >> us in the Pacific Northwest live in hilly country where we're safe from >> floods. I hope our friends in the US Midwest, where hills are not so >> common, are safe too; and how are you doing in England? >> >> Jane McGary >> Portland, Oregon, USA >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > > -- > James Shields jshields46074@gmail.com > P.O. Box 92 > Westfield, IN 46074 > U.S.A. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2016 14:34:11 -0500 > From: Nicholas plummer <nickplummer@gmail.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Subject: Re: [pbs] New Year's flower count > Message-ID: > <CAJQ9fxV6M2SRwqq03UfxA57iDzZ1yg9zXMuxZPYbiLW1-kuRqg@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Despite the very strange, record-breaking warm winter we have had so far, > there is very little blooming in my garden. The air is fragrant, because > Edgeworthia chrysantha and Lonicera fragrantissima have started blooming a > month or two early, and Osmanthus fragrans blooms whenever there is a long > enough frost-free period for the buds to mature. A number of bulbs have > started growing prematurely, but I expect they will be frozen down to the > ground when a cold snap finally arrives next week. I doubt the crinums > will come to any harm, but I am a little worried about the foliage of > Lycoris longituba, as it is a Spring-foliage species. > > In the greenhouse, Hippeastrum papilio is blooming. Eucrosia mirabilis and > Cyrtanthus stenanthus are in bud, while Clinanthus variegatus 'Apricot' has > something that doesn't quite look like a leaf starting to emerge from the > bulb--I hope it is an inflorescence. This will be first bloom for all > three of them in my hands. The Cyrtanthus is about 15 months old from > seed, while the Eucrosia and Clinanthus were purchased as small bulbs a > couple of years ago. > > Nick Plummer > Durham, North Carolina, USA. > > On Sat, Jan 2, 2016 at 1:21 PM, Jane McGary <janemcgary@earthlink.net> > wrote: > >> Noticing the birds in the garden on New Year's Day, I was reminded of the >> annual "bird counts" done around the country (and I suppose in other >> countries too). What is flowering in your garden this New Year weekend? If >> you live in the Southern Hemisphere, plenty! However, we northerners have >> sparser resources, at least those of us without heated greenhouses or >> subtropical climates. >> >> Just looking at the open garden, where the paths crunch with the year's >> very first hard frost, I find Galanthus cultivars (especially 'Dionysus'), >> Cyclamen coum, Cyclamen trochopteranthum (and the possibly distinct >> Cyclamen alpinum), and some winter shrubs (Chimonanthus praecox, Jasminum >> nudiflorum, various Camellias, Viburnum x bodnantense 'Dawn', and >> rosemary). In the bulb house, which has a solid roof but open mesh sides, >> only Narcissus cantabricus and a few of its hybrids, a tiny white Colchicum >> (species unknown), and Sternbergia fischeriana. >> >> I expect our correspondents in California can list dozens of bulbs, and >> our correspondents in Minnesota may not like to read about it. All over the >> world, this is an unusual year, warm and drenched for many of us. Most of >> us in the Pacific Northwest live in hilly country where we're safe from >> floods. I hope our friends in the US Midwest, where hills are not so >> common, are safe too; and how are you doing in England? >> >> Jane McGary >> Portland, Oregon, USA >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2016 14:52:05 -0500 > From: Mark Mazer <markemazer@gmail.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Subject: Re: [pbs] New Year's flower count > Message-ID: > <CAAvPRWvK1QUV_SP5yQELk0fnFAkLE-FGgBcAPTvHyn5MRo1+6A@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > In the garden: various Camellias, Magnolia x loebneri 'Leonard > Messel', Viburnum > x bodnantense 'Dawn", Jasminum nudiflorum, a white Crinum bulbispermum !!, > a variegated Forsythia, Narcissus cantabricus, Cyclamen coum, Loropetalum > chinense var rubrum, Nandina sp. In the greenhouse various Lachenalia, > Massonia, Oxalis, Babiana and Strelitzia reginae "Mandela's Gold'. > Mark Mazer > Hertford, NC USDA 8a > > - > <https://google.com/search/…> > > > On Sat, Jan 2, 2016 at 2:02 PM, James SHIELDS <jshields46074@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Still the only thing in bloom in the greenhouse is Hippeastrum aulicum. >> Sorry I can't include a picture here! I have been hand-pollinating them >> for the past week or so, and I expect to have some seeds to share in a >> month or two. >> >> In the basement under fluorescent lights, Griffinia espiritensis are in >> bloom. So far, hand pollinating them has produce no seeds at all. Since >> these plants seem to grow and offset vigorously, I suspect that all of my >> original plants were offsets from a single mother plant. My lone plant of >> Griffinia liboniana has grown far less vigorously sitting on the same shelf >> right beside the espiritensis plants, with no increase and no sign of >> blooming. Different species, different habits, it seems. >> >> Happy New Year to everyone, >> Jim >> >> >> On Sat, Jan 2, 2016 at 1:21 PM, Jane McGary <janemcgary@earthlink.net> >> wrote: >> >>> Noticing the birds in the garden on New Year's Day, I was reminded of the >>> annual "bird counts" done around the country (and I suppose in other >>> countries too). What is flowering in your garden this New Year weekend? >> If >>> you live in the Southern Hemisphere, plenty! However, we northerners have >>> sparser resources, at least those of us without heated greenhouses or >>> subtropical climates. >>> >>> Just looking at the open garden, where the paths crunch with the year's >>> very first hard frost, I find Galanthus cultivars (especially >> 'Dionysus'), >>> Cyclamen coum, Cyclamen trochopteranthum (and the possibly distinct >>> Cyclamen alpinum), and some winter shrubs (Chimonanthus praecox, Jasminum >>> nudiflorum, various Camellias, Viburnum x bodnantense 'Dawn', and >>> rosemary). In the bulb house, which has a solid roof but open mesh sides, >>> only Narcissus cantabricus and a few of its hybrids, a tiny white >> Colchicum >>> (species unknown), and Sternbergia fischeriana. >>> >>> I expect our correspondents in California can list dozens of bulbs, and >>> our correspondents in Minnesota may not like to read about it. All over >> the >>> world, this is an unusual year, warm and drenched for many of us. Most of >>> us in the Pacific Northwest live in hilly country where we're safe from >>> floods. I hope our friends in the US Midwest, where hills are not so >>> common, are safe too; and how are you doing in England? >>> >>> Jane McGary >>> Portland, Oregon, USA >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> pbs mailing list >>> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >>> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >>> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >> >> >> >> -- >> James Shields jshields46074@gmail.com >> P.O. Box 92 >> Westfield, IN 46074 >> U.S.A. >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2016 20:10:53 +0000 (UTC) > From: Jim McKenney <jamesamckenney@verizon.net> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Subject: Re: [pbs] New Year's flower count > Message-ID: > <1778487834.4743086.1451765453592.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > For years, one member of our local rock garden chapter kept track of plants blooming on New Year's Day. Some years there would be dozens of things in bloom, and everything was counted, from the tiniest cruciferous weeds in lawns to the camellias whose flowers had survived earlier frosts.There are a couple of us who still do this, but most members don't seem interested - at any rate, they are not reporting what they have. > Here's what's blooming in my garden now (meaning this week): dandelions, Magnolia stellata in advanced bud and fragrant, Helleborus foetidus, H. niger, Helleborus garden hybrids raised from seed, Camellia sasanqua, Narcissus 'Rijnveld's Early Sensation', Mahonia bealei?(very fragrant with a lily-of-the-valley scent), Iris cretensis, I. unguicularis, Galanthus elwesii (the monostictus sorts bloomed in November and are gone by now), Jasminum nudiflorum is now a several-square-yard sheet of yellow, and Lonicera fragrantissima. Some foliage plants I associate with the winter garden are now very lovely: Arum italicum and Rohdea japonica. > Cyclamen coum and C. trochopteranthum?both thrive here in a frame, but neither is in bloom yet. But after reading about Jane's flowering plants, ?I checked carefully and sure enough there are bright pink and red buds pushing up under the leaf litter. ? > You can see some of these here: > My Virtual Maryland Garden: The flowers of New Year's Day 2016 > > > | ? | > | ? | | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | > | My Virtual Maryland Garden: The flowers of New Year's D...With a bit of help from the cold frames, the garden had a lot to offer on New Year's Day 2016. | > | | > | View on mcwort.blogspot.com | Preview by Yahoo | > | | > | ? | > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Sat, 02 Jan 2016 15:11:12 -0600 (CST) > From: arnold140@verizon.net > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Subject: [pbs] SA books > Message-ID: > <32012790.824025.1451769072447.JavaMail.root@vznit170064.mailsrvcs.net> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > I have teamed up with Rachel Saunders at Silverhill in SA to make > her books available at a reasonable price to US residents. > > Anyone interested can reach me at arnold140@verizon.net for further details. > > > Thanks, > > Arnold > New Jersey > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > ------------------------------ > > End of pbs Digest, Vol 156, Issue 2 > ***********************************