I want to thank the volunteers who executed the BX so flawlessly, and to thank the donors who contributed to the (further) beautification of my postage-stamp-sized San Francisco yard.
George Nauyok
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Today's Topics:
1. Surplus seed - no double dipping please (Jane McGary)
2. Re: Surplus seed - no double dipping please (Mike Rummerfield)
3. Apology to our overseas members (Jane McGary)
4. Crinum flaccidum seeds (Carol Ballard)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 10:43:32 -0800
From: Jane McGary <janemcgary@earthlink.net>
To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>
Subject: [pbs] Surplus seed - no double dipping please
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If you've already ordered seeds from the original offering, you will
find that the items that ended up in the Surplus are coming to you in
ample quantity -- not 5 seeds per packet as has sometimes happened in
the SX. I've already processed, packed, labeled, and stamped your order.
No need to order the same thing again to make sure you have enough.
However, Jim Barton of Modesto, CA, donated large quantities of some of
the California native species he grows, so I can send these in
quantities suitable for public gardens, or revegetation efforts. Please
inquire.
Also, please don't copy the whole offering list into your reply, because
I have to print out your order.
And be sure you include your postal address, because I can't shoot these
seeds through the internet!
Best regards,
Jane McGary
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 10:44:27 -0800
From: Mike Rummerfield <mikerumm@gmail.com>
To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>
Subject: Re: [pbs] Surplus seed - no double dipping please
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Re: "And be sure you include your postal address, because I can't shoot
these
seeds through the internet!"
Thank you for the humor, Jane, and a big thank you to you and all the
others helping to get the SX/Bx out, and the backlog distributed.
Regards,
Mike
On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 10:32 AM Jane McGary <janemcgary@earthlink.net>
wrote:
> If you've already ordered seeds from the original offering, you will
> find that the items that ended up in the Surplus are coming to you in
> ample quantity -- not 5 seeds per packet as has sometimes happened in
> the SX. I've already processed, packed, labeled, and stamped your order.
> No need to order the same thing again to make sure you have enough.
>
> However, Jim Barton of Modesto, CA, donated large quantities of some of
> the California native species he grows, so I can send these in
> quantities suitable for public gardens, or revegetation efforts. Please
> inquire.
>
> Also, please don't copy the whole offering list into your reply, because
> I have to print out your order.
>
> And be sure you include your postal address, because I can't shoot these
> seeds through the internet!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Jane McGary
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 15:31:00 -0800
From: Jane McGary <janemcgary@earthlink.net>
To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>
Subject: [pbs] Apology to our overseas members
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In the offer of surplus seeds, I specified that it was for USA members
only. I'm sorry, but the reason is that it takes a long time to do the
documentation, because the US now requires a long customs form with lots
of useless details that don't fit in the spaces on the form! The Post
Office no longer provides an option for doing this online for first
class, and we are not going to spend $35 per envelope to send overseas
priority mail of a few seeds. Or bill you for it. I just hand-wrote all
the overseas orders from the initial offering, and I have writer's cramp
from the triplicate forms. Nobody will ever look at them, I suppose. If
you ordered only a very few seeds (like 1 or 2 packets) I will mail them
to you personally in a Christmas card.
When the regular BX resumes with a new manager (I'm just a volunteer who
stepped in), he or she should be able to use a mailing system that
allows more efficient processing.
Jane McGary
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 16:00:56 +1100
From: "Carol Ballard" <agentletouch1@ipstarmail.com.au>
To: <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>
Subject: [pbs] Crinum flaccidum seeds
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Hi all, I live about 70 klm or 40 miles North of Nyngan, New South Wales,
Australia. I am currently watching about 20+ populations of Crinum flaccidum
white flowered form, which is native to this area & much of NSW, Victoria &
South Australia, we are in drought atm but have had in some areas around
some rain which has triggered growth of the Crinum flaccidum bulbs. They
will flower possibly end of this month or into December/January not sure how
long afterwards the seeds will form & take to mature. Please be aware that
we are beginning to come into the Australian summer here.
I will be harvesting a few seeds from each population (some populations can
cover 1 acre or up to several hundred acres.) Which I will label with
letters to keep each genetic line different. These populations that I am
monitoring are about 3 - 10 klm apart from each other.
Would any members be interested in some of the seeds, they are recaltricant
& germinate within about 2 -3 weeks of becoming ripe, sometimes in the seed
capsule itself. I have harvested a few seeds & have them growing in
polystyrene boxes, they are quite slow growing.
If you are interested in some seeds please contact me, my email is
agentletouch1@ipstarmail.com.au.
Thank you, Ann Ballard
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