Nils, I find your thoughts about the diversity of plants and attracting new people who have an interest into specialty plant groups etc. A great area of discussion. Living in Southern California, several years ago. I was introduced to the Huntington Museums and Gardens ISI program, ( International Succulent Introduction Program) which I’m sure many here are familiar with. Based on the succulent collection they have. Each year at reasonable price they offer a group of succulents and plants from arid lands around the globe. Their aim to create interest and diversity of what is in cultivation. It’s not perfect but I feel a meaningful attempt to accomplish its goals. I have wondered if there is or could be a similar program for geophyte’s that we as an organization could nurture or support. Increasing education and helping to guarantee the diversity of the plants we find fascinating. I’m sure others long before me have had the same thoughts. I’d be interested to understand what other feel or what we in the past have done as PBS? Mike San Diego Where May Gray is in full swing today. On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 12:00 AM Nils Hasenbein via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Tim, Uli, dear All, > > Uli, thanks once again for those wonderful pictures! > > Concerning Iris larger 1,5 m, David brought up I. pseudacorus, which > definitely grows at least 1,5m height and is a common sight at water's > edge in public parks in our area. For landcape use, this doesn't help > much, as quite a bit of the effect of the 1,5m in most cases is lost due > to the slope down to the water. > > For garden use, the Tambergs, a couple of private breeders from Berlin, > have bred some hybrids of I. sibirica of about that size (e.g. > Lavendelturm, Hohe Warte; > http://tamberg.homepage.t-online.de/iris_offer.htm…). As quite a few > of their hybrids have entered commercial trade and been awarded a RHS > award, maybe they have been imported to the US? > > As you can see on their website, they plan to retire next year. Reading > all your very interesting comments on seed and bulb trade, I agree that > regulations can be very annoying (I wonder if anyone can shed a light on > whether botanical gardens have means to exchange seeds or bulbs across > borders with a bit more ease? In my - dated - experience, staff there is > happy to order stuff from their exchange network, and split the delivery > so some remain in "official cultivation" and some enter private > collections?). However, visiting the Tamberg website and following the > discussion, I am again reminded that many growers and breeders of > "special plants" have retired or are currently retiring, and most > people, even in the current "house plant craze" grow the same > commercially available species and their clones. This - to me - seems to > be a problem at least as big as the increasing regulations. On the > bright side, it is something I can at least try to change by trying to > interest more people in what we all do. I really hope that specialist > groups will attract more members in this period of increased interest in > gardening, as I only see a way forward regarding regulations when > specialist nurseries, larger nurseries, botanical intitutes and (groups > of) specialist private collectors work together. > > All the best, > > Nils (in Germany where it seems freezing nights are finally over, > everything has been moved outside, and I am nervously checking those > plants I got from my first BX order. Late Tulips are flowering) > > Am 08.05.2021 um 20:15 schrieb Tim Eck via pbs: > > Uli, > > Is there any way to get some iris seed to the states. An iris with a > five > > foot bloom stalk should be in demand even though I couldn't grow it in > the > > East. > > Tim > > > > On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 7:01 PM Johannes-Ulrich Urban via pbs < > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > >> Dear All, > >> > >> Here are some more pictures of an interesting Iris. This is a different > >> habitat on terra rossa. The identity of this tall Iris is not certain > (Iris > >> pallida tall form, Iris mesopotamica, Iris sicula?) neither if this is a > >> wild plant or a garden escape. It is the tallest Iris I have ever seen, > the > >> flowering stems can be up to 150cm tall. It is a winter growing summer > >> dormant plant, deciduous during dormancy. > >> > >> The pictures show the overall look, details of flowers and foliage, the > >> orchid grows in the same place, a showy plant. > >> > >> This place becomes hot and dry, the soil will bake very hard, only to go > >> soft again after rain. > >> > >> Bye for now > >> > >> Uli > >> > >> -------------- next part -------------- > >> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > >> Name: image0.jpeg > >> Type: image/jpeg > >> Size: 198772 bytes > >> Desc: not available > >> URL: < > >> > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > >> -------------- next part -------------- > >> > >> > >> -------------- next part -------------- > >> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > >> Name: image1.jpeg > >> Type: image/jpeg > >> Size: 204304 bytes > >> Desc: not available > >> URL: < > >> > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > >> -------------- next part -------------- > >> > >> > >> -------------- next part -------------- > >> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > >> Name: image2.jpeg > >> Type: image/jpeg > >> Size: 133772 bytes > >> Desc: not available > >> URL: < > >> > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > >> -------------- next part -------------- > >> > >> > >> -------------- next part -------------- > >> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > >> Name: image3.jpeg > >> Type: image/jpeg > >> Size: 183717 bytes > >> Desc: not available > >> URL: < > >> > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > >> -------------- next part -------------- > >> > >> > >> -------------- next part -------------- > >> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > >> Name: image4.jpeg > >> Type: image/jpeg > >> Size: 134569 bytes > >> Desc: not available > >> URL: < > >> > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > >> -------------- next part -------------- > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> pbs mailing list > >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > >> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > >> Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>
