Hi Colin, I live in Toronto, northeastern North America. I plant mine in a pot in early May and water immediately. Growth usually commences within a month. They like a lot of moisture when in growth and easily tolerate hot, and humid weather. We have hot, dry, humid summers here along Lake Ontario. If the flowers are gnarled perhaps the bulbs have a virus. With respect to dormancy mine are still in leaf though it started showing signs of dormancy in September. I hope this helps. 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Bessera elegans in bloom (Rimmer de Vries) > 7. Re: Bessera elegans in bloom (Cody H) > 8. Re: Bessera elegans in bloom (Rimmer de Vries) > 9. Re: Bessera elegans in bloom (Rimmer de Vries) > 10. Seemannia sylvatica (Pia Binha) > 11. Saunders Gladiolus book via PBS? (Cody H) > 12. Re: Saunders Gladiolus book via PBS? (Arnold Trachtenberg) > 13. Re: Seemannia sylvatica (Fred) > 14. Re: Bessera elegans in bloom (Colin Davis) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2021 13:59:17 +0000 (UTC) > From: Ron Martinolich <ron@tazoo.org> > To: Pacific Bulb Society List <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: [pbs] Plant ID > Message-ID: <500867894.377604.1633701557118@mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > > Thank you Fred & Vlad! ?Our friend was thrilled to find out what those flowers are. > > Ron > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2021 15:48:17 +0000 > From: Fred Biasella <fbiasella@watertownsavings.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Autumnal bulbs in other regions > Message-ID: > <008b833dfc204a088c903384b486938e@S1P7MBX2C.EXCHPROD.USA.NET> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi Nick, > > I have this beautiful plant growing a large pot and I agree with you on its beauty. This is my second season with it and because I live in the cold Northeast I have no choice but to grow it in a pot and store it dry in the basement for the winter. I can attest to its slightly "thuggish" but welcome nature as mine has wonderfully overgrown its pot. I plan on dividing it in the spring of next year and if there's anyone who would like some, I'll send some tubers to the BX. > > Warm Regards, > Fred > > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs <pbs-bounces@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> On Behalf Of Nicholas Plummer via pbs > Sent: Thursday, October 7, 2021 5:01 PM > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Cc: Nicholas Plummer <nickplummer@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Autumnal bulbs in other regions > > > > In my previous email, I forgot one very beautiful plant that is sorta kinda bulb-like. Seemannia nematanthodes is slowly taking over my flowerbeds and is flowering now. It overwinters as little compressed rhizome segments that look remarkably like maggots. > > Nick > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2021 13:37:13 -0400 > From: Pia Binha <piabinha@yahoo.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: [pbs] Seemannia nematanthodes > Message-ID: <2D245A05-559A-4F68-8A85-7E785CCAB933@yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Seemannia nematanthodes ?Evita? grows from underground rhizomes and makes a nice display in the summer. > > here?s mine, grown outside. > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: image0.jpeg > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 549121 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> > -------------- next part -------------- >> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2021 11:36:51 -0700 > From: Judy Wong <judygardnr@att.net> > To: pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > Subject: [pbs] Fall bulbs in SF Bay Area > Message-ID: <629BD073-EF2A-4CF1-B059-33458E3B2590@att.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > ? > I?ve had in bloom in last month: > Zephyranthes candida > Rhodophiala bifida > Albuca setosa > Sternbergia lutea > > Now in bud: > Haemanthus albiflos (white and reddish forms) > Albuca spiral is > When I rest........ I rust. > Judy W. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2021 11:58:17 -0700 > From: Kathleen Sayce <kathleen.sayce@gmail.com> > To: "pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net" > <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: [pbs] Bessera elegans in bloom > Message-ID: <421ECFED-D82F-494C-A1A2-C4FDAD5E0587@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > My Besseras are also blooming?first time. Now to keep them dry enough that they survive the wet PNW winter. > Kathleen > South coast Washington, zone 8 > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2021 14:20:14 -0500 > From: Rimmer de Vries <rdevries@comcast.net> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: [pbs] Bessera elegans in bloom > Message-ID: <4A284DA8-E454-41EA-BD8E-67163A383009@comcast.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Just dig them up when they go dormant and keep in a basket of sand over winter in a cool dry non freezing location. Sometimes a few get left in ground that may come up in spring > > Rimmer > >> On Oct 8, 2021, at 1:58 PM, Kathleen Sayce via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: >> >> My Besseras are also blooming?first time. Now to keep them dry enough that they survive the wet PNW winter. >> Kathleen >> South coast Washington, zone 8 > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: image0.jpeg > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 145964 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: image1.jpeg > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 206342 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> > -------------- next part -------------- > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2021 13:08:19 -0700 > From: Cody H <plantboy@gmail.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Bessera elegans in bloom > Message-ID: > <CAAgPc_79VT-Sa8nzG3-SWGCL=Z8vpzL4nhqoNT+XoW4cCVL+jg@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Beautiful. And so many of them! What are you using as your growing medium > for those Besseras? > >> On Fri, Oct 8, 2021 at 12:20 PM Rimmer de Vries via pbs < >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: >> >> Just dig them up when they go dormant and keep in a basket of sand over >> winter in a cool dry non freezing location. Sometimes a few get left in >> ground that may come up in spring >> >> Rimmer >> >>> On Oct 8, 2021, at 1:58 PM, Kathleen Sayce via pbs < >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: >>> >>> My Besseras are also blooming?first time. Now to keep them dry enough >> that they survive the wet PNW winter. >>> Kathleen >>> South coast Washington, zone 8 >> -------------- next part -------------- >> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... >> Name: image0.jpeg >> Type: image/jpeg >> Size: 145964 bytes >> Desc: not available >> URL: < >> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… >>> >> -------------- next part -------------- >> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... >> Name: image1.jpeg >> Type: image/jpeg >> Size: 206342 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> >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2021 15:35:38 -0500 > From: Rimmer de Vries <rdevries@comcast.net> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Bessera elegans in bloom > Message-ID: <C443B3F9-C007-4712-A9CD-861E0DEE70BB@comcast.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > They are in Pure sand. Think kids sand box. Second year there. > > My typical red/ cream Bessera are planted in late May- June when the soil is warm. Usually about the time i see leftovers from the previous year emerging. This sand box is in the shade. But the flowers get sun. > It gets hot (mid 90s) for all summer with hot nights 80s-90s and is very humid here. > > I plant the purple drops earlier as they bloom 2 months earlier. > > Rimmer > SCentral Kentucky > >> On Oct 8, 2021, at 3:09 PM, Cody H <plantboy@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> What are you using as your growing medium >> for those Besseras? > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2021 16:00:05 -0500 > From: Rimmer de Vries <rdevries@comcast.net> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Bessera elegans in bloom > Message-ID: <4A9AC1CA-C986-4A81-A692-7BFCD7A353BE@comcast.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > ?I should restate my growing medium. The Bessers in the photos are in a sand box. But i also have them in the local red clay soil. They are not fussy other than they need moisture when in growth. > My typical practice for Bessera, Milla,Dandya, Sinningia tubiflora, S. warmingii, Polyanthes, Hymenocallis, Zephyranthes, Agapanthus and other marginal plants is to dig a bunch and save in sand over winter in garage but leave some/ to most in the ground. > So far some or all come up but the winters have been mild for past 3 years. > > This year i will leave some milla magnifica and Seemannia nematanthodes in the unprotected garden. > > Rimmer > Zone 6b (8 recently) > >> On Oct 8, 2021, at 3:09 PM, Cody H <plantboy@gmail.com> wrote: >> What are you using as your growing medium >> for those Besseras? > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2021 17:04:42 -0400 > From: Pia Binha <piabinha@yahoo.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: [pbs] Seemannia sylvatica > Message-ID: <CAA607B2-3D71-4E48-A20E-AAA904063314@yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > hi fred, > > apparently S. nematanthodes is from argentina. i don?t know much in regards to its weediness, but its relative S. sylvatica is a true weed in brazil, growing as a roadside weed everywhere. it is so widespread that it is not known where it is native, and where it was introduced. but in colder climates, it makes a nice garden plant. > > ======= > tsuh yang > > >> On Oct 8, 2021, at 11:48 AM, Fred Biasella via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: >> >> ?Hi Nick, >> >> I have this beautiful plant growing a large pot and I agree with you on its beauty. This is my second season with it and because I live in the cold Northeast I have no choice but to grow it in a pot and store it dry in the basement for the winter. I can attest to its slightly "thuggish" but welcome nature as mine has wonderfully overgrown its pot. I plan on dividing it in the spring of next year and if there's anyone who would like some, I'll send some tubers to the BX. >> >> Warm Regards, >> Fred >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: pbs <pbs-bounces@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> On Behalf Of Nicholas Plummer via pbs >> Sent: Thursday, October 7, 2021 5:01 PM >> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> >> Cc: Nicholas Plummer <nickplummer@gmail.com> >> Subject: Re: [pbs] Autumnal bulbs in other regions >> >> In my previous email, I forgot one very beautiful plant that is sorta kinda bulb-like. Seemannia nematanthodes is slowly taking over my flowerbeds and is flowering now. It overwinters as little compressed rhizome segments that look remarkably like maggots. >> >> Nick > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2021 14:24:13 -0700 > From: Cody H <plantboy@gmail.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: [pbs] Saunders Gladiolus book via PBS? > Message-ID: > <CAAgPc_7ck0XAMszLE3aR7dQ1v+_dzCZXH7WEkxhVJZ_Kq76DeQ@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Hi, I am just wondering if there is any update on the availability of the > Saunders? Gladiolus book through PBS. I remember seeing emails about PBS > organizing a group purchase of the book, but I don?t remember ever seeing > an email about actually putting in orders. If there was such an email, I > think I missed it (I seem to miss some portion of the PBS emails due > presumably to some mysteries of the email servers). > > So? did the book purchase already happen? Is it too late to put in an > order? Or is this still a future event? > > Thank you to everyone who makes these kinds of things happen! :) > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 12 > Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2021 21:28:20 +0000 (UTC) > From: Arnold Trachtenberg <arnold140@verizon.net> > To: "pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net" > <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Saunders Gladiolus book via PBS? > Message-ID: <1858764738.476505.1633728500988@mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hi Cody > I was going to resend over the weekend. > > Dear PBS members.? > > Finally! > > The? PBS is delighted? to offer to the membership a group book order to acquire the ? Saunders' Field Guide to Gladioli of South Africa. > ?The group book offer will only be open to paid PBS members for 2021. > The book is? available now.? Books will be shipped via sea from South Africa so there will be a delay in receipt.? This will be? done to lower the postal costs which? via regular mail can approach the price of a book.? ? We have done numerous group book orders in the past and will will follow the same procedure.? > > The soft covered book will be available for $ 35.00 delivered to USA address only, via Media Mail. There is no media mail available for overseas? posting. > The book weighs? 1.75? pounds and? has? over 1,000 photographs. > Publishers link: > https://www.saundersgladiolusguide.com/news.html > > > Books have to be prepaid via PayPal or check made out to the Pacific Bulb Society sent to me at: > > PBSc/o Arnold Trachtenberg140? Lakeview AvenueLeonia, NJ 07605 > > PayPal to Arnold140@verizon.net. > > Please put???? Saunders' Field Guide to Gladioli of South Africa in the memo section on the check and in the comment section on the Paypal invoice. > > The offer closes? Nov. 15, 2021 > Thanks for all your continued support. > > Arnold TrachtenbergTreasurer, PBS > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cody H via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Cc: Cody H <plantboy@gmail.com> > Sent: Fri, Oct 8, 2021 5:24 pm > Subject: [pbs] Saunders Gladiolus book via PBS? > > Hi, I am just wondering if there is any update on the availability of the > Saunders? Gladiolus book through PBS. I remember seeing emails about PBS > organizing a group purchase of the book, but I don?t remember ever seeing > an email about actually putting in orders. If there was such an email, I > think I missed it (I seem to miss some portion of the PBS emails due > presumably to some mysteries of the email servers). > > So? did the book purchase already happen? Is it too late to put in an > order? Or is this still a future event? > > Thank you to everyone who makes these kinds of things happen! :) > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 13 > Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2021 17:48:49 -0400 > From: "Fred" <arlen.jose@verizon.net> > To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Seemannia sylvatica > Message-ID: <000001d7bc8e$482bffe0$d883ffa0$@verizon.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Hi Tsuh, Thank you for the info and I find it quite ironic that I'm originally from Argentina too :-))))) I'm very surprised that it survives the cooler climates but I don't want to risk putting it in my garden in the Boston area for fear of losing it. Warm Regards, Fred -----Original Message----- From: pbs [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net] On Behalf Of Pia Binha via pbs Sent: Friday, October 08, 2021 5:05 PM To: Pacific Bulb Society Cc: Pia Binha Subject: [pbs] Seemannia sylvatica hi fred, apparently S. nematanthodes is from argentina. i don?t know much in regards to its weediness, but its relative S. sylvatica is a true weed in brazil, growing as a roadside weed everywhere. it is so widespread that it is not known where it is native, and where it was introduced. but in colder climates, it makes a nice garden plant. ======= tsuh yang > On Oct 8, 2021, at 11:48 AM, Fred Biasella via pbs wrote: > > ?Hi Nick, > > I have this beautiful plant growing a large pot and I agr > ee with you on its beauty. This is my second season with it and because I live in the cold Northeast I have no choice but to grow it in a pot and store it dry in the basement for the winter. I can attest to its slightly "thuggish" but welcome nature as mine has wonderfully overgrown its pot. I plan on dividing it in the spring of next year and if there's anyone who would like some, I'll send some tubers to the BX. > > Warm Regards, > Fred > > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs On Behalf Of Nicholas Plummer via pbs > Sent: Thursday, October 7, 2021 5:01 PM > To: Pacific Bulb Society > Cc: Nicholas Plummer > Subject: Re: [pbs] Autumnal bulbs in other regions > > In my previous email, I forgot one very beautiful plant that is sorta kinda bulb-like. Seemannia nematanthodes is slowly taking over my flowerbeds and is flowering now. It overwinters as little compressed rhizome segments that look remarkably like maggots. > > Nick _______________________________________________ pbs mailin > g list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: Scanned by McAfee and confirmed virus-free. Find out more here: https://bit.ly/2zCJMrO/ > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 14 > Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2021 12:36:30 -0700 > From: Colin Davis <collydavis@gmail.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Bessera elegans in bloom > Message-ID: <CEC97289-1DFD-4599-85E6-103F0E19E645@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > In terms of Bessera, do people wait for signs of emergent growth in spring/summer before watering, or initiate growth by watering first as one would do with winter growing bulbs? My Bessera bloomed in July and foliage has been gone for a month now, but I watered in the pots in may/June. Summers here are very hot (routinely over 90F and often around 100+). Past two years I have had some very gnarled flowers, almost appear as viral distortion, but perhaps it?s the high heat? Curious what other growers? experience is. > > Colin > Southern Oregon > Zone 8b > >> On Oct 8, 2021, at 12:20 PM, Rimmer de Vries via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: >> >> ?Just dig them up when they go dormant and keep in a basket of sand over winter in a cool dry non freezing location. Sometimes a few get left in ground that may come up in spring >> >> Rimmer >> >>>> On Oct 8, 2021, at 1:58 PM, Kathleen Sayce via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: >>> >>> My Besseras are also blooming?first time. 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