Dear All,
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world, to be shared. If you are interested in obtaining some of them, please
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From an anonymous donor:
1. Bulbs of Galanthus nivalis, dormant but still fresh.
From Marilyn Pekasky:
2. Seed of Crinum bulbispermum
3. Bulbils of Watsonia sp?, ex. UC Berkeley Botanic Garden. (Marilyn is
still looking for the true identity.)
From Mary Sue Ittner:
Seeds-
1. Babiana curviscapa--winter growing, South African, just enough seeds
probably for one person. This one is pink and really beautiful, blooming
early winter. I've pictures on the wiki.
2. Cyclamen coum--winter growing, newly harvested
3. Pasithea caerulea--South American, winter growing (but for me does
better with a bit of summer water), blue flowers
4. Polyxena ensifolia--South African, winter growing and early blooming,
small low plant with white flowers blooming on prostrate leaves. Very
charming. This plant keyed out to P. maughanii, but Julian Slade said that
was no longer considered a species, but that may have changed again and
they all may end up in Lachenalia anyway. A picture is on the wiki of the
plant
these seeds came from.
Bulbs--
5. Babiana odorata -- winter growing, South African, yellow flowers
6. Cyrtanthus montanus x elatus -- evergreen, bulblets
7. Delphinium -- winter growing. These are the storage organ. I'm just
going to see if this will work so it could be a bit of a gamble. I'd plant
each now in a gallon container, water them, and then water only
occasionally the rest of the summer and more in late fall when they should
resume growth. One each of D. hesperium pallescens, luteum, nudicaule,
hybrid nudicaule × luteum
8. Freesia alba -- winter growing, white fragrant flowers. Many of these
are small cormlets, so don't know if they will bloom next year unless they
have a long growing season
9. Gladiolus carmineus -- fall blooming before the leaves so I'd plant them
now although they are cormlets and might not bloom this year. They do
really well in the ground in coastal Northern California.
10. Massonia pustulata -- winter growing. These did not have pustulate
leaves, but the leaves are still pretty I think. Every year I have been
potting them up as they appear too crowded so am sharing some rather large
bulbs. I think one per pot would work fine. I'll add a picture to the wiki.
11. Moraea bellendenii -- winter growing, late blooming, tall yellow.
Cormlets. I think these are right, but I grow so many Moraeas others could
have found their way into the pot so if they aren't yellow, they are
something else
12. Oxalis flava -- winter growing, South African
13. Oxalis obtusa -- winter growing, forgot to note the color
14. Oxalis obtusa -- winter growing, peach colored
From Tsuh Yang Chen:
15. Seed of Sinningia aghensis.
Thank you, Anonymous, Marilyn, Mary Sue, and Tsuh Yang !!
Best wishes,
Dell
--Dell Sherk, Director, Pacific BX