To all Newbies: Welcome, you will have a great time. I am still sort of new and am having the time of my life. Where else can one ask a single question and get so many great opinions and suggestions? I love it although my input is limited, I mostly ask questions and try to tell a joke or two. Bye, Chris > [Original Message] > From: arlen jose <arlen.jose@verizon.net> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Date: 9/2/2004 9:22:03 PM > Subject: RE: [pbs] New member intro > > Dear Pieter > > Warm greetings from Cambridge (Boston) Mass. I envy your good fortune to > live in one of the most beautiful places on earth and to have access to so > many fantastic bulbs. > > I remember when I was very young, much like yourself, when I was "bitten" > but the bulb bug, only I had to contend with the limited varieties we had > available in this region of the U.S. at that time. Luckily, we now live in a > vastly different and wonderful time where we have virtual access to the > whole planet and a support group of other "bulb nuts". > > Welcome to our group. > Fred Biasella > USDA Zone 6b > > > > Hi there, > > Like most of you I have been bitten by the amaryllis caterpillar and > contracted a passion for bulbs! I am particularly passionate about Scadoxus > but also grow Cyrtanthus, Clivia, Eucomis, Cryptostephanus etc. > > I am fortunate enough to live in South Africa, where I have wide access to > some of the most beautiful bulbous species! I am probably the youngest bulb > enthusiast I know, and the only one in my school! > > I would like to use this opportunity to enquire what other species of > Scadoxus you are growing? I have all of the South African species including > a couple of S.pole-evansii seedlings and would love to trade for material of > among others Scadoxus nutans, cinnabarinus and cyrtanthiflorus. > > Happy bulb growing > > Pieter van der Walt > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php