Dear All,
The items listed below have been donated by our members to be shared.
If you are interested in obtaining some of them, please email me PRIVATELY
at <dells@voicenet.com>. Include "BX 136" in the subject line.
Specify the NUMBERS of the items which you would like; do not specify
quantities. It is a good idea to include your snail mail address, too, in
case I don't already have it. Availability is based on a first come, first
served system. When you receive your seeds/bulbs you will find, included
with them, a statement of how much money (cash, check, or Paypal to <>; no
money orders, please) you should send the PBS treasurer to defray our costs
for packing and first-class postage. Some of you are members of the online
PBS discussion forum but are not members of the Pacific Bulb Society. THIS
BX OFFERING IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO MEMBERS OF THE PBS. Consider joining the
PBS so that you can take advantage of future offers such as this. Go to our
website: <http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/> ....
If you would like to donate seeds or bulbs/corms to the PBS, please
send CLEAN, clearly labeled material to:
Dell Sherk
6832 Phillips Mill Rd.
New Hope, PA, 18938
USA
Donors will receive credit on the BX for the cost of postage for their
donations.
I WILL REPLY TO YOU WITHIN 24 HRS OF MY RECEIPT OF YOUR ORDER.
IF YOU DO NOT HEAR FROM ME, TRY AGAIN !!
A repeat offering from Jim Waddick:
1. BLOOMING-SIZE (or near) bulbs of Zephyranthes candida: "This is a
lesson for those who think they are an expert or think they are a novice.
Years ago I was given a pot of 'mystery bulbs' from a friend from
out-of-state. I didn't recognize them right off hand, but gave them good
care. After a few years the pot filled up, but no flowers. Feeling they were
'iffy' I wintered them in my cool greenhouse. Years went by...
Then only 2 or 3 years ago I saw a pot of Zephyranthes in a nursery.
It was sitting in 6 inches of water and blooming its head off. Gee that
looked very familiar. I went home and put this pot of packed mystery bulbs
in six inches of water. A week later it was covered with white Rain lily
flowers. I eventually figured out is the common Z. candida. Now that I know
how to grow it, I get blooms each year and the pot is filled to bursting.
I grow mine in a pot that winters above freezing, but I know they can
take some frost outdoors.
So if you have never tried Rain Lilies before, these are sturdy enough
to thrive on my ignorance and neglect. Here's a lovely picture from the pbs
files:
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/…
, a.jpg taken by Lauw de Jaeger."
From Lee Poulsen:
2. Neomarica candida, small rhizomes with fans of leaves. The bulb part is 1
to 2 cm in diameter. The fans, which grow out directly from the bulb, are
about 4 to 5 inches long and maybe 3 inches wide at the widest part. But the
leaves are very flexible at this stage. They all look like leaf-tip growths.
Only a few of the bulbs have begun growing a few short rootlets.
From Robert Werra:
Seeds of winter growers. Bob says,"I realize it is not the ideal time for
planting, but I frequently plant mine late and they do come up in later
winter. They think there has been a fall drought, and they will make up for
lost time. An alternative is to save and plant this coming fall."
3. Fritillaria affinis, Mendocino Co. CA
4. Fritillaria biflora
5. Erythronium californicum
6. Calochortus weedii v. weedii
7. Calochortus vesta
8. Calochortus splendens
9. Calochortus amabilis
10. Calochortus amoenus
11. Calochortus umbellatus
12. Calochortus catalinae
13. Calochortus monophyllus
14. Gladiolus caeruleus
15. Gladiolus maculatus
16. Romulea leipoldtii
17. Romulea grandiscapa
18. Moraea hexaglottis (lewisiae)
19. Moraea villosa
20. Moraea macronyx
21. Moraea fugax
22. Moraea fugax, white, ex Clanwilliam
23. Moraea vegeta
24. Moraea ciliata
25. Cormlets of Moraea ciliata
Thank you, Jim, Lee, and Bob !!
Best wishes,
Dell
Dell Sherk, Director, PBS BX