Pacific BX 177

Dell Sherk dells@voicenet.com
Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:39:34 PDT
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From Roy Herold:

SEEDS:

1. Pelargonium appendiculatum
Summer dormant geophyte, forms a large, attractive, exfoliating caudex with
feathery gray green leaves. Nice flowers, too. Follow Leo Martin's sowing
directions from BX173.

2. Cyclamen graecum Silver Center

3. Cyclamen creticum
Late bloomer, small white flowers.

4. Cyclamen africanum Silver Center
Excellent grower, lots of flowers, very fertile. Originally from Ellen
Hornig in 2000, who since gave up on the less hardy cyclamen.

5. Cyclamen coum 'Maurice Dryden'
Should be plain green leaves with white flowers, but expect some variation.
Originated by Kath Dryden.

6. Cyclamen coum 'Nymans'
Very early blooming, clear pink flowers, silvery leaves with a hint of a
green edge/midrib. Another from Kath Dryden. Only a few.

7. Cyclamen coum Urfa
Ex wild collected seed from Turkey.

8. Cyclamen coum 9-285-1
 From CSE (Cyclamen Society Expedition) plants. This has been one of the
best coums I grow, extremely floriferous and fertile, attractive leaves.

9. Cyclamen coum 'Dusky Maid'
A strain/cultivar originated in England by Basil Smith in the early 90s.
Silvery leaves, pink flowers.

10. Cyclamen coum Mixed
Everything else. A mix of seed from selected plants and named cultivars,
including CSE offspring, christmas tree type, Sterling Silver, Tilebarn
Elizabeth, kuznetzovii, silver leaf, propeller form, white flowers, pink
flowers, red flowers, bicolor flowers, you name it.

11. Cyclamen libanoticum
Huge appleblossom pink/white flowers. Only a few.

12. Cyclamen mirabile
Sometimes ruddy.

13. Cyclamen cilicium
Hardy here.

14. Cyclamen cyprium ex Kantara, Cyprus
The best marked leaves on any cypriums I have seen, 'ES' form included.
Plants grown from wild collected seed.

15. Cyclamen cyprium
Unpedigreed, but well marked.

16. Cyclamen x hildebrandii (perhaps)
Received as C. africanum, but this one has some degree of frost tolerance so
I'm guessing it has some hederifolium blood. Flowers profusely for over
three months here (Sept-Dec), but shy to set seed. 
This one gets huge: I just repotted the original plant, and the tuber
(without soil) weighed over six pounds. Only a few.

17. Albuca cf. spiralis
Rough, hairy leaves, spiraling at tips only (for me, more sun may give more
curls). Scape ~35cm, yellow flowers. Ex Steve Hammer.

From Jim Waddick:

18. Bulbs of Fritillaria persica "typical",  medium size bulbs.
	These originated from Dutch stock. These bulbs are not likely to
bloom the first year, but should in a year or two at most. 
A very vigorous clone.

SEED:

19. Hippeastrum papilio x ??? These may be selfed or open 
pollinated from some other large flowered hybrid in bloom at the same 
time.  Only 1 stalk produced two large pods with only a percent that 
look 'good'.  No guarantee, but might be interesting.

20. Fritillaria persica 'Ivory Bells'. This is from Dutch stock, 
but presumably the same clone as introduced by Janis Ruksans a few 
years ago. Flowers are pale green to cream, maybe ivory from a 
distance with your eyes squinting, but quite distinct from the 
typical form. Flowers, stalk and number seem as vigorous as typical 
F. persica. Can't guarantee open pollination with type, but not 
likely.

21. Fritillaria pallidifora. This has proven itself in my garden. 
A medium size Frit with pale-near white flowers. Easy in light shade. 
 From Dutch stock.

22. Tulipa clusiana 'Lady Jane'. A fine old cv. with pink and 
white candy striped flowers of good size. It was terrific this year, 
but have no idea how they do from seed. From Dutch stock.

From Jim Shields:

BULBS:

23. Haemanthus lanceifolius:  seedling bulbs ca. 1/2 inch in diameter, but 4
yrs. old. They are dormant so have no leaves and few or no roots.

24. Haemanthus pauculifolius have one leaf and some roots. The bulbs are
mostly from one clone.

Thank you, Roy, Jim, and Jim !!

Best wishes,
Dell

Dell Sherk, Director, PBS BX



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