Would love the following: 9. Dichelostemma ida-maia - cormlets, winter growing California native (firecracker flower) 24. Lilium maritimum -- lily native to where I live and somewhat rare, supposedly not easy in all climates, may need cool summers Debbie Teachout-Teashon PO Box 723 Kingston, WA 98346 Thanks! Debbie TT Gardening in the maritime Pacific Northwest Rainy Side Gardeners - rainyside.com Garden blog - Muck About - rainysidegardeners.typepad.com ************************************************************************ -------------------------------------------------- From: "Dell Sherk" <dells@voicenet.com> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 12:03 PM To: "'Adam Fikso'" <adam14113@ameritech.net>; "'c'" <CathyCraigEA@hotmail.com>; <DavBouch5@aol.com>; "Douglas Westfall" <eagle85@flash.net>; "General PBS forum" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>; "John Lonsdale" <john@johnlonsdale.net>; "'Macfarlane'" <macfarla@almaden.ibm.com>; "'Mark'" <Antennaria@aol.com>; "'Mark Wilcox'" <marque219@yahoo.com>; "Pat Colville" <Pat.Colville@JHResearchUSA.com>; "The Masterson Family" <masterson4@cox.net> Subject: [pbs] Pacific BX 188 > 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 188" 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 (usually $2.00/item) > (cash, check, or Pay Pal to <Arnold@NJ.rr.com>; no money orders, please) > you > should send the PBS treasurer to defray our costs for packing and > first-class, priority-mail, or international postage. > > PLEASE NOTE: NEW POSTAL-RATE SCHEMES NECESSITATE OUR PLACING A SURCHARGE > ON > EACH ORDER FROM PBS BX OFFERINGS. > > 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,(Donors > will receive credit on the BX for the cost of postage for their > donations.), > please send CLEAN, clearly labeled material to: > > Dell Sherk > 6832 Phillips Mill Rd. > New Hope, PA, 18938 > USA > > I WILL REPLY TO YOU WITHIN 24 HRS OF MY RECEIPT OF YOUR ORDER. > IF YOU DO NOT HEAR FROM ME, TRY AGAIN !! > > >From Jim Waddick: > > 1. Plants of Euphorbia decaryi 'Nova' A tropical succulent. This > Madagascar > native only grows a few inches tall with a crown of wrinkled succulent > foliage. > https://highlandsucculents.safeserver.com/species/…. > It makes fairly large white underground storage roots. Jim McKinney calls > it > "a very tough plant" and it is "something unusual and easy to grow" > I agree. A small curiosity suited to the window sill and uneven care. > > 2. Small plants of Crinum hybrid 'Hannibal's Dwarf' (C. moorei x C. > americanum). This from Marcel Sheppard's web site "It is vigorous and easy > in the garden, increasing better than almost any other Crinum. The plant > is > small for a Crinum, with flowers held only about 18 inches tall. It > produces a heavy early summer bloom in East Texas followed by sporadic > flowers until cold weather. " I've just grown it in a pot, doubting its > hardiness. It has never bloomed for me in a pot, but concentrated on > multiplying madly. The flowers are medium , bright pink - or so I have > seen > on the web. In a pot it is about 1/2 the size Marcel gives. > > From Gregg DeChirico: > > 3. Small corms of Watsonia bulbifera, red-orange > >From Dianne Martinelli: > > 4. Seed of Cypella coelestis > >From Stephen Putman: > > 5. Seed of Pancratium maritimum > 6. Seed of Hymenocallis palmeri > 7. Seed of Crinum variabile > >From Mary Sue Ittner: > > BULBS: > > 8. Allium subvillosum-supposed to be a Mediterranean species, but I've > never > had blooms > > 9. Dichelostemma ida-maia - cormlets, winter growing California native > (firecracker flower) > > 10. Ferraria crispa - winter growing South African, not very hardy, > weirdly > wonderful flowers; this one doesn't smell bad > > 11. Lachenalia contaminata- winter growing, multiple grass-like leaves, > tolerates more rain so can be planted out in my climate, white flowers > > 12. Spiloxene capensis- could be white or pink, probably not blooming > size, > spectacular flower, winter growing > > 13. Triteleia peduncularis - cormlets, white Triteleia from California > with > wide umbel, grows in places very wet during growth so needs ample water > during winter to keep it growing long enough to bloom late spring, early > summer > > 14. Tulipa batalini -- considered to be a form of Tulipa linifolia, but > you > still see it advertised under this name. Has yellow flowers and is quite > charming. I have been growing this for many years, chilling it for 4 to 6 > weeks in Northern California and it always does well for me in containers. > Some of these may not be blooming size, but they bloom when the bulbs are > small. Could be some red ones (T. linifolia) in the mix as every year it > seems that I have a few end up in the wrong pot, but they bloom at > slightly > different times. > > 15. Tulipa clusiana - the true candy stripe form, not the hybrids > sometimes > sold as such. This one is supposed to be good for naturalizing in warmer > climates and I have a couple in the ground, but have more blooms from the > ones I chill with all my others and grow in containers potted up new every > year > > 16. Tulipa linifolia - delightful small species bulb with red flowers. I > have been growing this for many years, chilling it for 4 to 6 weeks in > Northern California and it always does well for me in containers. Some of > these may not be blooming size, but they bloom when the bulbs are small. > Could be some yellow ones (T. batalinii) in the mix as every year it seems > that I have a few end up in the mix, but they bloom at slightly different > times. > > 17. Tulipa 'Little Princess' -- returning to the BX which is where I > originally obtained it offered from Cathy Craig. I do prechill this bulb, > but it has been a reliable bloomer and increased well every year since I > got > it > > SEED: > > 18. Aristea capitata, syn. Aristea major-- finally bloomed for me, > evergreen > plant that makes a statement, blue short lived flowers opening for a while > along a long stem > > 19. Brodiaea elegans -- California native, shiny purple flowers with > darker > stripe > > 20. Gladiolus tristis -- late blooming form that blooms in early summer, > has > darker markings > > 21. Hesperantha baurii -- pink flowers, summer growing > > 22. Lachenalia campanulata -- summer rainfall species that can remain > evergreen if you keep watering it, blooms in spring, few seeds > > 23. Leucocoryne vittata -- open pollinated so could very well be a hybrid > sure to > > 24. Lilium maritimum -- lily native to where I live and somewhat rare, > supposedly not easy in all climates, may need cool summers > > 25. Pasithea caerulea -- only few seeds, blue flowered plant from Chile, > winter growing > > 26. Watsonia coccinea -- medium tall Watsonia and not as invasive as some, > nice orange-red flowers > > Thank you, Jim, Gregg, Dianne, Stephen, and Mary Sue !! > > Best wishes, > Dell > > Dell Sherk, PBS BX > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/