Pacific BX 239

Erin Grace plantnutga@gmail.com
Sat, 29 May 2010 06:20:12 PDT
Hi, Dell
I am interested in 9,10,11,12,13,14
thank you

Erin Grace
200 sawgrass Lane
Thomasville, GA 31757

On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 7:53 AM, Dell Sherk <ds429@comcast.net> wrote:

> 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 <ds429@comcast.net>. Include "BX 239" 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 <Arnold140@verizon.net>; no money orders,
> please) you should send to the PBS treasurer to defray our costs for
> packing
> and first-class, priority-mail, or international postage.
>
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>
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> members of the Pacific Bulb Society. THIS BX OFFERING IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO
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>          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 plant materials to:
>
> Dell Sherk
> 6832 Phillips Mill Rd.
> New Hope, PA, 18938
> USA
>
>  Non US donors should contact me for instructions before sending seeds.
>
>            I WILL REPLY TO YOU WITHIN 24 HRS OF MY RECEIPT OF YOUR ORDER.
> IF YOU DO NOT HEAR FROM ME, TRY AGAIN !!
>
> SEEDS:
> 1. Clivia robusta, orange
> 2. Clivia robusta, red
> 3. Crossyne flava, yellow
> 4. Crossyne flava, white
> 5. Scadoxus multiflorus ssp katherinae, small variety
> 6. Scadoxus multiflorus ssp katherinae, large variety
>
> >From Jim Waddick:
>
> 7. Seeds of Cyrtanthus brachyscyphus  These are seeds from bulbs donated to
> the PBS BX by Mary Sue Ittner.  The leaves are narrow and
> semi-tubular/flat.
> Flowers are very bright orange. Although the flowers are not large, they
> are
> abundant and show off really well. More at:
> <http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki.php/…>
>
> 8. Seeds of Bowiea volubilis, the infamous "Climbing Onion.' The large pale
> green bulb sits right on the ground. The vegetative growth is a long
> twining
> mass of green threads. Small pale flowers are abundant. Any fan of
> succulents and monocots should grow this interesting geophyte. Very easy,
> but I have not grown these from seed so . . .  More at
> <http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…>
>
> >From Ken Blackford:
>
> 9. Seeds of Cyrtanthus falcatus x C. herrei. I feel fairly confident that
> these will turn out to be valid crosses between Cyrtanthus falcatus (seed
> parent) and C. herrei (pollen parent, frozen last September) as none of the
> flowers I attempted to self from the C. falcatus pollen produced pods/seed.
> I suspect my two original C. falcatus bulbs, now numbering about 45 after 7
> years, are all clones of the same plant as they divide/split rather
> quickly.
> They did well growing in the ground, on a North-facing hillside in pretty
> lousy clayish soil, here in San Diego about 2 miles as the crow flies from
> the ocean.  I've only had one hard frost, 4.5 years ago in December 2005,
> down to about 30F.  Unusual here, but I live in a canyon where cold air
> does
> collect on calm winter mornings.  They were, of course, dormant at the time
> but appeared unfazed when growth resumed in March even though the bulbs
> tend
> to grow exposed about 2/3 above the soil line. Last year I split the clump
> and put half of the bulbs into a pot.  Here is a link to a photo I posted
> on
> FLICKR of the potted clump with swelling seed pods on March 31st this year,
> and another of the blooms from March of 2009:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/amarguy/4491919689/
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/amarguy/3376515304/
>
> and here are a couple shots of the C. Herrei blooming last September:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/amarguy/3884857237/
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/amarguy/3920699987/
>
> >From Jim Shields:
>
> BULBS:
>
> 10. Cyrtanthus labiatus
> 11. Cyrtanthus obliquus ex Stutterheim
> 12. Haemanthus montanus (few)
> 13. Haemanthus humilis humilis, ex Croft (few)
> 14. Haemanthus humilis hirsutus ex George Mann (few)
>
> Thank you, Jim, Ken, and Jim !!
>
> Best wishes,
> Dell
>
> Dell Sherk, PBS BX
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