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 289" in the subject line.
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too, in case I don't already have it. Availability is based on a first come,
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included with them, a statement of how much money (usually $2.00/share of
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please send CLEAN, clearly labeled plant materials to:
Dell Sherk
6832 Phillips Mill Rd.
New Hope, PA, 18938
USA
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I WILL REPLY TO YOU WITHIN 24 HRS OF MY RECEIPT OF YOUR ORDER.
IF YOU DO NOT HEAR FROM ME, TRY AGAIN !!
From Pamela Harlow:
SEED:
1. Brodiaea coronaria ex NNS (Ron Ratko) 02-68: seed from about 40
individuals, all grown from Ron’s wild-collected seed with no chance of
pollination from other plants – 2010 seed 02-68 Brodiaea coronaria Modoc
Plateau, Modoc Co., 4750’The flowers in this population are slightly smaller
with darker blue-purple lobes, paler tubes and distinct pale cream bases.
The flowers are held on erect pedicels creating a narrow candelabra. Common
throughout the undulating flats of rocky clay derived from basalt. Large
colonies are prevalent around the numerous vernal, both natural and manmade,
ponds that dot the landscape. Sierra juniper and sagebrush flats. The
hardiest member of the genus, hardy to Zone 5.
2. Cyclamen cilicium
3. Cyclamen cilicium, fragrant (leaf mostly green)
4. Cyclamen confusum (?) – grown from Cyclamen Society seed labeled
“Cyclamen confusum ex Polyrrhinia” – I can’t find any information on this
name or how to classify this seed – looks more or less like pink
hederifolium
5. Cyclamen coum, dark pink, various leaf color types
6. Cyclamen coum, silver leaf, mixed bloom colors
7. Cyclamen coum, silver leaf, pink flowers
8. Cyclamen coum, fancy leaf, pink flowers (some of the offspring will have
plain green leaves, some silver, some with strong pattern)
9. Cyclamen cyprium ‘E.S.’, 2010 seed
10. Cyclamen hederifolium, white – I would call it albiflorum except some
have trace of pink inside the flower mouth
11. Cyclamen hederifolium, silver leaf, white bloom as above
12. Cyclamen hederifolium, silver leaf, pink bloom
13. Cyclamen hederifolium , various arrowhead leaf shapes, pink bloom
14. Cyclamen hederifolium, various arrowhead leaf shapes, white bloom as
above
15. Cyclamen hederifolium, various leaves, fragrant, pink bloom
16. Cyclamen mirabile
17. Cyclamen pseudibericum
18. Cyclamen purpurascens, 2010 seed
19. Cyclamen purpurascens, 2009 seed
20. Dichelostemma capitatum, ex NNS 03-208 note: these didn’t bloom until
this year so the 2010 Brodiaea could not be contaminated by them
21. Fritillaria affinis
22. Fritillaria camschatensis ex Archibald 4.390.110 note: parent plants
exhibit quite varied bloom color
23. Libertia caerulescens – probably from the Archibalds
24. Trillium rivale ex NNS 04-460
25. Trillium rivale ex NNS 04-461
From Arnold Trachtenberg:
26. Seed of Tulipa ferganica
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…
From Jay Yourch:
27. Seed of Aesculus parviflora Aesculus parviflora is not a bulb, it's
a large shrub native to the southeastern United States with attractive
flowers and foliage, and often striking yellow autumn color. It's much more
cold hardy (USDA Zone 5, possibly 4) than its native range would suggest.
It grows from large seeds, which must be sown immediately otherwise they
dry out and aren't viable. I've successfully grown the plant from seed in
two ways, placing fresh seeds under the leaf litter along the edge of a
woodland where I want them to grow, and pressing them into moist potting
soil in gallon containers and keeping those containers in my garage until
spring. Keeping them in the cool, but frost free, garage helps in two ways,
it keeps the squirrels from finding the ungerminated seeds and eating them,
and if some of the seeds germinate early the young plants don't freeze.
They're not houseplants, germinating and growing them at room temperature
over the winter is not recommended. Well cared for plants often flower when
just a few years old.
Jay's blog entry:
http://stevesplantsandrants.blogspot.com/2007/06/…
University of Connecticut Plant Database:
http://hort.uconn.edu/plants/a/…
From Antigoni Rentzeperi:
28 Seed of Habranthus tubispathus
From Jim Waddick:
29. Seed of Canna flaccida from northern Carolina population
30. Small tubers of Dioscorea batatas, variegated
From Mary Gastil-Buhl: (SEED)
31. Dierama sp., white, open pollinated with pink nearby, full sun,
tolerates light frost
32. Veltheimia bracteata, cannot take frost
33. Cypella sp, probably coelestis, ex TerraSol nursery
From Angelo Porcelli: (SEED)
34. Pancratium canariensis
35. Narcissus tazetta ssp bertolonii
36. Romulea ligustica
37. Iris sintensii ssp collina
38. Habranthus correntinus
39. Habranthus martinezii
40. Romulea bulbocodium
41. Asphodelus liburnica
42. Gladiolus communis
From Kipp McMichael:
43. Seed of Lilium sp? I did not see the open flower. From dried petals
on some plants the color was yellow/orange. This could mean L. pardalinum,
or L. kelleyanum. The common name for this lily is "Leopard Lily."
Thank you, Pamela, Arnold, Jay, Antigoni, Jim, Mary, Angelo, and Kipp !!
Best wishes,
Dell
Dell Sherk, PBS BX