Well said Steven. On Nov 7, 2013 2:20 PM, "Steven" <hartsentwine.australia@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, Mike, & Everyone, I am one of the people who sometimes asks people to > make a PBS donation for certain seeds.. Many of us swap seeds privately, > but often they are from quantities too small to share with the BX.. > Swapping further contributes to the greater goal of geophite conservation > as a hobby & at an environmental level.. I have swapped various things > privately & as they produce seeds, the BX will benefit.. So no one looses : > ) Some recalcitrant seeds like Calostema or some crinums from here in > Australia or far away from Dell, sprout too fast for Dell to process for > you all.. > I'm in Australia & I have had no trouble receiving goodies from Del, i > often see the message come early in the morning, but when lower numbers of > seeds are donated, naturally many of us miss out, but only sharing & BX- > ing over time can give us some of the rare treasures we dream of growing !!! > So be pacient, the BX is a wonderful game of chance, luck & timing, so > enjoy it & be thankful that some people have enough seeds to contribute, & > do so because they care, take note of the sharer & say hello if you missed > out on a special treasure the last few times & maybe they might save you > one next season :) > > Steven : ) > > On 08/11/2013, at 7:36 AM, "Michael Mace" <michaelcmace@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Alberto wrote: > > > >>> Karl, the idea is that the seed and bulb exchange be made THROUGH the > BX > > and not privately, partly as a small compensation for all that PBS gives > us > > for nothing. > > > > The one time I received some extra seed directly from a BX contributor, > he > > asked that I make a donation to the PBS separately so we wouldn't be > robbing > > the organization of cash. I was happy to do so. > > > > Mike > > San Jose, CA > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >