I have received your order. Best wishes, Dell Dell Sherk, PBS BX -------------------------------------------- On Sun, 12/28/14, Aad van Beek <avbeek1@hotmail.com> wrote: Subject: Re: [pbs] Pacific Bulb Society BX 373 To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Date: Sunday, December 28, 2014, 1:58 PM Hi Dell, I would like to receive the following numbers 1. Bulbs of Cyrtanthus hybrid, orange-scarlet trumpets. 2. Seeds of Clivia "Solomone light orange x yellow" selfed 4. Small tubers of Nymphaea 5. Begonia martiana var gracilis (syn. B. gracilis) 6. Seed of Nerine bowdenii (?) Type Human. 7. Seed of Nerine bowdenii Type Oswald. Regards, Aad van Beek G.C. Marshallstraat 30 9728WS Groningen The Netherlands > On 28 Dec 2014, at 17:46, ds429@frontier.com wrote: > > Dear All, > > The items listed below have been donated by our members and friends to be shared. > > If you are interested in obtaining some of them, please email me PRIVATELY at > > mailto:ds429@frontier.com > > Include "BX 373" 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 do not 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/share of seeds or $3 - $5/share of bulbs)(cash, check, or Pay Pal to <pbs.treasury@verizon.net>; no money orders, please) you should send the PBS treasurer. Postage and packaging charges are added. > > Many of you are subscribers to this pbs elist which is free, but are not members of the Pacific Bulb Society which has a yearly membership charge. THIS BX OFFERING IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO MEMBERS of the Pacific Bulb Society. If you are not a member, consider joining 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 plant materials to: > > Dell Sherk > 55 W. High St. > Salem, WV 26426 > USA > > Non US donors should contact Dell 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 !! > From Arnold Trachtenberg: > > 1. Bulbs of Cyrtanthus hybrid, orange-scarlet trumpets. > > From Dell Sherk: > > 2. Seeds of Clivia "Solomone light orange x yellow" selfed > > From Rimmer de Vries: > > 3. Small bulbs of Tulipa sylvestris > > From Uli Urban: > > 4. Small tubers of Nymphaea sp. ??, purple/blue, tuberous. I am very pleased to be able to share > these tubers this year. I got this plant under the name of N. daubenyana > which it is definetely not. The closest I came when I compared pictues > on the web is the Hybrid 'Tina' . A magnificent aquatic with large very > fragrant purple-blue flowers with yellow center that last several days > and which are held above the water surface. In summer it needs as warm > water as possible, mine is growing in a free standing tank of black > plastic which is warmed up by the sun. No artificial heating. Fertilized > with Osmocote which does not trouble the water. It should perform very > well in warm summer climates in the US. It is viviparous which means > that it can form young plants on the leaves. This is stimulated by cool > temperatures and as we had an exceptionally long and mild autumn I could > harvest a lot of small tubers that formed on the leaves where the stalk > is attached. Some of these had sprouted and formed small leaves and > roots. These small tubers should be kept slighty moist in sphagnum or > peat or the like, I treated them with a fungicide to prevent rot. In > spring they should be started in warm water in an aquarium with extra > light and planted out into their summer basin once the water is warm > enough. I start mine in May at 25°C in small pots and plant them into a > large pot in the tank in June. In warmer climes this can be done earlier. > The adult tubers reach about nut-size. After the first frost (I had > flowers poking through a thin layer of ice, frozen of course) I remove > the pot from the tank, cut off all the leaves at about 15cm from the > base, give a GOOD spray of fungicide and dry down the pot slowly. I > remove all remains of leaf stalks as they die down. Before it is totally > dry it is wrapped into a plastic bag and stored at about 12°C until May. > I had some losses if the pot gets too dry or if mildew attacks while > still very wet. I have never had leaf tubers in autumn so this is an > experiment for me, too. I keep some of the sprouted tubers in unheated > water in the cold greenhouse, they look o.k. so far. > > 5. Begonia martiana var gracilis (syn. B. gracilis), the "hollyhock begonia" The material > supplied is not seed but small bulbili which are produced en masse at > the end of the growing period. These should be "sown" immediately on > receipt and kept just barely moist. Begonia martiana sprouts fairly late > at the end of May. If kept totally dry these bulbili may dessicate and > die. A very rewarding beautiful plant. But needs some patience if grown > from these bulbili. > > 6. Seed of Nerine bowdenii (?) Type Human. originally from wild seed sent by David > Human. This is a VERY hardy plant with large bulbs and a large > inflorescence with fairly small very frilled pink flowers. Different > from ordinary N. bowdenii. Knowlegable people commented that this may > not be N. bowdenii but a different species. It takes a while to raise a > flowering plant from seed but is very much worth the patience. Has > survived the coldest winter with a good mulch and overhead protection > from winter wet. Seed needs immediate sowing as it already starts to sprout. > > 7. Seed of Nerine bowdenii Type Oswald. The origin of this form cannot be traced. I > got very good bulbs from Mr Oswald from former East Germany where it was > grown for a long time. East Germany was fairly isolated from the West > during communist times but had an active gardening tradition. Many > breeding programmes emphasized hardiness with the (political) aim to be > independent and self sufficient. He grew these bulbs amongst the beans > and strawberries in rows in his vegetable garden and gave it a very > thick winter mulch made of compost and stable manure. A very good plant, > hardy in almost all winters with a good mulch and overhead protection > against winter wet. Typical bright pink Nerine bowdenii flowers. Needs > immediate sowing. > > > > > Thank you, Arnold, Rimmer, and Uli !! > > > > > Best wishes, > > Dell > > > > > Dell Sherk, PBS BX > > > > > > > Sent from Windows Mail > _______________________________________________ > 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/