Mary I am happy to send you Scadoxus seeds when they are ripe - from California. Message me if you are interested. > On Jan 1, 2026, at 4:56 PM, Mary Gorton via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > I recently received Scadoxus seeds from Silverhill that had begun to germinate. They were in a brown paper envelope so customs could not see that they were germinating. I received them fine. On the other hand, I received some from England that were in a transparent envelope that had begun to germinate and customs could see them and they were confiscated for being plants. > Mary Gorton Wilmington, Delaware > > On Sunday, December 28, 2025 at 09:12:00 PM EST, Mary Sue Ittner via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > I once wrote an article for Bulbs summarizing information people's > experiences for dealing with bulbs ordered from another hemisphere. You > can find it here: > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/… > on Page 35. After reading this thread and reflecting on my experience of > growing bulbs from another hemisphere, I found that bulbs were much more > likely to survive than corms. Since a lot of corms can flower from seed > in a few years if happy in your conditions, that would seem a better > choice. When plants arrived made a big difference for me. I lost almost > all of what I once ordered within a year or two when it arrived in late > spring. And I don't think there was an advantage in that case to living > where summers rarely are hot. After that I concluded it was better for > me to either grow from seed or purchase bulbs from someone who grew them > in my country so they would be used to growing at the right time. > > On another note, there are some of us who would be willing to share > seeds that need to be planted immediately if PBS could find someone who > would be willing to take on the job of distributing them in a timely > fashion. Since so many of the South African Amaryllids flower in the > fall and seed set is late fall to winter, it would probably be best for > a volunteer to live where it doesn't get really cold when these seeds > are ready to plant. Lee mentioned that Silverhill Seeds in the past used > to let people know when recalcitrant seeds were available. With the mail > delays I expect that is no longer possible. > > Mary Sue > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum https://… > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum https://… _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…