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Uli, thank you for reaching out.  I am adding to the agenda.

Bridget

Hello, Everyone, 

It is with excitement that we announce we have a new Bulb Garden Editor.  

Our Secretary, Emil Friend, has agreed to step into the post.  Emil has an extensive personal and professional background in horticulture and will bring a new and fresh perspective to our publication.  Emil will continue in his role as Secretary.   

We are very much looking forward to the next edition and recognize this is no small endeavor. It will be a little while until our next edition will be published, but in the meantime, we hope he will enjoy the process of putting it together.  

We would be remiss not to thank our former editor, Robin Hansen, for all of her prior work on the BG and wish her well.  

Thank you!

Bridget Wosczyna
President, PBS

Hello, Everyone, 

It is with excitement that we announce we have a new Bulb Garden Editor.  

Our Secretary, Emil Friend, has agreed to step into the post.  Emil has an extensive personal and professional background in horticulture and will bring a new and fresh perspective to our publication.  Emil will continue in his role as Secretary.   

We are very much looking forward to the next edition and recognize this is no small endeavor. It will be a little while until our next edition will be published, but in the meantime, we hope he will enjoy the process of putting it together.  

We would be remiss not to thank our former editor, Robin Hansen, for all of her prior work on the BG and wish her well.  

Thank you!

Bridget Wosczyna
President, PBS

All: Please read this email in its entirety prior to ordering so we will have no confusion and your boxes can get out to you quickly.  It will make my job a bit easier.  This is a large BX.

*This BX will be open for orders until Saturday, April 6 at 9:00 p.m. PST*

Standard rules apply for this BX:

Kindly review the list below and email me with your request(s) at bulbexpbs@gmail.com.
I will send a simple acknowledgement of your email.  Should you not have a response from me within a day or so, please resend.
Be sure to include your full name and current address and PLEASE advise if you have moved recently so I may note.
Bulbs are $3 each.  Some of these are only one share and in short supply.
This will be a lottery (however, if you did not receive something you were especially keen on last round, kindly advise and I will try to assure some accommodation. Also, if there is something you really are looking to receive, it helps for me to know this as well.)
You must be current in your membership and you must be up-to-date on BX/SX charges. If you are uncertain, feel free to check with Jane McGary or Arnold Trachtenberg.

KINDLY NOTE:

Orders should be paid upon receipt through the PBS website at:
https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php?page=BXpay
Please be sure to reference the BX number above, this helps us with accounting.
You are still free to send payment via check if that is your preference.

No orders to anywhere but the US and (sometimes) Canada can be entertained at this point.  We cannot furnish the appropriate phyto docs to other countries.

Thank you as always to our current donors.  Be advised that any and all mistakes on spelling are likely mine.  If donors see an issue with their listed item, please feel free to chime in.

 Amy Olmsted
1. Arisaema fargesii

                                             
2. Crinum powellii album  
Ottoline Clapham                                                 
3 .Ledebouria crispa

                                                   
 Ann Rametta/Mulqueen
4.Watsonia aletroides

                                               
 Bob Hoel
5.Zephyranthes grandiflora                                      
 Steven Whyman
6. Arisaema flavum                                                    
7. Arisaema candidissimum alba                                           
8. Arisaema candidissimum                                                  
9. Arisaema fargesii                                                  
10. Arisaema consanguineum      The Perfect Wave'                                     
  Fred Bisella
11. Sinningia tubiflora

hybrids    (seed grown, orange/red flowers)   
    Robert Lauf
12. Griffinia espiritensis (seedlings)                                     
13. Merwilla plumbea     (seedlings)                                       
14. Ledebouria galpinii                                            
15. Griffiniasp (poss rochae)      (seedlings) ex Telos                                     
  Fred Bisella
16. Gloxinia nematanthodes      Evita'                                 
17. Hippeastrum              SEED  Orange Varie x self                                         
  Mary Sue Ittner
18. Gloriosa superba                                                
19. Rhodohypoxis baurii 'Harlequin'                                      
20.Nerine masoniorum

                                             
21. Ornithogalumsp      Alberto Castillo provided this description when he sent the bulbs to BX 250, August 2010: "a miniature Ornithogalum species, fine foliage growing in tufts, clumping, evergreen, but definitely a winter grower. Flowers are white, minute and produced in profusion in spring. It was originally distributed as seed in an early PBS BX. Has been a charming undemanding species in full sun and gritty soil. Frost free conditions."                             
 Rimmer de Vries
22. Calostemma purpureum        (older seedlings) ex Telos           
23. Cyrtanthus labiatus  offsets bulbils BX 482 ex BX239                             
24. Drimia uniflora         ex Rennies Nek                             
25. Drimiopsis kirkii        ex BX 374 Uli Urban                                   
26. Ledebouria socialis paucifolia NNBH260      ex Nhu N                                         
27. Phaedranassa dubia

ex Ornduff 9674                                           
28.Sinningia defoliata    leaf cuttings from bulb 6.24.23                               
29. Sinninigia leucotricha                                                         
Lin Grado
30. Alstroemeria psittacina                                                  
 Steve Marak
31. Haemanthus albiflos

                                                           
 Rimmer de Vries                                                         
32.Clinanthus coccineus                                            
(formerly C. veriegatus- Red)      Telos offsets (FB, per Alan Meerow)                                     
33. Clinanthus incarnatus- Apricot            Telos offsets                                   
34.Clinanthus incarnatus

- drops (from others)    Telos offsets                                   
35.Clinanthus variegatus

- Yellow            Telos offsets                                   
36. Hymenocallis leavenworthii Telos offsets                                   
37. Hymenocallis maximiliani      Telos offsets                                   
38.Ismene hawkesii     Telos offsets                                   
39. Phaedranassa glaucifolia      Telos offsets ex Harry Hay                                       
40. Phaedranassa viridiflora       Telos offsets                                   
41.Sinningia reitzii         big bulb                                           
42.Griffinia espiritensis small offsets, Telos 2014                                           
43. Sinningiaex 'Esther' Esther' OP seedling                                     
44. Sinningia hyb 'Spanish Skirts'        excellent bullata hybrid - cutting 5/23                                 
45. Sininngia hyb cardinalis x S bullata    Seedlings 12/2022 and 6/2023 - the ones that have bloomed have cardinalis flower form with orange bullata coloring and cardinalis leaves with bullata growth habit                                   
46. Sinningiahyb leuchotrichia x S piresiana        23 month old seedlings, started 5/18/22, not yet flowered                                   
47.Sinningia nivalis       ex Brazil Plants seed, started 5/20/23                                 
48. Sinningia pirescens  ex Brazil Plants seed, started 3/16/23. Separate each bunch received for best growth                             
49. Sinningia tuberosa  Brazil Plants seed started 4/18/21, enjoys warm humidity while in growth
50. Zephyranthes            Sunset Strain'                                 
 Richard Schreiber
51. Massonia pustulata                                            
 Robert Parks
52. Adenium obesum                                                 
53. Amophophallus thaiensis                                                 
54.Amorphophallus albus RP1                                             
55. Amorphophallus albus RP2                                             
56. Amorphophallus dunnii                                                   
57. Amorphophallus henryi

Life form:

tuber

(narrow leaf)                                                         
58. Amorphophallus konjac 'Swallowtail'                                                         
59. Amorphophallus konjac

Flower Colors:	black
Flower Season:	mid spring
Special:	edible storage organ
Life form:	tuber

Beige Stem                                             
60. Amorphophallus konjac

Flower Colors:	black
Flower Season:	mid spring
Special:	edible storage organ
Life form:	tuber

Flesh Gordon                                                         
61. Amorphophallus konjac Nightstick                                              
62. Amorphophallus konjac

Flower Colors:	black
Flower Season:	mid spring
Special:	edible storage organ
Life form:	tuber

RP4                                           
63. Amorphophallus konjac

Flower Colors:	black
Flower Season:	mid spring
Special:	edible storage organ
Life form:	tuber

RP6a fine grey stem seedling                                           
64.Amorphophallus konjac

Flower Colors:	black
Flower Season:	mid spring
Special:	edible storage organ
Life form:	tuber

RP6e dark stem        seedling                                           
65. Amorphophallus konjac

Flower Colors:	black
Flower Season:	mid spring
Special:	edible storage organ
Life form:	tuber

RP6g fine grey, bunching        seedling                                           
66. Amorphophallus konjac Shattered GlassRP1                                           
67. Amorphophallus konjac Shattered Glass RP2                                           
68. Amorphophallus myosuroides Green Leaf                                              
69. Amorphophallus myosuroides Silver Center                                            
70. Amorphophallus ongsakulii                                            
71. Amorphophallus X Majda                                              
72. Amorphophallus yuloensis                                               
73. Amorphphallus konjac Nanus                                                         
74. Arisaema candidissimum Pink                                                      
75. Arisaema candidissimum White                                                  
76. Arisaema ciliatum                                              
77. Arisaema concinnum                                                        
78. Arisaema exappendiculatum                                                          
79. Arisaema fargesii                                                
80.Arisaema flavum

RP1                                                         
81. Arisaema flavum

RP2                                                         
82. Arisaema taiwanense                                                        
83. Begonia sutherlandii

                                                         
84. Colocasia X Pharaoh's Mask                                            
85. Furcrea foetida variegata (Agave?)    inflorescence bulbs                                     
86. Gloxinia nematanthodes 'Evita'                                                  
87. Gorgonidium intermedium                                               
88. Igidia volubilis RP1                                               
89. Igidia volubilis RP2                                               
90. Impatiens flanaganae

                                                       
91. Ixia X Bluebird                                                       
92. IxiaX Gemini                                                         
93. Ixia X Giant                                             
94. IxiaX Mabel                                           
95. IxiaX Rose Emperor                                             
96. IxiaX Spotlight                                                     
97. IxiaX Yellow Emperor                                                       
98.Lachenalia mutabilis

                                           
99. Lachenalia undulata

                                           
100.Maranta ruiziana                                              
101. Oxalis brasiliensis

RP2                                                     
102. Oxalis tuberosa

(cream with magenta)          Oca                                   
103. Oxalis tuberosa

(red)            Oca                                   
104. Oxalis tuberosa

(white)        Oca                                   
105. Oxalis tuberosa Amarillo      Oca                                   
106. Oxalis tuberosa Bolivian Red            Oca                                   
107. Oxalis tuberosa Rosy Gems Oca                                   
108. Oxalis tuberosa White Salmon          Oca                                   
109. Remusatia pumila                                             
110. Sauromatum giganteum                                                
111. Sauromatum horsfieldii Lancelot                                              
112. Sauromatum venosum

(pale stems)         
113. Sauromatum venosum Indian Giant
114. Sauromatum venosum

RP3
115. Sinningia tubiflora

116. Tropaeolum tuberosum

Flower Colors:	orange, yellow, red
Flower Season:	late summer
Special:	climber, edible flowers, edible storage organ

(similar to Hoh)      Mashua
117. Tropaeolum tuberosum 'Candy Cane'            Mashua
118. Tropaeolum tuberosum 'Hoh'         Mashua                             
119. Tropaeolum tuberosum 'Puca Anyu'              Mashua                         
120. Typhonium rhizomatosum                                       
121. Ullucus tuberosus long pink              Ulluco
122. Ullucus tuberosus Moclips Ulluco                               
123. Ullucus tuberosus

wild form Ulluco 


Thanks!
Bridget

Hi Everyone,

I am preparing the list and intend to post today or tomorrow (April 1 or 2).  Please keep an eye out.

Thanks!
Bridget

All:

The donation window for the first 2024 US BX 494 is now open until March 31 (if you need additional time, kindly advise). Please read below carefully, thanks! 

I am hopeful we have a lively exchange and I am ready to accept donations of clean, healthy bulbs at this time.  I am not requiring that donors pre-package the donations in ready-to-go packets at this time; I find it easier and more effective to do this myself according to demand and realize not everyone has time to sort and separate, other than species.  I will need you to at least label the bag or box to easily identify the bulbs.

Each donor will be credited the postage for the donation or a minimum of $5.

Feel free to include comments or instructions for your donated items, most of us need some help with new items to our collections.

Kindly send your donations to me at:

Bridget Wosczyna
731 Furnace Road
Morgantown PA 19543

Please be sure to send me an email advising that you have sent the bulbs so that I may keep an eye on my mailbox.

This notice will  be mailed out to the PBS mailing list as well.

Email me at bulbexpbs@gmail.com with any questions.

Thanks in advance!
Bridget

Hello:
Member Susan in southern Ontario, Canada has submitted the attached pics in hope of an ID.  Quite obviously an arum, but I don't feel qualified to nail down species, so I'm posting in her behalf.  I think it may be maculatum.

"It is currently growing among hardy geranium, in a protected area between a walkway and a wall, in dappled sunlight under the canopy of a mature juniper. It receives morning sun and otherwise, reflected light and shade. It has endured temperatures of at least -20C. This area does receive moisture.

The leaves are 5" long and 3" wide. The growing period is Feb-Mar to May; dormant Jun to Sep; restarts Oct thru Dec; dormant Jan. I've been trying to get the plant ID'd for three years without success. I believe the plant has bloomed before, but unfortunately I don't have any photos of it blooming. It would be at least five years old, and could be older."

Bridget

Very very exciting stuff.  I do need to send a request for his list.  I understand it's the finest.  
I won't say I'm a galanthophile, but I do enjoy these little sweeties in the gray days.

Bridget

Hi Everyone,

I wanted to send out a note to welcome our new members and thank our renewing friends. Membership is steadily climbing and we've had many folks take advantage of our offer to renew for several years at the former yearly rate  To each of you, the Board thanks you for your support. 

We had lively participation in the seed and bulb exchanges last year and I'm hopeful for more of the same this year. I will continue on as US BX manager and am excited to have Lisa Zankowski as our US SX manager.  Things will continue on with the EU BX and SX as before, with Martin and Uli at the helm for our international members.  

Our member donors are incredible.  I would like to remind everyone that seed and bulb donations are what keep the BX and SX humming. If you have only a few of something to share, we will offer them. I often receive just one item of something in a donation. I happily include it in the BX so another member can have a chance at growing something wonderful (and usually commercially unavailable).

We are deep into winter here in the US and I am hopeful that everyone's winter growers are thriving.  I would love it if some folks would privately email me directly and share a couple pictures of their progress. What's hot in your glasshouse, garden or plunge bed right now? Did you have screaming success with something last summer?  Let's see it!  I have been remiss in keeping up with posting on social media and would appreciate a few pics that I can share with our Instagram and Facebook accounts. The Forum is of course a great site for discourse and stories, but some folks are unsure how to upload pics or do not wish to spend time at the computer.  I am happy to give photo credit (or not, if that is your wish).  I know you're out there and growing fabulous things.  Show us!  

I also need to recognize the behind-the-scenes folks who make the Society function and am grateful for all of the Board who volunteer so much time to our merry band. 

Feel free to contact me privately (bulbexpbs@gmail.com) if you have any questions. I have an open door (mailbox?) policy and welcome dialogue with our members.  I may not respond right away, but I will respond.

New year, new plants.  New opportunities.  

I wish everyone the best for their endeavors this year.

Bridget  

P.S. The new edition of The Bulb Garden will be finished shortly.  Final touches are being added.  

Hi everyone,  
I have a quick, very small BX to share:

1.  Sprekelia   several                                       Christine Doud
2.  Chasmanthe floribunda

(3 gigantic corms)
3. Amaryllis belladonna

(hybrid, recalcitrant seed)
4. Crinum(unk. recalcitrant seed)
5. Daubenya alba

seedlings                               Carl Frederick

Kindly send me a SEPARATE email informing me of your choices, do not reply to this email. This will be a first-come, first served exchange as I have so few of these items and they must go out by the end of the week.  I will send an email once everything is spoken for, which I anticipate to be by tomorrow 12/12/23. 

Standard BX rules apply: $3 for each bulb, $2 for each share of seed.  

Thank you to members Christine and Carl for sharing.

I hope everyone is well and enjoying some winter flowers.
Bridget 

Hi, Jim,
I headed right over here to check this out when I read you were going to post it.

I love it.  No small measure of time to get that all painted up.  

Thanks for sharing.
Bridget

All, 

Let me begin by heartily thanking immediate past President Robin Hansen for her efforts on behalf of the Society.  We wish her well in the future, but as she will continue to edit The Bulb Garden, are happy she will still be involved with PBS.  We are grateful for her experience, expertise and time at the helm. I must also personally recognize Jan Jeddeloh, who wrangled the SX for the last couple of years, as she steps out of her role and gets to spend more time on her own endeavors. 

I would like to welcome Mark Akimoff and Lisa Zankowski to the Board in their respective positions as Vice President and Seed Exchange Manager.  

I would also like to thank each of our current Board members for their efforts on behalf of PBS.  A stellar team of dedicated bulb nuts whose combined knowledge is vast. Each of them brings something interesting and helpful to the table. I have already learned much from them and they are generous with their time and energy. There is much happening behind the scenes to keep PBS running of which many members may not be aware.

I thought it may be helpful to share a little bit of background on myself.  I garden in southeast Pennsylvania.  My passion is hardy aroids, arums and arisaema, especially.  Many of you have had interaction with me in my position as Bulb Exchange Manager, of course, and I will continue to hold that position. It is one of my favorite things about PBS: I get to see all of the fabulous items our members donate and send them on their way to new homes.  Every small box represents a whole lot of hope and excitement. 

My horticultural background is hobby grower, prior owner of a small garden maintenance business and garden enthusiast. 

My journey to heading up PBS is amusing to me.  About ten years ago a friend of mine who lives in Australia introduced me to arums - really interesting arums; he grew enormous dracunculus and miniscule biarum.  They spoke to me because I am into nearly any plant that possesses a spadix. I had been growing arisaema for years but had not explored further as I was creating a Japanese woodland garden at my last house.  Mediterranean bulbs/corms were a revelation.  I was hooked, but how to get all these cool things?  He suggested I join horticultural societies and acquire seed. I did. NARGS, SRGC, PBS. I ordered seeds from all, treated them all wrong and lost mostly everything.  But then I requested bulbs and corms from PBS.  And the love affair began.  After several years, I volunteered to take over the BX because I felt I needed to give back to PBS.  I'd enjoyed inexpensive access to rare bulbs you cannot obtain easily, not to mention access to the Wiki.  (An invaluable resource. It is by far one of the best tools referred to time and again by experts and newbies all over the world.)

My seed game still needs work; I'm getting there. But I do have a lovely collection of arum and relatives growing in my garden, along with myriad member-donated items I've received over the years from the BX. I've been posting on social media about membership having its privileges for some time and will continue to do so. Louder.  I am PBS's biggest cheerleader.

My hope for my time as President is to grow the Society, foster improved communication between the Board and members where appropriate, assure we are financially stable, make some changes to our social media presence and shepherd new ideas as they are introduced.  

I'm looking forward to the next couple of years as a steward of PBS. It's important to me. 

Thank you.
Bridget Wosczyna

P.S.  I would like to reiterate the matter that Arnold addressed in his recent email: membership.  If you renew (or join) now, you can do so at the current rate of $20 a year US ($25 overseas).  You could renew for the next few years at that current rate of $20 (or $25 overseas) as long as you do so by December 31.  Thereafter, annual membership rates will be increased to $25/$30.  

I wanted to drop a note to let everyone who ordered from the BX know if you haven't received your box yet (partial distribution was earlier this week), the balance went out today. If you are on the west coast, you can expect delivery within 5 business days, and east of the Mississippi should be a few days. 

The BX was enormous.  We had 157 items on offer with 76 members making requests.  I was able to accommodate everyone for at least something they were after. 

By far the most sought-after items were Arcangelo's gethyllis.  Happily, I think I was able to send one (or both) to nearly everyone who requested them. These are highly uncommon to find available. I hope everyone has screaming success growing them and in a few years we see some donations coming back around to the BX.  The second most popular were Kipp McMichael's gladiolus followed closely by Robert Parks' arisaema flavum, of which there were, regrettably, only two corms.  I am going to work on growing some from seed (they are dead easy) and am hoping next year I might have some to share. 

I would like to give a huge thank you to our donors. All of our donors. Whether you sent one of something in or dozens, please know that it is appreciated.  The volume of bulbs, tubers and rhizomes that come across my dining room table continues to astound me.   

On a personal note, as BX Director, I was thrilled to see interest in arisaema, as they are my first love.  I will continue to offer them and I hope everyone is successful growing.  A quick note for anyone trying them for the first time: most species REQUIRE a dry dormancy, except our native arisaema triphyllum and arisaema ringens, which can handle a bit more moisture while dormant.  If not kept in a pot, how they are sited is crucial over the winter months.  Dry is always better than a low spot with poor drainage.

I have a few grab bags available.  Director's choice.  $5 for a stuffed box, plus postage.  Shoot me an email and I'll drop them in the mail next week.

Finally, thanks so much for all the positive feedback.  It helps, I assure you, when I'm in the throes of sorting and organizing. 
Bridget

It's lovely, Rimmer.  Thanks for sharing. Would you please post again when it opens?
B

All: 
I inadvertently omitted a donation bulb from Joseph Gorman. 
Also available for your consideration is 

No. 157 Acis tingitana



Thanks!
Bridget