PBS Forum

I got some bulbs from the EU exchange under the name Babiana tanquana. The foliage looked off while it was growing, and now that it is starting to flower, it is definitely not a Babiana. Any ideas? 

I just wanted to say that the new videos PBS uploaded on YouTube are pretty spectacular. Richard Sullivan did a lot of work to film them.

A Moraea elegans started flowering. Because of the constant clouds, I had to put it under the grow lights to get it to open fully.

Dipcadi serotinum is supposed to flower in the summer, at least that is what the entry says on PBS says, but mine has finally started opening. The stalk is 60 cm long. 

Here is a nice way to start the month, Ferraria crispa.

I was thrilled that Crinum 'Stars and Stripes opened today.

This opened today, and it is a Gladiolus, but is it species or hybrid? I have several Gladiolus, and when I repotted everything last summer, I put a bunch of bulbs that weren't labeled together and this came up. 

I came to the Geophyte world through Daylilies. When you start the seeds from a single pod, they are considered to be genetically different from each other even if they look similar. So I am wondering if this also applies to seed propagated Nerines. In a bag of gift bulbs, I received many small immature bulbs that are now flowering for the first time and I am wondering how they should be treated when they look similar to each other. Example:
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They look alike, but are not offsets on my end. Should I give each its own seperate ID number?

I have been repotting bulbs that haven't been touched in awhile, and I would like to contribute the excess to the Bx (EU) coming up soon. So is there a minimum that should be included, and in packaging them should it be in one envelope or in several envelopes. I couldn't find any guidelines for contributions, either bulbs or seeds. I understand about everything being cleaned and free of dirt and husks, it is just how to package them and make Martin's job easier.

I post photos on Flickr (www.flickr.com/photos/wylieyoung/) and one of the groups I am in is for flowers with jet black backgrounds. Since a lot of the bulbs I grow are in pots, this can be easy to arrange the pot and a black backdrop. Others require a little work, but it really highlights the flower. These are some of the bulbs in bulb now.