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Hello all - 

The U.S. Seed Exchange is still accepting donations for the second round in late spring. 
Please keep us in mind if you have anything to share. 
We truly appreciate your time and effort! 
Thank you!

Please send to:
Lisa Zankowski
Seed Exchange Manager
8N655 Dittman Rd
Elgin, IL 60124

Hello all-

SX 19 is now open for orders.  This will be the first of two Spring Seed Exchanges, as more seed is on the way.  If you have seed to donate, we are looking for more contributions!
Kindly review the list below and email me privately with your request(s) with
item number(s) AND item name(s)  (this is your receipt)
to bulbsxpbs@gmail.com. I will send a simple acknowledgment of your email within 24 hours.
Seed requests will be accepted until Wednesday night (03/26/25).
Be sure to include your full name and current address.
Seed shares are $2 each
Postage $5
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=membership
Please be sure to reference the SX number above (SX 19), as this helps with accounting.
If you are paying for multiple items, please include a note to designate amounts and specific increments.
 
You are still free to send payment via check if that is your preference.
Thank you very much to our donors; we sincerely appreciate your efforts! 
Mike Rummerfield
To my knowledge, all clivia seed are of Clivia miniata, although Clivia breeding has become very complex, with genetic material from other Clivia species added to the miniata gene pool, so I can't be certain of the purity of any of the crosses I've sent.
1) (Belgian orange x Golden Dragon) X (Copper Bronze Cup x Naude's Peach) - orange pod
2) (Belgian orange x Golden Dragon) X  Lotter pale pink - orange pod
3) (Belgian orange x Golden Dragon) X  (Morris yellow x Chiba Gold) x Linda Richard's red)
 - orange pod
4) (Belgian orange x Golden Dragon) X (TK yellow daruma x (Morris yellow x Chiba Gold)
    - orange pod
5) (Belgian orange x Golden Dragon) x Vico yellow seedling) X (L. Mannion yellow x Gem's Apoline)
    - yellow pod
6) (Copper Bronze Cup x Naude's Peach) x Chiba Lily) X (Linda Richard's red x (Morris yellow x
    Chiba Gold) - orange pod
7) (Copper Bronze Cup x Naude's Peach) X (Belgian orange x Golden Dragon) x (Linda
 Richard's red x (Morris yellow x Chiba Gold)  - orange pod
8 ) Enid's Red X (Berties's Bronze F1 x Gem's Mexico) - light red/bronze pod
9) Enid's Red X Burning Sky
10) Enid's Red X (Lucky Charm x Saki Beni) - light bronze pod
11) Delight X (Morris yellow x Chiba Gold) - dark orange pod
12) Good Hope X (L. Mannion yellow x Gem's Apoline) - yellow pod
13) Good Hope X (Morris yellow x Chiba Gold) - yellow pod
14) Good Hope X TK short leaf yellow - yellow pod
15) Hammett yellow X Vico yellow seedling - yellow pod
16) (Japanese red X Miss Sunshine) X Lotter pale pink - red pod
17) (Lotter pale pink x Gloria/AB) X (Wittig pink x self) - red pod
18) (Lucky Charm x Saki Beni) X Lotter pale pink - red pod
19) (Lucky Charm x Saki Beni) X (Wittig pink x self)
20) (Monsie x Copper Cup) X (L. Mannion yellow x Gem's Apoline)
21) (Morris yellow x Chiba Gold) x Linda Richard's red) X Burning Sky - red pod
22) (Morris yellow x Chiba Gold) X (L. Mannion yellow x Gem's Apoline)
23) (Morris yellow x Chiba Gold) X TK short leaf yellow
24) (S. Chubb Vico Yellow x Vico yellow) x Nakamura scented pastel) X (Morris yellow x Chiba
      Gold) - yellow pod
25) (S. Chubb Vico Yellow x Vico yellow) x Nakamura scented pastel) X TK short leaf yellow
  - yellow pod
26) Vico yellow seedling X (Morris yellow x Chiba Gold) - yellow pod
+++
Pamela Harlow
27 Acis nicaensis
28 Arisaema tortuosum
29 Colchicum corsicum
30 Cyclamen cilicium
31 Cyclamen purpurascens
32 Delphinium trollifolium (from deep blue flowers)
33 Fritillaria camschatcensis
34 Kniphofia ensifolia
35 Lilium duchartrei
36 Lilium mackliniae
37 Lilium maritimum
38 Lilium martagon var album
39 Nomocharis aperta ex Archibald 576.007
40 Paeonia officinalis
41 Paeonia officinalis from pink, ex Archibald 747.160
42 Paeonia peregrina
43 Paris polyphylla var yunnanensis
44 Sinopodophyllum hexandrum (emodi)
45 Veratrum viride
+++
Eugene Zielinski
46 Iris missouriensis (wild-collected, Fall 2024, Yavapai Co., AZ)
+++
Mary Sue Ittner
47  Cyrtanthus cross (Cyrtanthus elatus x C. montanus hybrid)
48  Gladiolus carmineus
+++
Eva Huala
49  Sparaxis metelerkampiae
50  Triteleia laxa
51  Primula hendersonii Shooting Star
52  Calochortus luteus Yellow Mariposa
+++
Robert Parks
(OP seeds from my two clones of A. flava. Presumably crosses between the two.)
53  Arisaema flava RP2 (OP)
54  Arisaema flava  Yellow  (OP)
+++
Janet Hoffman (left from previous SX)
55  Ferraria crispa
56  Allium unifolium
+++
Lisa Meeker:
57  Cypella coelestis
+++
Christine Doud
58  Habranthus robustus
59  Habranthus tubispathus
60  Manihot - probably grahamii (aka Cassava, edible form is made into tapioca) deciduous tree with palmate leaves
61  Oxypetalum coeruleum (Tweedia - pale blue flowers)
62  Drimia maritima
63  Lilium regale 'Album'
64  Senna didymobotrya (Popcorn Cassia)
65  Clinanthus puniceus
66  Lilium formosum (Formosa Lily)
67  Ipomoea (Mina) lobata (flowers that look like Lachenalia aloides quadricolor)
68  Psoralea pinnata

--
Lisa Zankowski
Seed Exchange Manager
8N655 Dittman Rd
Elgin IL 60124

SX 18

Hello all-

Standard rules apply for this SX:

Kindly review the list below and email me with your request(s) with

item number(s) AND item name(s)  (this is your receipt)

to bulbsxpbs@gmail.com. I will send a simple acknowledgment of your email within 24 hours.
Seed requests will be accepted until Sunday night (10/27/24). Packages will start to be be assembled on Monday.

Be sure to include your full name and current address.

Seed shares are $2 each
Postage $5

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=membership

Please be sure to reference the SX number above (SX 18), as this helps with accounting.

If you are paying for multiple items, please include a note to designate amounts and specific increments.

You are still free to send payment via check if that is your preference.

Thank you very much to our donors; we sincerely appreciate your efforts! 
1  Allium unifolium
2  Ferraria crispa
3  Freesia laxa ssp. laxa (coral red flowers)
4  Freesia viridis
5  Sisyrinchium bellum

Linda Press Wulf
6  Wachendorfia thrysifolia

Bob Lauf
7  Albuca spiralis
8  Drimia uniflora (2023 and 2024 harvests)
9  Habranthus tubispathus
10 Ornithogalum saundersiae

Emil Friend
11 Amaryllis belladonna, standard pink west coast

Judy McBride
12 Aristea ecklonii (Blue Stars)
13 Habranthus tubispathus (ex BX 491)
14 Iris douglasiana (Douglas Iris)
15 Moraea collina (Single Leaf Cape Tulip)

Jim Barton
(The seeds are estate-grown California natives. On the West Coast, they must be sown by November 1 to develop a bulblet that can survive warm weather. When temperatures rise, the plants go dormant. If the bulblet is too small by the time hot weather arrives, it will not survive.)

16 Brodiaea californica
17 Brodiaea elegans
18 Brodiaea filifolia
19 Brodiaea kinkiensis
20 Brodiaea leptandra

21 Chlorogalum pomeridianum

22 Dichelostemma congestum
23 Dichelostemma ida-mia
24 Dichelostemma multiflorum
25 Dichelostemma volubile

26 Dipterostemon capitatus


27 Triteleia hyacinthina
28 Triteleia ixioides
29 Triteleia laxa
30 Triteleia peduncularis

31 Calochortus albus (white)
32 Calochortus amoenus
33 Calochortus argillosus
34 Calochortus fimbranthus brown splendens tan
35 Calochortus obispoensis
36 Calochortus plummerae
37 Calochortus pulchellus
38 Calochortus simulans
39 Calochortus splendens
40 Calochortus superbus
41 Calochortus umbellatus
42 Calochortus uniflorus
43 Calochortus venustus
44 Calochortus vestae
45 Calochortus weedii

Thanks Ron, I will email in private.

SX 16 NOW OPEN UNTIL SATURDAY, JULY 20, 10 PM CST

All: Please read this post/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. You cannot reply to this email or your order may be lost. Please take that into consideration and be sure to send a separate email.

Standard rules apply for this SX:

Kindly review the list below and email me with your request(s) at bulbsxpbs@gmail.com. I will send a simple acknowledgment of your email within 24 hours. Should you not receive a response from me within a day or so, please resend.

Be sure to include your full name and current address.

Seed shares are $2 each.

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=membership

Please be sure to reference the SX number above (SX 16), as this helps with accounting. You are still free to send payment via check if that is your preference.

Thank you very much to our current donors for your contributions! If there are any spelling errors, please let me know.

Number	Contributor	Item	Info
1	Rimmer de Vries	(Sinningia 'wildfire' X S. globulosa) x self) OP, h. 6/22
2	Dave & Tammy Linss	Albuca acuminata
3	Rimmer de Vries	Albuca circinata ex BX 174, h. 3/24
4	Charles Hunter	Amorphophallus kiusianus	Seeds cannot dry out or they will not germinate
5	Rimmer de Vries	Androcymbium dregei ex BX 155 #22 Mazer, h 4/24
6	Judy McBride	Anomatheca laxa
7	Charles Hunter	Arisaema taiwanense
8	Mary Sue Ittner	Baeometra uniflora
9	Christine Doud	Bearded Iris, Christo Redentor x Punctuation
10	Christine Doud	Bearded Iris, Double Click x Berry Blend
11	Christine Doud	Bearded Iris, eleganza x Big Break (plicata)
12	Christine Doud	Bearded Iris, Hello Romance x Big Break (broken)
13	Christine Doud	Bearded Iris, Obsidian (plicata) x Noid (plicata)
14	Christine Doud	Bearded Iris, Professor x Sorbonne (plicata)
15	Christine Doud	Bearded Iris, unknown parentage
16	Christine Doud	Bearded Iris, unnamed x Iron Eagle
17	Mary Sue Ittner	Bellevalia dubia
18	Mary Sue Ittner	Bellevalia romana
19	Christine Doud	Camassia cusickii (white, non variegated leaves)
20	Christine Doud	Camassia Sacajawea (white, variegated leaves)
21	Ron Martinolich	Chasmanthe floribunda
22	Arnold Trachtenberg	Colchicum of mixed types and open pollinated
23	Rimmer de Vries	Crinum bulbispermum ex JES selected forms, hardy  in Indianapolis, IN
24	Rimmer de Vries	Cyanella orchidiformis - early tall form ex BX 368, h April 2024 (pods)
25	Rimmer de Vries	Cyrtanthus mackenii - butter yellow, ex Telos, h. Feb 24 (2 packets)
26	Rimmer de Vries	Cyrtanthus sanguineus ex BX 339 Monica Swartz, h. 11/23
27	Judy McBride	Dichelostemma ida-maia	Firecracker flower
28	Rimmer de Vries	Eucrosia aurantica ex BX 405 h Spring 2024
29	Dave & Tammy Linss	Ferraria crispa chocolate
30	Dave & Tammy Linss	Ferraria crispa ssp. nortieri
31	Mary Sue Ittner	Fessia greilhuberi
32	Dave & Tammy Linss	Freesia laxa red
33	Mary Sue Ittner	Freesia laxa ssp. azurea
34	Mary Sue Ittner	Freesia leichtlinii ssp. alba
35	Mary Sue Ittner	Geissorhiza inflexa
36	Dave & Tammy Linss	Gladiolus tristis
37	Ron Martinolich	Gossypium species	Cotton seed
38	Rimmer de Vries	Habranthus robusta ex BX, h 6/2024
39	Dave & Tammy Linss	Habranthus robustus 'Russell Manning'
40	Dave & Tammy Linss	Habranthus tubispathus Gold
41	Mike Lowitz	Hesperocallis undulata
42	James Henrich	Hesperoxiphion peruvianum ex Annie's Annuals
43	Rimmer de Vries	Hippeastrelia X Sprecklia howardii- h 6/2024 if  seedlings have 1/2" wide leaves then it was a self, if they have  1/4" wide leaves then it is a cross
44	Rimmer de Vries	Hippeastrum striatum Saltao BX (SX) 436 from Brazil Plants, h. 4/23
45	Mary Sue Ittner	Hyacinthoides mauritanica
46	Rimmer de Vries	Hymenocallis aff. guerrorensis, ex Guerro, MX N  of Chilpancingo, Thad Howard Coll 1984
47	Rimmer de Vries	Hymenocallis aff. phalandis, ex Tepic, MX 7000'  h 6/2024
48	Judy McBride	Iris foetidissima
49	Rimmer de Vries	Lachenalia ensifolia maughanii, Nieuwoudtville, h. 3/24
50	Rimmer de Vries	Lachenalia mediana ex NBH406, ex Nhu N, h 6/  2024
51	Arnold Trachtenberg	Lachenalia nervosa
52	Bob Lauf	Lachenalia pusilla
53	Arnold Trachtenberg	Lachenalia pygmaea (OP)
54	Bob Lauf	Lachenalia trichophylla (long hair form)
55	Arnold Trachtenberg	Lachenlia ensifolia (OP)
56	Rimmer de Vries	Ledebouria concolor, h 6/ 2024
57	Rimmer de Vries	Leopoldia sp 15" tall late muscari type,  lost ID, h 6. 2024
58	Mike Lowitz	Massonia pustulata
59	Judy McBride	Moraea collina
60	Linda Press Wulf	Moraea huttonii
61	Dave & Tammy Linss	Moraea polyanthos
62	Leo Martin	Moraea speciosa
63	Mary Sue Ittner	Muscari macrocarpum
64	Rimmer de Vries	Narcissus serontinus ex Rhonda Spain, h. 11/23
65	Mary Sue Ittner	Nothoscordum montevidense
66	Mike Lowitz	Papavar orientale (orange)	Orange poppy
67	Rimmer de Vries	Pelargonium incrassatum- magenta, h 3/23
68	Rimmer de Vries	Pelargonium incrassatum- pink, h 3/22
69	Rimmer de Vries	Pelargonium quinquelobatum, h. late Su 23
70	Rimmer de Vries	Polyxena pygmaea alba ex. Koppie Alleen, De Hoop ex Paul Cumbleton, h. 3/24
71	Rimmer de Vries	Scilla latifolia Canary Islands. Garden origin seed collected by Uli Urban donated in SX3, h. Feb-Mar 2024
72	Arnold Trachtenberg	Scilla madeirensis
73	Rimmer de Vries	Sinninga micans ex Hannon, h 4.24 (and inside packet h. 4/23)
74	Rimmer de Vries	Sinningia aghensis
75	Rimmer de Vries	Sinningia eumorphia, h. 2/21
76	Rimmer de Vries	Sinningia insularis, h. 5/22
77	Rimmer de Vries	Sinningia irae, h. 6/22
78	Rimmer de Vries	Sinningia leucotricha, h. 5/22
79	Rimmer de Vries	Sinningia nivalis, h. 5/22
80	Rimmer de Vries	Sinningia piresiana x S. nivalis, h. 2021
81	Rimmer de Vries	Sinningia 'Scarlet O' Hara', op h. 7/21
82	Linda Press Wulf	Sparaxis mixed
83	Dave & Tammy Linss	Sparaxis villosa
84	Dave & Tammy Linss	Sparaxis, pink and white
85	Charles Hunter	Trillium cuneatum	Seeds cannot dry out or they will not germinate
86	Dave & Tammy Linss	Tritonia deusta
87	Mary Sue Ittner	Tulipa clusiana (from yellow flowered forms)
88	Arnold Trachtenberg	Veltheimia bracteata
89	Rimmer de Vries	Zephyranthes dichromata, pale yellow with rosy  reverse, some mixed with primulina ex BX Ina Crossley seed, h 6/2024
90	Rimmer de Vries	Zephyranthes drumondii, early white ,ex JES  seed, h 6/2024
91	Rimmer de Vries	Zephyranthes 'Pink Beauty' ex BX Ina Crossley  Seed, h 6/2024
92	Rimmer de Vries	Zephyranthes primulina ex BX Ina Crossley seed,  h 6/2024
93	Rimmer de Vries	Zephyranthes shandsii ex BX 462 JES seed h  6/2024
94	Rimmer de Vries	Zephyranthes Sunset Strain, ex BX Ina Crosley  seed, h 6/2024

Hello All,
The PBS Seed Exchange is currently seeking donations. 😊

Please send your cleaned and labeled seeds to:
Lisa Zankowski
8N655 Dittman Rd.
Elgin, IL 60124

There's no specific packaging required.
I'll portion the seeds for PBS members based on demand.

Your postage costs will be reimbursed as credit towards future seed purchases.

Please refrain from sending wild-collected seeds.

Should you have any inquiries, feel free to send a private message.

Thank you for your support and contributions!

Best regards, Lisa

Eventually I plan to create a proper post, but I wanted to post this picture on the PBS email list.

Hi all-

We have an offering of Haemanthus seed from Mary Sue Ittner, details listed below.

Please send me (not the PBS general list!) an email with your selections and your address at my email address of scsnursery1@gmail.com.

This offer is open until Friday.
Winners will be selected by lottery on Saturday morning.
I will acknowledge receipt of your email within 24 hours.
I will send winners a note on Saturday morning with payment info.
Shipping will be $4.50 as these delicate seeds will need to be sent in a small box, with tracking information.


Haemanthus carneus - just a few seeds, $2.00
 Haemanthus humilis - from pink flowers, fewer $2.50
 Haemanthus humilis - from white flowers, more seeds $1.50
 
 The last one is from the Stutterheim form shown on the wiki:
 https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Haemanthus_humilis

Best regards,
Lisa

Donations: If you have excess recalcitrant seeds, any short lived/Amaryllid seed, please me at scsnursery1@gmail.com.

It would be ideal to have a few selections in time with the Haemanthus seed that will be available soon.

Best regards,
Lisa

On the PBS email discussion list, there was a question if an import permit is needed for bulbs.

If under 12 items, permit not needed according to this:

https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/planthealth/import-information/permits/plants-and-plant-products-permits/plants-for-planting/CT_Plants4planting_faqs