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#151
Current Photographs / Re: February photos
February 28, 2023, 11:40:17 PM
Hello Mike,

Thank you for sharing the desert pictures with us. Anza Borrego is my favorite desert, I particularly love the spot where the stream flows through a grove of Washingtonia palms. A little further up I have seen the wild sheep...

Uli 
#152
General Discussion / Re: Asphodelus acaulis pollen?
February 27, 2023, 01:05:05 AM
No, not with gibberelic acid. But in some genera (Hippeastrum and Albuca) I had success with microwaved pollen. The instructions are here: https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Microwave
It did so far not work with Aloe pollen.
Uli 
#153
Current Photographs / Re: February photos
February 27, 2023, 12:47:40 AM
Yes, thank you Lee, you are right. I confused the Multiflora hyacinths up with the Roman ones. I will try to get some. Is there anyone out there in the EU who would be willing to swap some with me?

I managed to get two Tecophilea bulbs from the last EU BX and one has flowered. I have had them before with no success and this time I will follow the regime you suggest.

Uli 
#154
Current Photographs / Re: February photos
February 26, 2023, 12:40:53 AM
Hello Lee,

Thank you very much for your stunning pictures and the info on cultivation.
Ordinary hyacinth does not do well with me in a similar climate. Are roman hyacinths genetically different? I have always thought they are ordinary hyacinths with the central bud destroyed in order to make them produce offsets. I have never grown them.

Uli 
#155
General Discussion / Re: Asphodelus acaulis pollen?
February 22, 2023, 04:03:38 PM
Bert Zaalberg from Massonia.com grows it and has the same problem. 
#156
Yes, thank you, Michael, I forgot that. I am logged in ,,forever" because otherwise I was automatically logged out at the wrong moment.

There are more tools that can be used, of course, but that is another contribution.
#157
Current Photographs / How to attach pictures to a post
February 21, 2023, 02:10:34 AM
Following the question of a member, this is a step by step instruction how to add pictures to a post to the forum. The test picture is non bulbous deliberately.

To start a new thread and post new pictures go to the forum and choose ,,current photographs"

Go to "new topic" which is marked grey on top.

Put a suitable subject name into the blank subject box and write your text into the blank text field below. Do not yet post.

Then go down to the button ,,attachments and other options and open it. I activated the button ,,notify me of replies" this way you get an email if someone replies to your post. This setting will be saved and can be changed.

Lower down click on ,,add files" In the box drag and drop your files here. I personally do not use the drag and drop function but click on ,,add files".

By clicking on ,,add files" the software offers several options. You can take a photo straight away or go to your own storage files and choose a picture. (I am doing this with Apple on my iPad)

Once the picture has been chosen it will appear as a thumbnail in the attachment box. Next to it you must click on ,,upload" and then the attachment box will turn green. If you do not click on ,,upload" it will not work. Below a green bar will appear which indicates how much of the allocated data for one post you have used for your attachment.

You can, but you do not have to click on ,,insert". If you do, the picture will be inserted into your post as a larger picture, if you don't it will appear as a thumbnail but by clicking on it it will be enlarged. Next to the ,,insert" box is a ,,delete" box. With this the picture can be deleted before posting.

This procedure can be repeated until the green bar gets close to the end. If you attempt to attach too much, a warning will appear.

I recommend to use the ,,preview" function before posting. This enables you to correct something if necessary. The active window for corrections is below the window showing the new text.

By clicking on post your new post including the pictures will be in the forum.
#158
Hello Jim,

If your Boophone is dormant now it is summer growing, right? So it would start into growth soon. I think this would be a good moment to move it. You are right that these bulbs do not like being transplanted but the outcome very much depends on how you do it. 
If you dig them up and replant immediately without letting the roots dry there will be already less damage. A large bulb will have a very deep root system and the basal plate of the bulb may sit much deeper in the ground than you think. So it is extremely important to dig around the bulb at a distance and deep enough to avoid mechanical damage to the bulb itself. If you use a fork instead of a spade you do much less damage to the roots. Try to severe the roots as little as possible. Never pull on the bulb to get it out of the ground, it might separate from the basal plate.
Replanting needs a big hole so that the roots can be spread out without bending them. This is best done with two persons, one holding the bulb at the original level and the other gently filling the hole with soil avoiding cavities between the roots. Water well once after planting and then leave it alone.
Good luck!
Uli 
#159
Hello Erle,

You are lucky to live in North Wales to do the hemisphere swap with Gladiolus. If you pot them up straight away and water sparingly as Arnold recommends, they should start to grow straight away. I assume you refer to winter growing species?
As North Wales will not have a very hot summer, at least not very early in the season, your gladiolus will have a fairly long growing season before they will be stopped by the onset of warm weather. The rest is all about watching the plants, they will show you what they want. They may remain almost evergreen and then change into the northern hemisphere rhythm. It would be more tricky if they would not sprout. In that case they would need extremely careful watering and a close eye. Once they would decide to start growing they need more water. I would keep the pots out of direct sun in a cool place.
Hope that helps,

Uli 
#160
That is a lot of work! Thank you very much!
#161
Dear All,
Spring is knocking at our doors, so the next EU Seed And Bulb Exchange (BX) is in the pipeline. Please think of your fellow members when you start repotting and sowing, surplus material is most welcome. As usual we will do two spring exchanges, the first one for mainly seed will be scheduled around mid March, the second one for mainly bulbs will be later. This has worked well in the past. We are never sure how the weather will be like in March,  that is why we do a second round for the more frost sensitive summer growing bulbs. Seed is much less prone to damage than bulbs.
This is only a notice, please do not send anything as yet; we will announce the opening of the donation time window in due course through all the channels. If you need seed envelopes for your future donation, the PBS offers them free of charge, please get in touch with Martin Bohnet  <garak@code-garak.de> who will send them to you.

All the information on the EU Seed and Bulb Exchange can be found here:
 https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php?page=EXbasics

Please remember that the EU Seed and bulb exchange is only open to fully paid members with a delivery address in the EU. You do not need to be a donor to be entitled to participate. This is a notice for the EU only, the US exchanges follow different schedules.

And please do not hesitate to contact Uli Urban (johannes-ulrich-urban@t-online.de) in case of questions.


Bye for now
Uli and Martin


#162
That is a very interesting point! I very much enjoyed the pictures, many years ago I was at the same place. The hills seemed to glow from inside from a distance and being in the middle of the orange ocean was incredible. I bought seed at the shop, the plants performed beautifully once here in Portugal but then disappeared. They are definitely perennial in the right conditions which I do not seem to have for them. In some countries Eschscholtzia californica is classified as an invasive weed.
#163
Current Photographs / Re: February photos
February 12, 2023, 04:26:50 PM
Hello Martin,

It was cold! Frost! In the very Southwestern end of Europe.....
It is the first time since 2017 that this has happened, I did not like to see this but finally there was only very marginal damage to the most fragile plants. It was early morning frost for several days in a row but daytime temperatures always went up to about 15 degrees.
We now have overcast weather with more or less the same temperatures day and night between 12 and 15 degrees.
#164
Current Photographs / Re: February photos
February 10, 2023, 02:10:01 PM
Dear All,

Here are some impressions from my garden.

We had a long cold spell and now rainy and windy weather, so some flowers look a little unhappy.

Cyclamen persicum, pure white form 

Gladiolus carinatus. I had to hold the flowers for the photo because the shoots were pushed sideways by the bad weather 

Lachenalia bulbifera 

Bulbinella eburnifolia, from Silverhill Seeds 

Tropaeolum hookerianum 

Native Narcissus bulbocodium in a friend's garden 











#165
Dear All,
Does anybody know of a source, or does anybody still grow two old compact selections of Zantedeschia aethiopica? One is called "Little Gem" and the other one is called "Perle von Stuttgart" which was raised in 1898 with Little Gem as one parent. I would be more than happy to refund postage, pay for a tuber or exchange with material from my collection. Please contact me privately if you can help.
Thank you very much in advance,
Uli