EX10b EU Bulb and Seed exchange Closed & sorting

[Uli]

Dear members living in the EU,
This is a last reminder for donations before we will close the second round of the EU exchange. We have so far received only a few items. We are planning the ordering time window over the Easter Weekend. Please send in your donations to Martin now if you have surplus seed or bulbs. Here is the address
Martin Bohnet
Ludwigstr. 1
73035 Göppingen
It would be a good idea to send an email to Martin <garak@code-garak.de> to let him know a donation is under way.
Please do not hesitate to get back to me (Uli) if you have questins
Thank you very much!
Uli and Martin

[Martin Bohnet]

Dear Members living in the EU

The second round of this year's spring exchange is now open for orders. The time window for ordering will close on Monday, April 21st at 24:00 Central European Time.
Every fully paid member of the PBS with a postal address in the EU can order from the seeds and bulbs on offer. You do not need to be a donor to be entitled to order. There is no limit of how many positions from the list you can request, but you are only allocated one portion of each item. Please refrain from ordering "one of each" of the offerings. If you are not yet a member you can still join if you are tempted....

Please send your request by e-mail directly to Martin Bohnet, who is the director of the EU Bulb and Seed Exchange. Please do NOT send your request to the forum or the email list, these requests cannot be served. Please make sure you do not use the reply button when sending your request.

Martin's e-mail: garak@code-garak.de
PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR MAILING ADDRESS WITH YOUR ORDER; IT SAVES MARTIN A LOT OF CORRESPONDENCE IF YOU DO.......
Orders will be accepted during the time window after the list went online, closure will be announced in the forum. Distribution will then be at random so that everybody has the same chance to get the rare items in short supply.


Each portion of seed will be charged 2 US $, each portion of bulbs will be 3 US $. For very big/heavy/rare bulbs this may be doubled. Postage will be added at cost, converted into US $. Please let Martin know if you wish your order to be sent by trackable mail. This might make sense especially to Southern European Countries. We have experienced considerable delays in the past.

Payment for items from the EU-BX can only be made by PayPal in US Dollars to the PayPal account of the Pacific Bulb Society. Martin has created a very comfortable way of paying for your orders by using a QR-code on the payment slip. Just scan the code and the rest is super easy.
If you prefer to do it manually:

Please make sure that the PBS receives the amount due in US Dollars. Please go to the bottom of the Bulb Exchange page and fill in the details and continue. It guides you directly on to your PayPal account. No cheques or credit cards can be accepted. Enclosed in the order, every recipient will receive a payment slip showing the details, please wait with any payment until you have received your order. Again, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Uli Urban:johannes-ulrich-urban@t-online.de



Here are our new offers:

from Martin Bohnet: Bulbs

EX10_360 Amorphophallus myosuroides

Height:	10-30 cm (0.3-1 ft)
Flower Colors:	white
Special:	attractive foliage
Life form:	tuber

EX10_361 Arisaema candidissima
EX10_362 Arisaema consanguineum

EX10_363 Bomarea edulis

EX10_364 Helianthus tuberosus

Height:	150-300 cm (4.9-9.8 ft)
Flower Colors:	yellow
Flower Season:	mid autumn to late autumn
Special:	edible storage organ
Life form:	deciduous tuber

EX10_365 Nerine masoniorum

(evergreen-ish)

and seeds:

EX10_366 Clivia caulescens

from Roland Ludwig: Bulbs

EX10_367 Amorphophallus fuscus,  ex Jungle Leaves
EX10_368 Amorphophallus henryi

Life form:

tuber

,  ex De Hessenhof
EX10_369 Gladiolus dalenii ,Boone'
EX10_370 Gladiolus saundersii

Flower Colors:	red
Climate:	summer rain climate

, bulbils,ex Aleksandr Naumenko
EX10_371 Habranthus robustus ,Russell Manning'
EX10_372 Habranthus robustus

var. biflorus,seed ex PBS EX01_097 (Uli Urban)
EX10_373 Ismene longipetala

, ex Samen Dietzel
EX10_374 Ismene x deflexa (= Hymenocallis x festalis)
EX10_375 Oxalis inops (=. O. Depressa) ex Stauden Poltermann
EX10_376 Seemannia ,Evita'

and seed:

EX10_377 Arisaema stewardsonii
EX10_378 Iris trojana ex Aleksandr Naumenko

from Angelika Neitzert: Bulbs

EX10_379 Cyrtanthus spec. Bulbils
EX10_380 Hippeastrum papilio

ex Urban
EX10_381 Ornithogalum sardieni

and seed:

EX10_382 Hippeastrum Fluwel 98312-B x Exotic Star
EX10_383 Massonia depressa

from Åke Nordström: Bulbs

EX10_384 Alstroemeria psittacina

EX10_385 Amorphophallus konjac

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

EX10_386 Haemanthus albiflos

EX10_387 Neomarica northiana

and seed

EX10_388 Clivia miniata

from Uli Urban: Bulbs

EX10_389 Achimenes dulcis

Flower Colors:	white, yellow
Special:	fragrant
Life form:	rhizome
Climate:	summer rain climate

EX10_390 Achimenes grandiflora

Flower Colors:	purple
Life form:	rhizome
Climate:	summer rain climate

EX10_391 Achimenes heterophylla
EX10_392 Achimenes 'Pulcherrima'
EX10_393 Achimenes 'Tetra Verschafffelt'
EX10_394 Amorphophallus atroviridis
EX10_395 Cyrtanthus montanus

, Bulbili
EX10_396 Eucodonia 'Maike'
EX10_397 Eucodonia spec.
EX10_398 Gladiolus dalenii 'Boone'
EX10_399 X Gloximannia 'She's Dancing'
EX10_400 Kohleria 'Strawberry Fields'
EX10_401 Oxalis triangularis

Red Leaf
EX10_402 Seemannia gymnostoma
EX10_403 Seemannia nematanthodes
EX10_404 Seemannia purpurascens
EX10_405 Smithiantha 'Sunset'
EX10_406 Smithiantha cinnabarina

EX10_407 X Smithicodonia 'Heartland's Joy'
EX10_408 X Smithicodonia 'Ohio's Punkin'
EX10_409 X Smithicodonia 'RF's Grandiosa'
EX10_410 Solanum jamesii

and seed:

EX10_411 Haemanthus albiflos

tall form

from Aad van Beek (bulbs):

EX10_412 Amarcrinum 'Chapeau'

from Cathy Osselton (seeds) late addendum due to postal delay

EX10_413 Gladiolus elliotti
EX10_414 Gladiolus splendens

Flower Colors:	red
Climate:	winter rain climate

The following items are left over from the first part of this spring exchange and are still at full price (!)

Bulbs:

EX10_002 Dioscorea polystachia bulbils

and seed:

EX10_006 Beschorneria septentrionalis
EX10_008 Cardiocrinum giganteum

EX10_009 Gladiolus murielae

Flower Colors:	white
Special:	fragrant
Climate:	summer rain climate

EX10_010 Albuca setosa

Flower Colors:	white, green, brown, yellow
Life form:	bulb

EX10_011 Allium gooddingii

EX10_013 Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora 'Lucifer'
EX10_015 Dietes iridioides

EX10_018 Eucomis zambesiaca

EX10_019 Freesia laxa

EX10_021 Galtonia saundersiae
EX10_022 Galtonia viridiflora

EX10_025 Iris domestica Syn. Belamcanda sinensis
EX10_030 Zephyranthes primulina

EX10_031 Allium acuminatum

Flower Colors:	pink, purple
Flower Season:	late spring to early summer

EX10_032 Allium akaka
EX10_033 Allium amphibolum

Height:	20-30 cm (0.7-1 ft)
Flower Colors:	pink, purple

EX10_034 Allium caspium
EX10_035 Allium dzhungaricum
EX10_036 Allium maniaticum
EX10_037 Allium nevskianum

Flower Colors:

purple

EX10_038 Allium protensum
EX10_040 Babiana stricta

EX10_041 Babiana vanzijliae

EX10_042 Belamcanda chinensis (= Iris domestica)
EX10_043 Bellevalia dubia

EX10_044 Bellevalia dubia

subsp. boissieri
EX10_045 Bellevalia flexuosa

EX10_046 Bellevalia tauri
EX10_047 Cyclamen graecum

EX10_048 Cyclamen graecum

f. album
EX10_049 Dierama pauciflorum

EX10_050 Dietes grandiflora

EX10_051 Dietes iridioides

EX10_052 Fritillaria bithynica

EX10_053 Hyacinthoides reverchonii

EX10_054 Iris stolonifera

forms and hybrids with I. hoogiana (Iris Regelia Hybrids)
EX10_055 Muscari kerkis
EX10_057 Muscari massayanum

pinkish
EX10_058 Nectaroscilla hyacinthoides

EX10_059 Paeonia broteroi

EX10_060 Paeonia cambessedesii

EX10_061 Paeonia caucasica
EX10_062 Paeonia clusii

EX10_065 Paeonia rhodia hybrid pink flowers
EX10_067 Romulea clusiana

EX10_068 Romulea ramiflora

ex Spain, Mallorca
EX10_069 Romulea ramiflora

ex Golan heights
EX10_071 Romulea  rollii
EX10_072 Tulipa clusiana

var. cashmeriana
EX10_073 Tulipa wilsoniana var. flava
EX10_076 Araujia sericifera
EX10_077 Asclepias curassavica
EX10_078 Clitoria ternatea alba
EX10_079 Gloriosa modesta

EX10_080 Oxypetalum coeruleum
EX10_081 Philibertia gracilis
EX10_082 Cyclamen cyprium

EX10_083 Cyclamen cyprium

ES-strain
EX10_084 Cyclamen graecum

EX10_086 Ornithogalum anguinum
EX10_088 Albuca pulchra

EX10_089 Albuca abyssinca, syn angolensis
EX10_090 Aristolochia gigantea
EX10_092 Canna paniculata
EX10_093 Gladiolus dalenii

Flower Colors:	red, yellow, green, patterned
Climate:	summer rain climate

EX10_094 Lilium formosanum

tall form
EX10_095 Lilium leucanthemum centifolium
EX10_096 Lilium pumilum

EX10_099 Neomarica northiana

Leftovers from Fall Exchange EX09, 1$ each:

EX09_008 Freesia laxa

EX09_012 Ipomoea pubescens

Height:	150-250 cm (4.9-8.2 ft)
Flower Colors:	purple
Special:	climber
Life form:	tuber

EX09_013 Moraea ochroleuca

aurantica
EX09_015 Moraea vegeta

EX09_022 Allium crenulatum

EX09_023 Allium unifolium

EX09_025 Drimia uniflora

EX09_040 Gladiolus dalenii ,Boone'
EX09_045 Chasmanthe floribunda

EX09_073 Acis nicaeensis

Height:	10-20 cm (3.9-7.9 inch)
Flower Colors:	white
Flower Season:	mid spring

 
EX09_074 Allium shelkovnikovii 
EX09_083 Leopoldia caucasica JJA 688.600
EX09_086 Pseudomuscari chalusicum

JJA 690.700
EX09_089 Albuca rupestris
EX09_090 Albuca shawii

Flower Colors:

yellow

EX09_091 Drimia platyphylla

EX09_135 Gladiolus imbricatus

Flower Colors:

purple

EX09_504 Codonopsis pilosula

EX09_506 Ipomopsis rubra (not a geophyte)
EX09_507 Liatris spicata

Height:	60-100 cm (2-3.3 ft)
Flower Colors:	purple
Flower Season:	mid summer
Life form:	corm

floristean white OP
EX09_509 Platycodon grandiflorus

(white and blue parents)
EX09_557 Artemisia assoana
EX09_558 Asphodelus ayardii
EX09_561 Gadoria falukei
EX09_563 Moraea sisyrinchium

ex Engomi, Cyprus
EX09_564 Muscari massayanum

ex Aladaglar Seisums 012-039
EX09_565 Plantago subulata
EX09_566 Romulea spec. Azrou, Morocco
EX09_577 Iris crocea OP
EX09_578 Iris spuria 'Imperial Bronze' OP
EX09_579 Zephyranthes tubispatha syn Habranthus tubispathus
EX09_583 Zephyranthes minima

EX09_589 Gladiolus alatus

Flower Colors:	orange, white, yellow
Life form:	corm
Climate:	winter rain climate

EX09_590 Gladiolus aureus

Flower Colors:	yellow
Climate:	winter rain climate

EX09_591 Gladiolus carneus

Flower Colors:	pink
Flower Season:	late spring
Life form:	corm
Climate:	winter rain climate

EX09_592 Gladiolus priorii

Flower Colors:	red
Life form:	corm
Climate:	winter rain climate

EX09_593 Gladiolus virescens

Flower Colors:	yellow, pink
Flower Season:	early spring

var virescens
EX09_595 Iris orientalis

white heirloom
EX09_596 Iris spuria

brown cultivar
EX09_597 Scilla hyacinthoides

tall form
EX09_612 Galtonia sp. aff. viridiflora
EX09_613 Talinum paniculatum
EX09_615 Tulipa bifloriformis

ex Augis Bulbs
EX09_616 Tulipa binutans ex Augis Bulbs

and finally: Leftovers from last spring exchange EX08, last time offering, 1$ each

EX08_012 Eucomis zambesiaca

EX08_016 Albuca setosa

Flower Colors:	white, green, brown, yellow
Life form:	bulb

EX08_017 Allium cernuum

Flower Colors:	pink, white
Flower Season:	early summer to mid summer

EX08_019 Allium nutans

EX08_020 Barnardia japonica

EX08_021 Galtonia viridiflora

EX08_023 Hesperantha baurii

EX08_025 Iris domestica
EX08_027 Sisyrinchium angustifolium
EX08_034 Crocosmia mix of ,Anna Marie' and ,Yellow Emberglow
EX08_040 Albuca pulchra

EX08_041 Albuca spec Grahamstown
EX08_048 Datura wrightii
EX08_049 Ennealophus fimbriatus

EX08_051 Iris laevigata

dark purple
EX08_052 Lilium longiflorum

Hyb. ,,white triumphator"
EX08_053 Lilium philippinense

EX08_054 Lilium pumilum

EX08_058 Habranthus robustus

EX08_060 Silene undulata (syn. capensis)
EX08_061 Zephyranthes primulina

EX08_303 Freesia laxa

EX08_304 Gladiolus x hortulanus cultivar mix incl. ,,Espresso"

Happy Easter and happy growing!

Uli and Martin

[Uli]

Hello,
Here are some informations concerning the items I donated to the current EU BX:
Haemanthus albiflos seed should be sown as soon as possible, sow superficially and bury only half of the fleshy seeds. Keep evenly moist but not stagnant wet. There are different forms of the species: this seed comes from a fairly large and long leaved form with upright foliage. Originally from the collection of the late John Lavranos.

Gesneriads: plant the rhizomes as soon as possible. They start best with gentle bottom heat. They can be started in relatively small pots which would fit into a propagator. Do not overwater before they sprout but they must not dry out after starting. Gesneriads do not at all mind being transplanted during growth so you can pot them up into bigger pots once they have sprouted..  All offered are summer growing with dry winter dormancy. Some will go dormant fairly late in the season. Best stored dry in their pots in the substrate not cooler than at least 10°C, better 15°C.

Amorphophallus atroviridis: Each tuber produces only one leaf, but none if it flowers. Attractive foliage, best started with some gentle bottom heat. Propagates easily by offsets. The supplied tubers should produce a leaf and not a flower. Summer growing and dry winter dormancy

Cyrtanthus montanus bulbils: The mother plant has never flowered with me but produced many bulbils, I am not very successful with Cyrtanthus. Bulbils may take their time before they sprout a leaf. Evergreen.

Gladiolus dalenii 'Boone' According to various sources in the internet this is the frost hardiest form of this variable species. Named after a locality in the US state of North Carolina where it was found. I have not tested its hardiness. Personally I find the pale colours of the flowers less attractive than more intensely coloured forms, therefore I donated the entire lot. Summer growing, winter dormant.

Oxalis triangularis Red Leaf: Very easy plant, summer growing, winter dormant but can be almost evergreen as a houseplant. Best colouring of the leaves is achieved outdoors in full sun. hardy in mild winter climates but so far not invasive. Small white flowers add charm.

Solanum jamesii: Wild potato, vigorous grower, white typical potato flowers. Attractive in a large pot or hanging basket, shoots will trail. Produces lots of tubers and may well become invasive in the right conditions, so best kept confined in a pot. Solanum can be extremely toxic, so I would not eat the tubers....

Happy growing!
Uli

[Martin Bohnet]

Update: Added 2 Gladiolus species from Cathy Osselton - find them in Red in the list above.

[Martin Bohnet]

Dear Members in the EU,

it is no longer possible to order from the EX10b spring exchange. I'll start sorting and packing as soon as possible.

[Martin Bohnet]

Minor update: Everything went to the Packstation yesterday, about half of the packages should already be in transport, the rest still waits there for colleting.