Dear All,
The items listed below have been donated by PBS list members for
sharing. If you are interested in obtaining some of them, please email me
PRIVATELY at <dells@voicenet.com>. Include "BX 50" in the subject line.
Specify the NUMBERS of the items which you would like; do not specify
quantities. Availability is based on a first come, first served system.
When you receive your seeds/bulbs you will find included with them a
statement of how much money (cash or check) you should send the PBS
treasurer to defray our costs for packing and first-class postage. It is a
good idea to include your snail mail address too, in case I don't already
have it.
Some of you are members of the PBS discussion forum but not members of
the Pacific Bulb Society. THIS BX OFFERING IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO MEMBERS OF
THE PBS. Consider joining the PBS so that you can take advantage of future
offers such as this. Go to our website: http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/ . Or
contact me at dells@voicenet.com
If you would like to donate seeds or bulbs/corms to the PBS, please send
CLEAN, clearly labeled material to: Dell Sherk, PO Box 224, Holicong, PA,
18928, USA. Donors will receive credit on the BX for the cost of postage for
their donations.
PLEASE NOTE: I WILL REPLY TO YOU WITHIN 24 HRS OF MY RECEIPT OF YOUR ORDER.
IF YOU DO NOT HEAR FROM ME, TRY AGAIN !!
SEED:
(W = winter-growing; S = summer growing; WE = winter-growing, evergreen)
From Alberto Castillo:
1. Eleutherine bulbosa var citriodora
2. Calydorea pallens
3. Cypella osteniana
4. Cypella armosa
5. Cypella laxa
6. Calydorea amabilis
7. Cypella herberti
8. Cypella laeta
9. Gelasine elongata
10. Sparaxis parviflora
From Mark Wilcox:
11. Seeds of Belamcanda chinensis 'Hello Yellow,' selfed (S): seeds only
sprout when soil maintains a temperature of around 67?F/19.4?C and
suitable moisture is present. Fall-started seeds bloom the following
summer. Spring-started seeds bloom in the second year. The visible part
of the rhizome and foliage look almost exactly like a small iris.
12. Seeds of Delphinium exaltatum (bulb companion) (S): native to the east
coast of the USA, and more adaptable to hot, wet summer conditions.
Purple to violet flowers on a relatively small sized plant.
From Hamish Sloan:
13. Habranthus magnoi - white flowered trumpet shape, not reflexed petals.
this is my first flowering from these seedlings.
14. Zephyranthes "Libra" Pale yellow, upright flower, fairly free flowering.
15. Habranthus sp.? good yellow form
16. Habranthus tubispathus rosea
17. Habranthus gracilifolius
Thank you, Alberto, Mark, and Hamish !!
Best wishes,
Dell