Dear All,
The items listed below have been donated by people from all over the
world, to be shared. If you are interested in obtaining some of them, please
email me PRIVATELY at <dells@voicenet.com>. Include "BX 110" in the subject
line.
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case I don't already have it. Availability is based on a first come, first
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with them, a statement of how much money (cash or check) you should send the
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Sherk, PO Box 429, New Hope, PA, 18938, USA. Donors will receive credit on
the BX for the cost of postage for their donations.
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ORDER.. IF YOU DO NOT HEAR FROM ME, TRY AGAIN !!
From Hamish Sloan:
SEED:
1. Zephyranthes primulina
2. Zephyranthes magnoi
3. Zephyranthes 'Good yellow form'
4. Zephyranthes reginae
5. Zephyranthes mexicana
6. Habranthus gracilifolius
7. Tulbaghia violacea I obtained this from Chiltern Seeds in 2002 as T.
maritima but I can find no reference to this name. Someone else may be able
to comment on this name. It looks like T. violacea to me.
From Mary Sue Ittner:
Bulbs:
8. Rhodohypoxis baurii var. platypetala -- orginally from some BX, these are
white with a pink tinge, some very tiny so probably need to be put in soil
soon even though summer growing.
Seed:
9. Agapanthus-- Only a few seeds for one person. This is a dark purple,
mostly evergreen type Jim Robinett grew from seed of some plants he admired
in Washington state (short lived seed and I just harvested it).
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…
10. Amaryllis belladonna hybrids --
11. Brodiaea californica-- I collected this twice and am not sure from the
same population. I think one of them could be pink and the other blue, but
you'll have to take your chances
12. Calochortus-- Mariposa hybrids, collected from open pollinated species I
grow
13. Calochortus vestae-- white- this was open pollinated too so probably
could be considered hybrid
14. Delphinium nudicaule-- bright orange red, low, may not be hardy, easy
for me in a small container I let dry out in summer when dormant. Seeds
itself about a bit however as the seeds open before you expect them to
15. Gladiolus carmineus-- fall blooming before leaves, good in coastal
California, seed just harvested. I've had new populations grow from seed
I've scattered about
16. Gladiolus cunonius--This one has an amazing flower I think, but doesn't
like my very wet winters.
17. Hesperantha latifolia-- one of my favorite Hesperanthas with bright pink
flowers open in the day, winter blooming for a relatively long time (two to
three weeks, not days)
18. Lilium hybrid-- collected from seed grown plants from seed given me by
Sir Peter Smithers when I visited once. He called it pink trumpet. Plants
have a yellow throat and have done very well for me in Northern California
with minimal care even though this is not true for all Liliums in my
minimally wet summer garden
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…
19. Nerine bowdenii-- summer growing, but seed needs to be planted
immediately
20. Onixotis stricta-- grows in marshes, wet areas so needs abundant water
in growth
21. Romulea flava-- I grow yellow and white ones so seed could be of either
From PBS BX:
SEED:
22. Streptocarpus wendlandii - not a geophyte but a South African gesneriad.
One huge leaf and clusters of pale blue flowers with white stripes in the
throat.
23. Mervilla plumbea (syn Scilla natalensis)
24. Albuca maxima
25. Albuca cooperi
26. Bulbine frutescens
From Cynthia Mueller:
27. Seed of Rhodophiala bifida red x pink, Central Texas strain
From Linda Foulis:
28. Seed of Hippeastrum 'Green Goddess' x unknown Hippeastrum - dark red
with almost black throat
Thank you, Hamish, Mary Sue, Cynthia, and Linda !!
Best wishes,
Dell
--Dell Sherk, Director, Pacific BX