Hello David. I am not a lily specialist, but L. nepalense is indicated as being in Yunnan, according to the posting, photo and information posted at Pacific Rim. I was waiting for Paige to say somethng,, but thought I'd add a bit here. ----- Original Message ----- From: <pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org> To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2005 11:00 AM Subject: pbs Digest, Vol 32, Issue 19 > Send pbs mailing list submissions to > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > pbs-owner@lists.ibiblio.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of pbs digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Lilies in China (arnold trachtenberg) > 2. Seeds (Myke Ashley-Cooper) > 3. Re: Email Loss - Belated thanks (Paul Tyerman) > 4. FW: Orders from BX 101 (Dell Sherk) > 5. Re: Mystery lily from China (johngrimshaw@tiscali.co.uk) > 6. Lilium x dalhansonii (johngrimshaw@tiscali.co.uk) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 14:02:59 -0400 > From: arnold trachtenberg <arnold@nj.rr.com> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Lilies in China > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <432B08D3.1040306@nj.rr.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > David: > > If you don't mind I can forward your image to the lily group for a > possible ID. > > Arnold > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 20:07:34 +0200 > From: "Myke Ashley-Cooper" <myke@new.co.za> > Subject: [pbs] Seeds > To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <00e601c5bae9$b72fb2f0$0100007f@mykecbcb148b69> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Heard about the alien that lands in a wildly unkempt garden and shouts, > "Take me to your seeder!"? > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 21:50:44 +1000 > From: Paul Tyerman <ptyerman@ozemail.com.au> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Email Loss - Belated thanks > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.0.20050917214032.0314fb10@pop.ozemail.com.au> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > Howdy All, > > Sorry for the delay but a belated Thank You to all my friends who > emailed me both publicly and privately to provide their email > addresses so that I can get in contact. I have been unwell the last > few weeks and basically off-line so I have not responded to anyone as > yet. I will try to respond to everyone in turn but thought I would > at least give a quick explanation here as to why you haven't heard > back from me after my appeal. It might take me a while to get > through all the responses, and that is providing my health holds up! > <grin> > > Thanks again to those friends who provided your email addresses. My > address book looks much healthier now than it did immediately after > the hard drive crash. Any of my regular contacts who haven't emailed > me please do so as I no longer have your addresses to email you. > > Apologies for duplication of this message but I will send it to a few > of the lists that I originally asked on. Thanks for your patience. > > Cheers. > > Paul Tyerman > Canberra, Australia - USDA Zone Equivalent approx. 8/9 > > Growing an eclectic collection of plants from all over the world > including Aroids, Crocus, Cyclamen, Erythroniums, Fritillarias, > Galanthus, Irises, Trilliums (to name but a few) and just about > anything else that doesn't move!! > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 08:49:34 -0400 > From: "Dell Sherk" <dells@voicenet.com> > Subject: [pbs] FW: Orders from BX 101 > To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <20050917124924.111C64C00B@lists.ibiblio.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > > > _____ > > From: Dell Sherk [mailto:dells@voicenet.com] > Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2005 8:28 AM > To: 'The PBS BX' > Subject: Orders from BX 101 > > > > Dear All, > > > > I have been overwhelmingly busy with my real job lately and neglected to > inform those people who ordered from BX 101 about the status of their > orders. All orders went out more than a week ago. Supplies were short, so > quite a few requests could not be filled. If you have not received your > packages yet, please assume that I was unable to send you anything. This > does not apply to non-US orders which may still be in transit. > > > > Best wishes, > > Dell > > > > Dell Sherk, Director, PBS BX > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 13:47:38 +0100 > From: <johngrimshaw@tiscali.co.uk> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Mystery lily from China > To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <00d301c5bb9e$2615d8c0$bcac403e@John> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > David > > Your lily is certainly one of the L. nepalense group. Stephen Haw in his > 'Lilies of China' considers that L. nepalense is represented in China by > var. burmanicum and var. ochranthum, formerly treated as vars. of L. > primulinum (e.g. in Woodcock & Stearn, 'Lilies of the World'). Such plants > are sometimes imported as L. majoense, which is a synonym of var. > ochraceum. > Haw gives a useful account & I refer you to him! > > John Grimshaw > > > Dr John M. Grimshaw > Garden Manager, Colesbourne Gardens > > Sycamore Cottage > Colesbourne > Nr Cheltenham > Gloucestershire GL53 9NP > > Website: http://www.colesbournegardens.org.uk/ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Victor" <davidxvictor@mailblocks.com> > To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 11:01 AM > Subject: [pbs] Mystery lily from China > > >> Dear all, >> >> I have posted a photograph of a lily that I saw in Yunnan earlier this > year >> to the "mystery bulbs" page of the WIKI at: >> >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… >> >> To me, it looks close to Lilium nepalense. However, according to the >> various reference books that I have, that species only grows on the other >> side of the Himalaya. Can anyone give me a better name for the plant? >> My >> thanks in advance for your help. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 13:55:11 +0100 > From: <johngrimshaw@tiscali.co.uk> > Subject: [pbs] Lilium x dalhansonii > To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <00d401c5bb9e$276aba60$bcac403e@John> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I shoulds just like to correct a point made by Jim McKenney: the breeder > of > the lovely Lilium x dalhansonii (first flowered 1890) was one C. Baden > Powell, not Robert BP the founder of the Scouts, who would have been > serving > in India at the time. Incidentally, if one ever wants a good laugh, the > first edition of 'Scouting for Boys' is hilariously absurd, giving good > advice on how to tell a man's character from how he wears his hat, etc. > It's > incredible that the man was ever taken seriously. > > John Grimshaw > > > > Dr John M. Grimshaw > Garden Manager, Colesbourne Gardens > > Sycamore Cottage > Colesbourne > Nr Cheltenham > Gloucestershire GL53 9NP > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > End of pbs Digest, Vol 32, Issue 19 > ***********************************