Dear All,
The items listed below have been donated by our members to be shared.
If you are interested in obtaining some of them, please email me PRIVATELY
at <dells@voicenet.com>. Include "BX 169" in the subject line.
Specify the NUMBERS of the items which you would like; do not
specify quantities. It is a good idea to include your snail mail address,
too, in case I don't already have it. 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 (usually $2.00/item)
(cash, check, or Pay Pal to <Arnold@NJ.rr.com>; no money orders, please) you
should send the PBS treasurer to defray our costs for packing and
first-class, priority-mail, or international postage.
PLEASE NOTE: NEW POSTAL-RATE SCHEMES NECESSITATE OUR PLACING A SURCHARGE ON
EACH ORDER FROM PBS BX OFFERINGS.
Some of you are members of the online PBS discussion forum but are 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/> ....
If you would like to donate seeds or bulbs/corms to the PBS,(Donors
will receive credit on the BX for the cost of postage for their donations.),
please send CLEAN, clearly labeled material to:
Dell Sherk
6832 Phillips Mill Rd.
New Hope, PA, 18938
USA
I WILL REPLY TO YOU WITHIN 24 HRS OF MY RECEIPT OF YOUR ORDER.
IF YOU DO NOT HEAR FROM ME, TRY AGAIN !!
From Pieter van der Walt:
1. Seed of Crinum buphanoides, “from my collection, though the plants
originally come from near Lady Smith. I had brought the plants indoors and
hand-pollinated them in order to get good seed set, so they should be pure
as well. Interestingly plants of C. buphanoides appear to be completely
self-sterile and I also had no luck cross-pollinating them with any other
species.”
2. Seed of Iris laevigata, dark purple
3. Seed of Zantedeschia rehmanii, “they are from my collection and are a
pale pink colour. I grow them in water (the container sits in the water but
is never submerged), but take them out as soon as they enter dormancy to
keep them dry and prevent them from rotting. I noticed that some of the
seeds which fell into the containers have already germinated, so it's best
to sow them fresh.”
4. Seed of Tulbaghia acutiloba “from a wild population on our farm near
Brits near Pretoria”
5. Seed of Tulbaghia simmleri
From Mary Sue Ittner:
6. Small bulbs of Ledebouria cooperi, a small summer grower from South
Africa
Thank you, Pieter and Mary Sue !!
Best wishes,
Dell
Dell Sherk, Director, PBS BX