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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 190" 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.
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FROM PBS BX OFFERINGS.
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the Pacific Bulb Society. THIS BX OFFERING IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO MEMBERS OF THE PBS.
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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 Uli Urban:
1. Freshly harvested seed of Tropaeolum. pentaphyllum. ssp megalopetalum. It is strictly
summer growing and comes from temperate climates in Bolivia. It forms a huge beet like
tuber and is a vigorous climber with annual shoots and will go totally dormant in
winter. No idea how hardy the tuber is - have not dared to test this. Seed germinated
erratically, sometimes fast, sometimes after more than a year. I recommend sowing singly
it in moist jiffy pots after removing the outer blue skin and then seal everything in a
plastic bag and keep it at fluctuating temperatures not too warm.
From Alberto Grossi:
SEED:
2. Iris graminea
3. Amaryllis belladonna
4. Arthropodium cirratum
From Dell Sherk:
5. Bulbs of Sprekelia formosissima, most near blooming size. I grow this in pots and
keep them absolutely dry and cool in winter. Blooms in spring/early summer after
watering commences.
6. Rainlily bulb potluck. Years ago I grew nearly 40 rainlily species and cultivars. To
make more space, I moved them all to communal pots and gave the extras to the BX. Now it
is time to repot, and here are the extras again. No names, but this past summer I would
estimate that at least a dozen different ones (colors, shapes, sizes) bloomed.
From David Ehrlich:
SEED:
7. Sisyrinchium californicum
8. Aristea ecklonii
From Phillip Andrews:
9. Seed of Hymenocallis sp., probably H. littoralis. This is a hymenocallis from the
barrier islands of the Bahamas that has adapted to the dunes in that it pushes itself up
each growing season as sand builds up. The leaves are generally 2 – 3 ft in length and
the flower stalk is usually about a foot taller. Under ideal conditions I have seen the
flower stalk at shoulder height. I put a couple of pictures of this cohort of plants on
the PBS wiki about a year ago. The seeds in habitat generally sprout on top of the sand
(oolitic limestone), but I generally have good luck burying the seeds halfway in wet
sand. Give the seeds lots of light and good heat and the success rate should approach
100%. The seeds should be planted immediately because they will sprout shortly. The
plants grow in full sun, low nutrient limestone sand, high humidity, and exposure to
salt spray. They also do well directly on limestone with minimal sand. Rainfall is
typically about 30 inches annually with the bulk of that rain June through November and
about 1 inch in other months.
From Bob Werra:
SEED:
10. Calochortus amoenus
11. Calochortus weedii
12. Calochortus venustus
13. Calochortus amabilis
14. Calochortus plummerae
15. Calochortus obispoensis
16. Erythronium californicum
17. Fritillaria affinis
18. Fritillaria acmopetala
19. Fritillaria biflora
Thank you, Uli, Alberto, David, Phillip, and Bob !!
Best wishes,
Dell
Dell Sherk, PBS BX