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 <ds429@comcast.net>. Include "BX 199" 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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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
Non-US donors must email me for instructions before sending seeds.
I WILL REPLY TO YOU WITHIN 24 HRS OF MY RECEIPT OF YOUR ORDER.
IF YOU DO NOT HEAR FROM ME, TRY AGAIN !!
From Nhu Nguyen:
1. Seed of Tigridia pavonia
From Fred Thorne:
2. Small bulbs of Eucrosia bicolor
From Roy Herold:
Rhizomes: (The roots are hairy and dislike washing, so I tried to brush off
most of the soil.)
General tricyrtis notes: Both species offered are very hardy, to at least
Zone 5, and appear to thrive in the summer heat and humidity of the US east
coast. This environment is not essential if sufficient moisture can be
supplied in the summer, and a bit of winter dormancy is probably required.
It can be hard to keep the foliage in good shape until bloom time in late
September thru October, but shade helps. I have had the best success with
these two in pots, as opposed to growing in the ground, but not because of
lack of hardiness. They just seem to like confined environment, and the pots
make it easy to move them to prime display spots in the fall. I usually
flank our front door with several pots in the fall, raised for easy viewing.
I put the pots an unheated (well below freezing) garage for the winter.
Repot every two years for best results.
Tricyrtis macranthopsis (aka T. macrantha ssp macranthopsis) My all time
favorite trycyrtis, and undoubtedly the favorite of any garden visitor.
Large pendant yellow flowers, close to two inches long and an inch in
diameter, heavily spotted inside. Arching stems that long for a spot on your
cliff. Some nice photos are here:
<http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/imgs/512x768/…>
<http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/imgs/512x768/…>
And an interesting description of the habitat is here:
<http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/…>
Two forms, both very limited:
3. Form #1
Stems are about three feet long. Originally from ARGS seed, 1992, from Hideo
Yamazaki in Japan. He was also the source of Pinellia cordata 'Yamazaki'.
4. Form #2
From Darrell Probst, who probably got it in Japan. Different from #1 in
that the stems are much longer, up to five feet (150cm) long.
5. Trycyrtis perfoliata
Blooms about a week earlier than macranthopsis, with smaller and more
numerous upfacing yellow flowers. Foliage is shiny and more delicate,
and stems are more upright. There are probably two mixed forms here,
differing only in the spotting on the flowers. Also from Mr. Yamazaki, 1992.
Seeds:
6. Arisaema angustatum 'Best Tophat'
ex CPC 10-10-97-3 collected by Darrell Probst in Korea.
Selected form with up to seventy (yes, 70) leaflets per leaf. Very
hardy, at least Z5. A repeat of the BX 160 donation.
Thank you, Nhu, Fred, and Roy !!
Best wishes,
Dell
Dell Sherk, PBS BX
