Dell I'd like to try some Veratrum (#23 and #24) if available. Tim Mitchell's note convinces me. Paul Licht, Director Univ. California Botanical Garden 200 Centennial Drive Berkeley, CA 94720 (510)-643-8999 http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/ Dell Sherk wrote: > 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 227" 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 <Arnold140@verizon.net>; 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 plant materials to: > > Dell Sherk > 6832 Phillips Mill Rd. > New Hope, PA, 18938 > USA > > Non US donors should contact 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 Mike Mace: > Amaryllis belladonna seeds: > > General information: These are all seeds from Amaryllis hybrids obtained > from Les Hannibal. He called these Amaryllis X 'Multiflora,' but that term > has a couple of meanings in different parts of the world, so just think of > them as Les Hannibal's Amaryllis crosses. The seeds were all open > pollinated (even the numbered crosses), so I can't guarantee that they'll be > true to type. But they should be good-looking. > > 1. "Mixed pinks." These are taken from a wide variety of pink flowers, > ranging from light to dark, with varying degrees of veining and white to > yellow throats. > > 2. "White." These are open pollinated seeds from Hannibal crosses that have > white petals and yellow throats. Don't be surprised if you get some pinks > with these; the genetics of these plants are complicated. > > 3. MLH 03. Fairly large white flowers with a deep yellow throat. > > 4. MLH 06. Pale sugar pink veins on outer third of petal. Yellow throat. > Fairly low bud count. > > 5. MLH 07. Light pink veins on the outer half of the flowers, faintly > outlining a white star shape in the center of the flower. Yellow throat, > and a pretty good bud count. Very light scent. > > 6. MLH 09. Fairly standard pink with a yellow throat. Recurved, broad > petals. Good bud count, reliable bloomer in San Jose. > > 7. MLH 10. Prominent strong pink veins on a white background, darkening at > petal tips. Flower ages to more or less solid pink. Light yellow throat. > Light scent. > > 8. MLH 11. Similar to MLH 10, but the veins make almost a solid stripe in > the outer center of the petal. Very pale throat. Light scent. > > 9. MLH 13. Heavy veins. Flower is medium to dark pink, with color suffused > into the throat. Lightly ruffled form, light scent. > > 10. MLH 17. Fairly strong pink with veining. Yellow centers. Flower head > is one-sided. > > 11. MLH 19. Tall flower spike. Medium pink with some ruffles to the > flowers. Light centers. Flower head is one-sided. > > 12. MLH 33. I've nicknamed this one 'berries and cream' because the flowers > start solid white and age to light solid pink. Flower head is very > one-sided, so I don't think it deserves a formal name. > > >From Dave Boucher (SEEDS): > > 13. Amorphophallus kiusianus -- medium size from Japan > > 14. Hippeastrum parodii -- yellow flowers, from Argentina > > 15. Crinum lineare -- rare species from SE Cape, South Africa. Summer > rainfall, but needs some water all year. Compact plants have leaves less > than a half inch wide, about a foot long; mine grow happily in 3 gallon > pots. > > >From Joyce Miller: > > 16. Small bulbs of Allium flavum. Yellow. Dilys Davies describes it as > "One of the most commonly grown alliums, valued for its impeccable good > manners as well as its colour." HZ 3 > > 17. Bulbils of Allium sphaerocephalon, 'Hair.' HZ 1.This plant may and did > produce a number of bulbils this year. > > 18. Seed of Iris macrosiphon, a Pacific Coast Iris, easily grown from seed. > It is native to California but hardy in the Willamette Valley, USDA 8 > > >From David Bier (Hybrid Hippeastrum seed): > > 19. H. ‘Santa Cruz’ (white and red mini single) x H. ‘Exotica’ (salmon pink > large single) > > 20. H. ‘Picotee’ (white with red edging large single) x H. ‘Melusine’ (pink > large single) > > 21. H. ‘Exotica’ (salmon pink large single) x H. ‘Santa Cruz’ (white and red > mini single) > > >From Tom Mitchell (SEEDS): > > 22. Nerine bowdenii ‘wellsii’ > 23. Veratrum album, ex ‘Auvergne White’ > 24. Veratrum nigrum ex hort > 25. Fritillaria lusitanica ?, TCM 09-578, ex Algarve, Portugal > 26. Herbertia lahue ex ‘Prairie Nymph’ > 27. Urginea maritima TCM 09-580, ex Algarve, Portugal > 28. Arisaema consanguineum ex hort > 29. Lilium sp?, received as L. regale from Chen-Yi, but most definitely not! > 30. Cardiocrinum giganteum ex Chen-Yi > 31. Cardiocrinum cathayanum ex Bob Brown > > Thank you, Mike, Dave, David, Joyce and Tom !! > > Best wishes, > Dell > > Dell Sherk, PBS BX > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > >