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 251" 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 to the PBS treasurer to defray our costs for packing
and first-class, priority-mail, or international postage.
PLEASE NOTE: CURRENT 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 terry Laskiewicz:
1. Small bulbs of Notholirion thomsonianum (these may bloom in 2 - 3 yrs.),
Blooms March in SW Washington State in cold greenhouse. Supposedly hardy in
sand bed zone 7/8
2. Seed of Cyclamen cilicium
3. Seed of Veltheimia bracteata
From Mary Sue Ittner:
All winter growing except for the Nerine
4. Crocus ochroleucus (cormlets) originally purchased from Jane McGary.
This one makes a lot of small cormlets, at least for me and that's what a
lot of these are. It is white with a yellow center, late fall bloomer in
California
5. Freesia refracta (few cormlets)
6. Lachenalia aloides var. 4013 I purchased bulbs from Gordon Summerfield a
number of years ago. I got two kinds of L. aloides. One of them is quite
wonderful. This one hasn't bloomed although the bulbs look large enough to
bloom. So I'm passing it on hoping someone will have more success with it.
7. Lachenalia aloides 'Pearsonii' - This one looks like this named variety,
but I called it for years 'Trader Joes' since that is where I first
purchased it.
8. Muscari neglectum - descendents from earlier BX I think from Mike Mace.
Yes this form makes a lot of offsets, especially if not planted deeply, but
it is very long blooming.
9. Nerine bowdenii - these dried out and went dormant since there were so
many in the pot and I didn't realize there was very little soil left so they
are being offered at a strange time. They may need to be soaked to plump up.
(summer growing, fall blooming if they bloom)
10. Oxalis bowiei - This made the favorite pink category of a couple of us.
This is a fall blooming, tall, big gorgeous plant.
11. Oxalis callosa - Another favorite of mine, ex Telos, pink with a red
ring. Fall blooming.
12. Oxalis engleriana - South African, fall blooming, linear leaves
13. Oxalis gracilis - received from Uli as O. karooica, interesting leaves,
not as many blooms as I'd like, but the color of the flowers is nice
14. Oxalis imbricata - pink flowers, offspring of a previous BX
15. Oxalis obtusa Large Form
16. Oxalis obtusa MV 4719d - S of Laingsburg. 1" pale coppery pink, creamy
center, dark veins, dark ctr ring.
17. Oxalis obtusa Peach - originally from Telos
18. Oxalis obtusa (forgot to note the color, one that came up in another
pot)
19. Triteleia peduncularis (cormlets) - California bulb that grows in very
wet spots and appreciates good water while in growth. White flowers on long
pedicels. These are not blooming size.
20. Tulipa batalinii - one of my favorite tulips. I prechill it every year
and it has been rewarding me with many yellow flowers for more than 20
years. These are smaller offsets. I don't know if they are blooming size,
but they could be.
Thank you, Terry and Mary Sue !!
Best wishes,
Dell
Dell Sherk, PBS BX