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 253" 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)
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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 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 Richard Wagner:
1. Small and mid-sized bulbs of Amaryllis belladonna
2. Bulbs of Albuca spiralis, these form very tight spirals in strong light.
3. Seeds of Albuca juncifolia??. I got this from the BX some time ago. The
plants look like small leeks. It does not match Baker's description of A.
juncifolia, but I have no other id.
4. Seed of Hippeastrum papilio, typical form.
From Mary Sue Ittner: (BULBS/CORMS)
5. Babiana nana var. maculata -(few small corms) this is a dwarf Babiana
suitable for pots that doesn't need as deep a pot as some. Flowers smell
like cinnamon
6. Babiana villosa (few small corms) - a really pretty red
7. Dichelostemma ida-maia (cormlets) - known as the firecracker flower, a
California native bulb
8. Ferraria sp. - ( few) grown from seed as Ferraria divaricata, but it has
never bloomed so I have no confirmation of that and the seed was collected
in the Karoo so it would probably be F. variabilis instead (see wiki for
discussion)
9. Moraea bellendenii - tall yellow species
10. Moraea sisyrinchium - Mediterranean species with short lived flowers
over a period of time (blooms best on sunny somewhat warm days)
11. Narcissus 'Little Flik' (few) - created by Bill Dijk, a miniature
12. Narcissus 'Stocken' (few) - miniature
13. Oxalis semiloba- from Uli, this has never bloomed for me. I've read it
is a summer rainfall species and I'm growing it as a winter rainfall species
so perhaps that is the problem.
14. Watsonia coccinea - (few, cormlets) These aren't blooming size. This one
doesn't bloom every year, but when it does is a nice size and color
From Kathleen Sayce:
15. Seed of Erythonium hendersonii, native to southern Oregon, from the
garden in Roseburg, Oregon, where this species has naturalized.
Thank you, Richard, Mary Sue, and Kathleen !!
Best wishes,
Dell
Dell Sherk, PBS BX