Dear All, The items listed below have been donated by our members and friends to be shared. If you are interested in obtaining some of them, please email me PRIVATELY at mailto: ds429@frontier.com Include "BX 404" 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 do not 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/share of seeds or $2 - $5/share of bulbs or seeds)(cash, check, or Pay Pal to <pbs.treasury@verizon.net>; no money orders, please) you should send the PBS treasurer. Postage and packaging charges are added. Many of you are subscribers to this pbs elist which is free, but are not members of the Pacific Bulb Society which has a yearly membership charge. THIS BX OFFERING IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO UP-TO-DATE MEMBERS of the Pacific Bulb Society. If you are not a member, consider joining 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 55 W. High St. Salem, WV 26426 USA Non US donors should contact Dell for instructions before sending seeds. ALL ORDERS TO THE FOLLOWING EMAIL ADDRESS ONLY. Dell's email address ds429@frontier.com Do not hit the reply tab or you will reply to all PBS members by mistake. I WILL REPLY TO YOU WITHIN 24 HRS OF MY RECEIPT OF YOUR ORDER. IF YOU DO NOT HEAR FROM ME, TRY AGAIN !! From Monica Swartz: 1. Seeds of Hymenocallis guerreroensis ex BX 209, though some H. phalangides seed may have gotten mixed in since they were both dropping seed all over the place 2. Bulbs of Massonia echinata Mesa Gardens form ex BX 247 3. Bulbs of Massonia echinata ex Roy Herold labeled M28 "depressa" From John Wickham: (CORMS) 4. Tritonia crocata, ex UC Berkeley Bot Gar. 5. Freesia elimensis (syn.? F. caryophyllacea) 6. Tritonia ‘Rosy Picture’ 7. Tritonia ‘Bermuda Sands’ 8. Tritonia crocata, white, ex Annie’s Annuals 9. Freesia fucata, ex UC Berkeley Bot. Gar. 10. Tritonia hyb., pink, ex The Bulb Man 11. Tritonia ‘Salmon’ 12. Tritonia ‘Charles Puddles’ 13. Tritonia ‘Avalanche’ 14. Tritonia deusta subsp.miniata 15. Tritonia parvula 16. Tritonia lineata 17. Tritonia flabellifolia From Pamela Slate: (BULBS) 18. Nerine sarniensis ‘Miss Fraunce Clarke’ 19. Ixia flexuosa, pink, ex BX 292 from Mike Mace, ex Jim Duggan 20. Lachenalia aloides var. quadricolor, ex Plants for the Southwest 21. Lachenalia contaminata From Ruth Jones: 22. Small tubers of Cyclamen graecum 23. Seed of Cyclamen graecum From Rimmer de Vries: 24. Bulbs of Scilla (Hyacinthoides) lingulata ex Paul Otto- late fall blooming, zone 7 (or zone 4 in a cold frame) 25. Seeds of Hymenocallis maximiliani(i) ex Telos (distinctly petiolate leaves that are thin in texture with a pronounced mid rib, up to 1.5 inch wide and a little glaucescent) very nice plant about 12 inches tall loves water while in growth, winter dormant/ dry. blooms in mid June in Michigan. Plants form basal offsets. Blooms a week so before the glaucous H. harrisiana (offered by Dutch importers) that has wider tepals. Blooms a full month before the H. leavenworthii offered by Telos (which looks similar but blooms 4-5 weeks later). Flowers similar to those pictured in the PBS wiki http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… However, leaves and flowers do not match the original description published in (Plant Life 38: 41, 1982) which describes linear or strap like leaves, a flatter staminal cup and narrower tepals. also leaves are much shorter than the 3 foot tall leaves described on the Plant Delights Perennial Encyclopedia for Hymenocallis maximiliani http://plantdelights.com/Hymenocallis-maximiliani-… . perhaps a new species or a Mexican Alliance hybrid, (the hymenocallis section needs work) Thank you , Monica, John, Pamela, Ruth, and Rimmer !! Best wishes, Dell Dell Sherk, PBS BX _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/