In that case, Mr. Boyce, you have time to look for some of the rarest and most beautiful bulbs the Southern Hemisphere has to offer. Disa is definitely a spectacular flower...but it is an orchid, not a lily...Are you only interested in bulbs. There's a really nice nursery in CA that has gorgeous bulbs from around the world, many southern. They grow them themselves...so no import issues. http://www.telosrarebulbs.com/ I don't have any connection to the nursery...just go and look at the exquisite bulbs and wish... Lesley On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 3:23 PM, Bracey Tiede <tiede@pacbell.net> wrote: > FYI. Lots of more to find and grow for this! > > > > Bracey > > > > From: Boyce Tankersley [mailto:btankers@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, March 18, 2016 1:44 PM > To: Bracey Tiede > Subject: Re: [pbs] Southern Hemisphere Bulb Extravaganza > > > > You are absolutely correct. The year is 2023. Fat fingers strike again! > > > > Many thanks, > > > > Boyce > > > > On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 2:27 PM, Bracey Tiede <tiede@pacbell.net> wrote: > > Think you may mean a different year? > > Cheers, > Bracey > > > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Boyce > Tankersley > Sent: Friday, March 18, 2016 12:08 PM > To: Pacific Bulb Society > Subject: [pbs] Southern Hemisphere Bulb Extravaganza > > Hi All: > > I am writing to request your advice, ideas and support with a very exciting > project. The Chicago Botanic Garden is in the early planning stages of > creating a Southern Hemisphere Bulb 'WOW' (extravaganza) for the winter of > 2013 at the Garden. > > The event will have available small Arid, Subtropical and Tropical habitats > focused display greenhouses as well as indoor spaces. > > The Winter Flower Shows to date typically incorporate the featured plants > in the habitats with more formal designed exhibits in the indoor display > areas. The scale of these winter shows is fairly large, the recent orchid > show featured 10,000 plants in full flower, for instance. > > So, what are the 'must haves'? > > Who should we contact to get these treasures? > > I "think" we have enough time to grow many bulbs from seed to flowering > size if we start now but we are also interested in obtaining fully mature, > flowering sized bulbs as well. > > The Garden has a wonderful library and we have access to number of online > resources but - they are hard put to equal the expertise found in this > group. > > Many thanks, > > Boyce Tankersley > Director of Living Plant Documentation > Chicago Botanic Garden > 1000 Lake Cook Road > Glencoe, IL 60022 > email:///btankers@chicagobotanic.org <mailto: > email%3Abtankers@chicagobotanic.org> > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >