Anne Wright's nursery contact info is http://www.dryad-home.co.uk/ She specializes in bulbs. I'm not sure about seed. Understandably, prices are high. On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 12:39 PM, Lola L Horwitz <llhorwitz@gmail.com> wrote: > I am also a grower of A. spiralis Fizzle Sizzle. This is its first winter > with me and it's decided to send up a flower after flowering a few weeks > after I bought it last summer. I appreciate all the comments, especially > Jane's who throws fish tank water on her bulbs and orchids. > Speaking of which, The Lady of the Night (Brassavola cordata) opened > her flowers (one stem only, alas) after years of waiting and watching. If > Albuca's fragrance comes close to this Lady's I will be quite happy. We > need such delights during the dark season. > A pot of Lachenalia bulbifera from PBS bulbex last October is also > blooming, a very nice pink. Thank you, PBS. > Meanwhile, in my presently very cold alpine greenhouse, various > narcissi are either blooming or, I hope, getting ready to, thanks to Nancy > Wilson years ago and Jim Archibald, even more years ago. My newest source > other than nargs seedex and PBS is Anne Wright, owner of Dryad Nursery in > Yorkshire, whom I met on a Greene Tour to Portugal, Spain and Morocco when > narcissi were in bloom. She has an amazing list! > Lola, in snowy, cold Brooklyn > > On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 7:00 AM, <pbs-request@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > wrote: > >> Send pbs mailing list submissions to >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> pbs-request@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> pbs-owner@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of pbs digest..." >> >> >> List-Post:<mailto:pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >> List-Archive:<http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Albuca (Jane Sargent) >> 2. Re: Albuca spiralis (Hansen Nursery) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2017 08:15:02 -0500 >> From: Jane Sargent <jane@deskhenge.com> >> To: pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >> Subject: [pbs] Albuca >> Message-ID: <edaac0cc-21b7-9fe0-2eff-45e6807f4892@deskhenge.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed >> >> I have two pots of Albuca fizzle sizzle that I got a couple of years ago >> from Logee?s Greenhouse in Connecticut. They have a mail-order business. >> It is unclear that this plant is really Albuca spiralis. It certainly >> had the little spiral springs when I got it. One was a split bulb, and >> the other was a single bulb. The leaves , not unwinding the spirals, >> were about 8 inches tall. That year, we got 3 flower spikes, >> greenish-yellow flowers, fragrant They live on a west -facing >> windowsill, but it is in a corner right next to a south-facing window >> and under a big skylight, so light isn?t a problem. I was busy (and >> stupid) and didn?t put them outdoors to be fertilized, so no seeds. The >> next year, one smaller spike. Their windowsill is behind a huge clump of >> papyrus growing in a fish tank, so, out of sight, out of mind. They? >> might have gotten a cup of fishtank water every couple of months, and no >> fertilizer. Now they are in active growth, 19 inches tall with several >> turns at the end of the stalks but no impressive spirals. They look >> pretty happy, actually, and have gotten a cup of fishtank water about >> once a week for the last four weeks. >> Obviously, I have no idea how to grow this plant, and my experience with >> it should not be considered as advice. Perhaps I have just found a way >> for it to die slowly. I have underwatered rather than overwatered. >> The fishtank is made of tile and is let into the floor. It holds about >> 225 gallons of water, lots of fish, and several kinds of papyrus, some >> poufs of which kiss the skylight. This water makes orchids rebloom. >> Jane Sargent >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2017 08:20:38 -0800 >> From: "Hansen Nursery" <robin@hansennursery.com> >> To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> >> Subject: Re: [pbs] Albuca spiralis >> Message-ID: <000f01d380c0$f7698440$e63c8cc0$@hansennursery.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >> Thanks to Uli for the photo of his Albuca! Mine, rescued from a rotted >> bulb >> is gradually opening, just not as far along as Uli's, but it already is >> exhibiting some fragrance. He's right that some fragrant flowers can be >> way >> too much if you have very many! All of the comments have been wonderful, >> detailed and specific to the point that I feel better about continuing to >> try growing this genus. >> >> I don't know why, but I'm always shocked when I fail so miserably at >> growing >> something like Albuca, given that I grown a lot of other bulbs with few >> problems.... Ah, humility is a wonderful gift if we just accept it and go >> on! >> >> Robin >> Hansen Nursery >> robin@hansennursery.com >> >> >> --- >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> https://www.avast.com/antivirus/ >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Subject: Digest Footer >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> End of pbs Digest, Vol 10, Issue 21 >> *********************************** >> > > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…