Congrats Anders. I also grow this species but it hasn’t yet flowered for me. It usually flowers in late May to early July so this is a welcome and pleasant surprise. I’d like to compare notes. How do you grow yours? Soil, light, temp. location etc. Cheers! Erika Schroedersecker Toronto, ON. Canada A beautiful fall day here 16C and much needed rain on the way later. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 12, 2020, at 10:25 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. Urceolina microcrater flowering unexpectedly (Anders Bo Petersen) > 2. Re: Urceolina microcrater flowering unexpectedly > (Carlo A. Balistrieri) > 3. How do you kill invasive Oxalis? (Pamela Slate) > 4. Saffron (Jane Sargent) > 5. Re: Saffron (VIJAY CHANDHOK) > 6. Re: Saffron (penstemon@q.com) > 7. Re: How do you kill invasive Oxalis? (Nan Sterman) > 8. Re: Saffron (David Pilling) > 9. Re: How do you kill invasive Oxalis? (Tim Eck) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2020 16:19:22 +0000 (UTC) > From: Anders Bo Petersen <anbope1970@yahoo.dk> > To: "pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net" > <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: [pbs] Urceolina microcrater flowering unexpectedly > Message-ID: <441251848.516451.1602433162756@mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > Dear bulb fellas > My Urceolina microcrater is flowering for the very first time. Anybody who knows more about this species where it's natural habitat is in Peru? I would like to know ?know if it's self fertile. I might be interested to swap baby bulbs later on with other Urceolina growers or Caliphruria korsakoffee.Mary Sue Ittner wants to add the Urceolina species to the bulb picture library as it's not listed yet. The flower isn't fully developed yet. I will contribute with more pictures later on.? > Regards from Copenhagen, Denmark :) > Anders B. 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I?ll look forward to continuing pictures.... > > Carlo > > Sent from my iPhone > >>> On Oct 11, 2020, at 12:19 PM, Anders Bo Petersen via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: >> ? >> Dear bulb fellas >> My Urceolina microcrater is flowering for the very first time. Anybody who knows more about this species where it's natural habitat is in Peru? I would like to know know if it's self fertile. I might be interested to swap baby bulbs later on with other Urceolina growers or Caliphruria korsakoffee.Mary Sue Ittner wants to add the Urceolina species to the bulb picture library as it's not listed yet. The flower isn't fully developed yet. I will contribute with more pictures later on. >> Regards from Copenhagen, Denmark :) >> Anders B. Petersen >> Download alle vedh?ftede filer som zip-filer >> - thumbnail-1.jpeg39.8kB >> - thumbnail-2.jpeg61.9kB >> -------------- next part -------------- >> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... >> Name: thumbnail-1.jpeg >> Type: image/jpeg >> Size: 40788 bytes >> Desc: not available >> URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> >> -------------- next part -------------- >> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... >> Name: thumbnail-2.jpeg >> Type: image/jpeg >> Size: 63365 bytes >> Desc: not available >> URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2020 17:55:54 -0700 > From: Pamela Slate <myixia1@gmail.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: [pbs] How do you kill invasive Oxalis? > Message-ID: > <CAMmkipoVaHD71rUxKC6nBP6zny059u4CWVbKXEb3-RWS9MdcTA@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Hi Friends, > I have a 12' X 4' raised bed where I've grown a number of bulbs. > Unfortunately, two spp. of Oxalis has misbehaved to the point that I've had > to remove all plants I wish to keep, wash all roots to rid them of invaders > and relocate them. Once the bed is empty except for the lusty Oxalis, how > do I kill those remaining bulbs, some of which are two plus cms in diameter? > > Sometime this year, I recall a post that said if you cover the entire area > with dark plastic and of course, suspend watering, new bulbs will be unable > to form. But what about the old, mature bulbs? It seems they will continue > to be viable for a long, long time. > > SOS, please help and thanks very much, > Pamela Slate > AZ USA Zone 9-ish after the most brutal summer ever > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2020 22:04:18 -0400 > From: Jane Sargent <jane@deskhenge.com> > To: pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > Subject: [pbs] Saffron > Message-ID: <CB078405-4729-4B68-B498-69BC1532598F@deskhenge.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Can saffron be grown from seeds, and if so, how and when? Can they be planted outdoors? > > Sent from my iPhone > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2020 22:23:48 -0400 > From: VIJAY CHANDHOK <vc2m@mac.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Saffron > Message-ID: <746EC447-0DC7-4439-A794-F2632A8FFA63@mac.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Never heard of saffron growing from seed, it is possible but does it self pollinate? > > Sent from my iPhone > >>> On Oct 11, 2020, at 10:04 PM, Jane Sargent via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: >> ?Can saffron be grown from seeds, and if so, how and when? Can they be planted outdoors? >> Sent from my iPhone >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2020 20:40:51 -0600 > From: <penstemon@q.com> > To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Saffron > Message-ID: <00eb01d6a041$19b41900$4d1c4b00$@q.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > >> ?Can saffron be grown from seeds, and if so, how and when? Can they be planted outdoors? > > No; the plants are sterile. > > Bob Nold > Denver, Colorado > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2020 21:21:04 -0700 > From: Nan Sterman <nsterman@waterwisegardener.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: Re: [pbs] How do you kill invasive Oxalis? > Message-ID: > <DA5C3072-80F5-4B67-9864-97CC557E504C@waterwisegardener.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > That would be solarizing and it is done with CLEAR plastic rather than black (black shades, clear heats) and it is done when the sun is highest in the sky as basically, you are using the greenhouse effect to superheat the soil. In Arizona, Pamela, it might still work even though we are past the longest days of the year. It can?t hurt. To enhance the effect, add a second layer of clear plastic with a two inch air gap in between. Cut the foliage back to the surface first and saturate the soil so it holds the heat for as long as possible. Turn the irrigation off to the bed. > > It usually takes six to eight weeks and you may have to repeat it after the initial treatment. > > Here?s a link to more details on how to do it <https://waterwisegardener.com/2011/08/…>. > > Nan > >>> On Oct 11, 2020, at 5:55 PM, Pamela Slate via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: >> Hi Friends, >> I have a 12' X 4' raised bed where I've grown a number of bulbs. >> Unfortunately, two spp. of Oxalis has misbehaved to the point that I've had >> to remove all plants I wish to keep, wash all roots to rid them of invaders >> and relocate them. Once the bed is empty except for the lusty Oxalis, how >> do I kill those remaining bulbs, some of which are two plus cms in diameter? >> Sometime this year, I recall a post that said if you cover the entire area >> with dark plastic and of course, suspend watering, new bulbs will be unable >> to form. But what about the old, mature bulbs? It seems they will continue >> to be viable for a long, long time. >> SOS, please help and thanks very much, >> Pamela Slate >> AZ USA Zone 9-ish after the most brutal summer ever >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > > > ***************************************** > Nan Sterman, Waterwise Gardener > Garden Journalist ? Author ? Speaker > Gardening Coach ? Garden Designer ? Horticulture Consultant > > > > > > http://www.waterwisegardener.com/ <http://www.waterwisegardener.com/> > 760 634-2902 > PO Box 231034, Encinitas, CA 92023 > > Order my latest book, Hot Color, Dry Garden at http://www.waterwisegardener.com/writing/ <http://www.waterwisegardener.com/writing/> > > Sign up for my newsletter at http://www.waterwisegardener.com/ > > Host of A Growing Passion on KPBS TV and on-line at http://www.agrowingpassion.com/ <http://www.agrowingpassion.com/> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2020 11:31:56 +0100 > From: David Pilling <david@davidpilling.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Saffron > Message-ID: <5000b642-5013-2c7e-8e06-5b24689bf141@davidpilling.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > Hi, > >>> On 12/10/2020 03:04, Jane Sargent via pbs wrote: >> Can saffron be grown from seeds, and if so, how and when? Can they be planted outdoors? > The PBS wiki offers: > > "Crocus cartwrightianus ... It is thought to be the source of the > sterile triploid Crocus sativus, or cultivated saffron." > > > By now someone must know if all the saffron in the world is the same > bulb, and if it is not there has to be a way of growing it from seed. > > > There was an extensive discussion here about saffron in general in 2005: > > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbslist/… > > > -- > David Pilling > http://www.davidpilling.com/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2020 07:38:43 -0400 > From: Tim Eck <timeck17582@gmail.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: Re: [pbs] How do you kill invasive Oxalis? > Message-ID: > <CA+ur5ia90znUNXsRhR3THbEh5XeQHMPVh=CL0jPzdQcjuFupug@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Pamela, > How about sending some to the BX with the warning that they are invasive > above zone 6 or 7 or whatever? I assume they came from the BX and are > somewhat attractive. > If that isn't acceptable I will pay postage for a medium flat rate box. > Tim > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > > ------------------------------ > > End of pbs Digest, Vol 44, Issue 10 > *********************************** _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…
