Package received… Thank you so much! But, I have a slight problem. I can’t find the original list matching seeds with names, specifically SX-473 #40 and SX-473 #38. If you can send me the names I will be eternally grateful. With appreciation, Geri > On Mar 30, 2021, at 7:54 AM, Luminita Vollmer via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > Dear all > Xchange 473 has been mailed to all the US addresses. There are 7-10 > international orders ready to go out today. > A few notes to keep in mind: > 1. orders have a tracking number. Since we had so many issues with delivery > last year, the tracking was a must. > > 2. The donation period is still open if anyone has items to donate. Please > don't send me 1 or 2 of a kind, those take a long time to list and then > fairly distribute, especially when they are rare and everyone wants them. > > 3. I am preparing another listing, with items that came in late, and items > we still have from late last year. I am planning for around April 15th, so > keep an eye out for it. > > 4. Again - I want to thank all those that sent in generous amounts of bulbs > and seeds, it makes it easier for me to distribute to all that want them. > > 5. For your information - if there are any donations left after an > exchange, this is what I do: > I plant those bulbs that need to be planted, I store those that need to be > stored and if they are seeds I store them in a fridge I have just for > seeds. No fruits or food or anything. I store my own lily seeds and scales > in there. Some of these leftovers are going to hit the next sale, and it > will be with a number - FirstComeFirstSeerve. > > 6. Here in MN - we had 70F yesterday, and this morning 32F, tonight 23F. > Keep in mind when you send me anything - that some protective packaging > will help if the donation is small, sensitive bulbs and the time of the > year is a shoulder season. > > 7. Let me know if you are quite unhappy with anything you ordered, I can > try to make it up at a later time in a different exchange. I am human, I > may make errors, or overlook, even when I try to do it fairly. It breaks my > heart when 80 people want a bulb I only have 9 of, and everything on their > order is in that situation. Even when I knew what you most wanted, I could > not send you that. But we can try again later. > > 8. We will have an exchange of various spectacular seeds from Brasil, I > don't know when, but stay tuned, I will let you know as I find out. > > 9. There were a few individuals that forgot to renew their membership - > please do so if you want any shares. It adds a lot more steps for me if I > have to check the membership and don't find you on it. Thank you. > > 10. I usually don't like surprises, but I can share some awesome things > this group does: > someone sent in a donation and used tangerines from their yard as packaging > material. That made me so happy! I ate them seeds and all. > Someone sent me a couple plants I've been wanting for a while. What an > amazing generous individual. > Someone sent me some hard to find seeds, just for me to try. Now they are > seedlings. > Someone sent me the largest bulb I've seen and shortly afterwards it > bloomed! and it had an amazing flower! > I know we share the love of plants, I can give in return my time to manage > the exchange the best I can. > > Have a nice week and Easter with family if you celebrate, and a nice week > and weekend otherwise, and be safe! > > Luminita Vollmer > PBS Xchange Mgr > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>