Dear EU members of the PBS The BX for bulbs is now open for orders. Every fully paid member with a postal address in the EU is entitled to order from this list. You do not need to be a donor to be entitled to order. There is no limit on how many positions from the list you can request, but you are only allocated one portion of each item. Please send your request by e-mail directly to Martin Bohnet, who is the director of the EU Bulb and Seed Exchange. Please do NOT send your request to the forum, these requests cannot be served. Please make sure you do not use the reply button when sending your request. Martin's e-mail: garak@code-garak.de <mailto:garak@code-garak.de> Orders will be accepted during a three day time window after the list went online, closure will be announced in the forum. This means we'll be closing at Wednesday night. Distribution will then be at random so that everybody has the same chance to get the rare items in short supply. Please do not forget to include your postal address. Each portion of bulbs will be 3 US $. For very big/heavy bulbs this may be doubled. Postage will be added at cost, converted into US $. Donors will get 5 US $ credit. Payment for items from the EU-BX can only be made by PayPal in US Dollars to the PayPal account of the Pacific Bulb Society. Please make sure that the PBS receives the amount due in US Dollars. Please go to the bottom of the Bulb Exchange page <https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/bx.html> and fill in the details and continue. It guides you directly on to your PayPal account. No cheques or credit cards can be accepted. Enclosed in the order, every recipient will receive a payment slip showing the details, please wait with payments until you have received your order. Again, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Uli urban:///johannes-ulrich-urban@t-online.de <mailto:johannes-ulrich-urban@t-online.de> New offers: From Martin Bohnet (all bulbs/corms): EX02_100 Amorphophallus konjac (small offsets) EX02_101 Commelina tuberosa EX02_102 Cypella aquatilis (not fully dormant) EX02_103 Cypella herbertii (not fully dormant) EX02_104 Eucomis zambesica (young) EX02_105 Hesperantha baurii EX02_106 Oxalis magnifica From Vlad Hempel (bulbs): EX02_107 Gladiolus x hort. Purple Flora EX02_108 Hippeastrum ‚Sonatini Eye Catcher‘ (6$) From Liga Plata: (Seeds (-> 2$), still in postal transfer, but expected soon) EX02_109 Hippeastrum papilio SEEDS From Thorben Schneider (Bulb): EX02_110 Bowiea Volubilis (6$) From Uli Urban (corms/bulbs/rhizomes): EX02_111 Achimenes dulcis EX02_112 Achimenes grandiflora EX02_113 Achimenes grandiflora hellblau EX02_114 Achimenes heterophylla EX02_115 Achimenes longiflora EX02_116 Achimenes skinneri EX02_117 Achimenes Hybr. Pulcherrima EX02_118 Achimenes Hybr. Tarantella EX02_119 xAchimenantha Ohio‘s Pumkin EX02_120 Amorphophallus atroviridis (6$) EX02_121 Colocasia Pink China EX02_122 Dioscorea discolor EX02_123 Eucodonia Cecilia EX02_124 Eucodonia Maike EX02_125 Eucodonia spec. EX02_126 Hippeastrum aulicum (not fully dormant) EX02_127 Hippeastrum reticulatum var. striatofolium (not fully dormant) EX02_128 Kohleria warczewiczii EX02_129 Neomarica northiana (offsets) EX02_130 Nerine bowdenii Typ Oswald EX02_131 Sauromatum horsfieldii EX02_132 Seemannia gymnostoma U33 EX02_133 Seemannia nematanthoides EX02_134 Seemannia purpurascens U6 EX02_135 Sphaerorhiza sarmentiana EX02_136 Spathantheum orbignyanum EX02_137 xSmithicodonia Heartlands Joy --- please find comments from Uli to his donations at the end of the mail --- In addition to the new items above, the following seed items are still available from the seed phase of EX02 at 2$ per package: EX02_005 Hosta ex ‚Empress Wu‘, open polinated EX02_006 Tigridia pavonia (unsorted colors) EX02_008 Agapanthus cultivar 45cm, deciduous EX02_009 Alstroemeria psittacina EX02_010 Dactylicapnos scandens EX02_011 Freesia laxa red form EX02_012 Hesperantha baurii EX02_013 Iris ensata (blue) EX02_014 Iris foetidissima EX02_015 Scilla peruviana EX02_016 Watsonia sp. red ex Kirstenbosch (labeled meriana?) EX02_017 Albuca abyssinica Syn. A. bainesii EX02_018 Albuca humilis ex Lesotho EX02_019 Albuca tenuifolia Syn. A. shawii EX02_021 Allium cernuum EX02_023 Allium flavum EX02_024 Allium nigrum EX02_025 Allium obliquum EX02_028 Commelina coelestis (tuberosa) EX02_029 Dietes iridioides EX02_031 Fritillaria pallidiflora EX02_033 Ornithogalum candicans Syn. Galtonia c. EX02_036 Allium senescens EX02_037 Allium tuberosum EX02_038 Asphodeline lutea EX02_040 Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora EX02_043 Habranthus tubispathus EX02_046 Iris graminea EX02_047 Lilium henryi EX02_050 Drimia purpurascens (syn. undulata) ex Bellús EX02_051 Iris xiphium (syn. Xiphion vulgare) ex Albufera EX02_052 Lapiedra martinezii ex Benidoleig EX02_053 Lapiedra martinezii ex Nao Cape EX02_054 Narcissus assoanus subsp. assoanus EX02_055 Narcissus cantabricus EX02_057 Narcissus coronatus syn. N. pallidulus EX02_058 Narcissus confusus EX02_059 Narcissus deficiens EX02_060 Narcissus dubius EX02_061 Narcissus fernandesii EX02_062 Narcissus graellsii (syn. bulbocodium) EX02_063 Narcissus obsoletus (2n=20) EX02_064 Narcissus obsoletus ex Villanueva de cauche EX02_065 Narcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. pseudonarcissus EX02_066 Narcissus serotinus (2n=10) EX02_069 Galtonia viridiflora EX02_075 Allium giganteum EX02_076 Allium insubricum EX02_078 Fritillaria camschatcensis EX02_079 Iris domestica EX02_080 Iris setosa EX02_081 Iris sibirica EX02_082 Lilium philipinense EX02_084 Sisyrinchium montanum EX02_087 Chasmanthe bicolor EX02_088 Eryngium „Miss Wilmot‘s Ghost“ EX02_089 Melanoselium decipiens EX02_090 Watsonia „Dart Sea Trout“ EX02_091 Watsonia knysnana EX02_092 Watsonia „Peach“ EX02_093 Ceropegia woodii EX02_094 Albucca spec. ex roscoff EX02_096 Lilium ex „White Triumphator“ EX02_097 Tradescantia boliviana EX02_098 Zantedeschia albomaculata EX02_099 Zantedeschia jucunda Also, some Items from EX01 are still available at 1$ / package: EX01_002 Aristea ecklonii ex Crûg Farm EX01_006 Mirabilis jalapa red/yellow broken colors EX01_007 Pancratium maritimum EX01_009 Allium roseum EX01_011 Asphodeline liburnica EX01_012 Brodiaea californica EX01_013 Crocus goulimyi EX01_014 Cyclamen coum EX01_015 Cyclamen hederifolium EX01_017 Dietes grandiflora EX01_018 Freesia alba EX01_020 Freesia laxa red form EX01_021 Freesia laxa salmon with red spots EX01_022 Freesia leichtlinii EX01_023 Gladiolus tristis EX01_024 Iris xiphium EX01_025 Lachenalia mathewsii EX01_026 Lachenalia pustulata EX01_027 Lilium candidum EX01_028 Muscari botryoides EX01_030 Scilla peruviana EX01_032 Allium tripedale EX01_035 Alstroemeria aurea „Orange King“ EX01_037 Anemone sylvestris EX01_039 Eremurus robustus EX01_040 Fritillaria persica EX01_041 Iris scorpiris mix EX01_042 Iris sibirica „Perry‘s Blue“ EX01_045 Scilla peruviana EX01_046 Tulipa species mix EX01_048 Allium tripdale EX01_051 Chasmanthe bicolor EX01_053 Hermodactylus tuberosus (Lantraki(?) peloponnese) EX01_054 Muscari latifolium EX01_056 Zephyranthes chlorosolen EX01_059 Cyclamen graecum EX01_060 Cyclamen hederifolium This closes the official part from the team. Uli's comments (items EX02_111-137): All the Gesneriads except the Eucodonias are in short supply because my growing conditions are not ideal for this group of plants here in Portugal. Even if the rhizome you will receive may be small, it will produce a flowering plant this season. Plant the rhizomes immediately on receipt, keep it warm and moist but not wet. Once it has sprouted give good light but not scorching sun. It is important to grow them in warm but not hot conditions without extremes. Never let them dry out during growth, fertilize with low concentration but several times. In late autumn they will all go dormant and can be kept fully dry in their pots in their compost until they are started again next spring. Field data are available for the Seemannias. Sphaerorhiza sarmentiana is not the easiest Gesneriad to grow. I recommend Eucodonia for beginners. Amorphophallus atroviridis A relatively rare Amorphophallus, Tubers of good size but I do not know how big they have to be to be of flowering size. My plants have bigger tubers every year but so far have not yet flowered. Beautiful velvety dark green leaves with a pink edge. Fully dormant in winter, needs a warm and half shaded place in summer. Better under glass in cool climates. Colocasia Pink China One of the robust ones, I used to grow it in the open garden in Germany and it is considered fairly hardy but I never tried. Multiplies well. Needs a lot of water and fertilizer to look good, Dry winter dormancy. Dioscorea discolor Twining tuberous plant, vigorous, easy and beautiful. Very good under glass in cool climates or as a houseplant. Give good light to get nicely coloured leaves. Plant immediately and keep moist but not wet, best with some bottom heat to start. Is slow to start and will go dormant late in the season. Fully dormant in winter. Can grow to several meters in one season. Field data available. Hippeastrum aulicum One year old vigorous seedlings. I hope they did not suffer too much in the delayed parcel. Easy, almost evergreen with a very short summer dormancy or fully evergreen. Flowers around Christmas. Grows as an epiphyte so give well aerated substrate but do not let it dry out. Easy here in normal soil in the open garden, offset forming to big clumps. Prone to slug damage. H. reticulatum var. striatofolium Attractive foliage and beautiful pink flowers but not floriferous. Evergreen, attractive house plant Neomarica northiana Attractive blue and white flowers, plantlets form on the flower stalk afterwards, this is what you get. Evergreen, frost sensitive. not too much sun and always moist. Forms big clumps. Happy in pots. Nerine bowdenii Typ Oswald This plant is precious to me. It was given to me by an elderly plant breeder from former East Germany, his name is Mr. Oswald. He grew rows of it among his strawberries and beans and gave them a very thick mulch in winter. His garden was on sandy soil. Practically fully hardy, very vigorous and floriferous. But it does not like the mediterranean climate and is declining here. So here they are. Keep the bulbs in pots until they reach flowering size and then plant into the open garden, bury up to the tip of the neck or deeper. Can be permanently pot grown but better in the ground. I used to grow them in Germany in a well drained bed at the outside base of my frost free greenhouse wall. Heavy mulch in winter, remove this in spring. Full sun, Fertilizer. Comes true from seed. Mr Oswald could not tell me the origin of this very good form. Keep it happy and hand it to others. Nerine does not like root disturbance and will not flower the year of planting. Sauromatum horsfieldii A dwarf prolific plant with velvety green palmate leaves. The flowers have an offensive smell but do not last long. Take care not to spread the bulbili, it may become invasive in suitable conditions. I do not reuse or compost its potting mix. Best in dappled shade. Fully dry dormant in winter. Spathantheum orbignyanum A large Aroid with very big tubers. Summer growing, fully dry winter rest. Attractive leaves like a large Acanthus. The flowers are unusual, they look like a narrow leaf on a long stalk, the flowers themselves are under the "leaf". Strange smell. Flowers before the leaves. Needs a warm, sheltered and sunny position, Mine are pot grown, even in Portugal. Lots of water and fertilizer during active growth. Field data available -- Martin (pronoun: he) ---------------------------------------------- Southern Germany Likely zone 7a _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>