Seed Exchange 481 is now open for orders until August 27 at 5pm PDT. You must be a paid up PBS member to order seed. Non-members may not order seed. Members in arrears for past SX/BX may not order seed. I check. This list includes seed from Mauro Peixoto’s Brazil Plants. Most of this seed is in very short supply, in many cases I was only able to divide the seed into two or three packets. Normally I randomize orders and fill the entire order when I come to it in my stack. For this SX I will still randomize the orders but I will only fill the top two requests of each order before going on to the next order. After filling everyone’s top two requests I will then go back through the orders and fill the rest of the requests. This gives more people a chance to get some of the rarer seed and prevents the top few from getting it all. A couple of other notes. I got Hymenocallis occidentalis seed today. It is listed at the bottom because the labels were already printed. Also some of you have sent me seed of hardy bulbs. This seed will be offered in October in time for fall planting. So do not worry. I have it and will offer it. Any order submitted by the deadline has an equal chance of being filled first. All orders should be submitted to seedyjan1@gmail.com <mailto:seedyjan1@gmail.com> with “SX 481” in the subject line. Do not post your orders to the list! Most of the seed packets are now labeled alphabetically with name, item number and SX number. The labels do not include additional information such as color, parents etc. You’ll need to transfer that information from the list. Donor information is also available from the list. In most cases the list now includes the number of packets available and if seed is available to make additional packets. Rules for ordering Your name, address, and email should be listed first on your order. Give your address just like you would on an envelope. Don’t string it across a line; I can’t tell what goes on what line. This is particularly important for foreign addresses. For example: Sue Bulbcrazy 2654 Bulbnut Ln Bulbnutsville, OR 92013 suebulbcrazy@ggmail.com <mailto:suebulbcrazy@ggmail.com> Seed is $2 per packet. Your bill will reflect postage credit for any previous SX submissions. Domestic postage will be charged at $4 per order. All previous orders shipped for $4.30 to $4.90 per packet so I am standardizing postage at $4 per packet for all domestic orders. The extra over the postage costs will help pay for the mailing envelopes. Foreign orders will be charged at cost. You will receive a bill in your envelope which you can pay online at https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… <https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/…> List your 15 first choices vertically in numeric order. For example: 13 Narcissus bulbocodium 14 Narcissus cantabricus 15 Romulea rosea Be sure to include both number and name. Unless you tell me differently I will assume you’ll accept seed from a different donor if seed from your first choice donor is sold out. List your alternates in numeric and alphabetical order. You may star your first choice alternates. You can also include notes to help me pull seeds that will make you happy. For example; “any gladiolus seed ok as alternate”. If you don’t list alternates I will only send the first choices I have available. I am not limiting people to 15 packets but if you want extras I will process the amount in excess of 15 packets after I am done filling the other orders. No seed orders from countries that require a phytosanitary certificate. New Zealand orders are at your own risk for postage costs. As best I can tell my last order to New Zealand did not get through. It is important to follow the ordering rules. Orders that don’t, and drive me crazy trying to fill them, may be put at the bottom of the stack! Don’t make me do that. Contact me with any questions about the SX procedure, but not about the offerings, at seedyjan1@gmail.com <mailto:seedyjan1@gmail.com>. Questions about germination or the suitability of the seed for your climate should be posted on the forum. I will also try to send out the seedlist as a list and not part of an attachment but I need my husband’s or David Pillings help to do this. My husband is napping and David is likely sleeping too. So be patient. _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…