If practical, email a list when sending in donations. It doesn't prevent mistakes, but it does save transcribing handwriting. Today, more work on the "sunhouse", a covered space on a shed roof allowing for elevated temperatures so bulbs that need a warm dormancy will grow and bloom after a cool humid San Francsico summer. Robert On Sun, Jun 25, 2023 at 10:59 AM Arnold Trachtenberg via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > I’ve kept my two Scilla maderensis in the basement bone dry and water very > little when in growth. Reasoning is it originates on an arid volcanic > island > Arnold > > > Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS > > > On Sunday, June 25, 2023, 12:55 PM, Robert Lauf via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > Scilla maderensis is a winter grower, very sunny windowsill but > preferably greenhouse. When it starts to die back for summer, keep it > TOTALLY DRY until fall and then damn little water going forward. Mine go > on the dry table of death at the west end of my carport where they get > baked by some late afternoon sun and are shielded from any rain. Don't > even start watering too early when growth appears or many of the lower > flower buds will abort. This thing is as water wise as a cactus and can > practically live on the humidity in the greenhouse. > Bob Zone 7 > On Sunday, June 25, 2023 at 11:55:36 AM EDT, Bridget Wosczyna via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > And here they are > > > > On Jun 25, 2023, at 11:29 AM, Rimmer de Vries via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > > Item 48 Resnova megaphylla are one year seedlings in growth. Two pots > of seedlings were sent to the BX to be unpotted and mailed in damp towel on > the distribution. > > > > These seedlings are well spotted forms with bright purplish-pink flowers > originally collected in Tonteldoos, Limpopo. They should bloom in 3-4 years > if kept happy; moist in summer growth, dry when dormant when it is not warm > out. > > > > Item 49 the mad scilla are 3 large bulbs from Longfield gardens in 2014 > that have not bloomed in a while, better culture is needed. > > > > Rimmer > > > >> 48 Resnova megaphylla > >> > >> 49 Scilla madeirensis > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > PBS Forum latest: > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum latest: > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum latest: > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum latest: > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…