Ixia viridiflora makes very regular appearances in the BXs...once established it produces copious offsets, and volunteers from seed very easily (read: almost annoying) I have three lines of I. viridiflora, all from seed, one of which bloomed 15 months after sowing. Robert On Fri, Dec 26, 2025 at 11:59 AM Leigh Blake via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Hi Everyone!! > My daughter gave me three Ixia viridiflora corms, potted and growing in the > beginning of December when she visited from Seattle. ( I'm in Southern > Oregon and grow primarily natives and alpines) . I am sobbing...The > largest, which was in full growth when she brought it down, promptly lost > its major sprout ( I brought all three planted corms into our home ) and > the only survivor I immediately changed soil carefully and have replanted > this incredible little ENDANGERED South African native with the hopes of > saving this tiny corm. I can not yell loudly enough...but I totally agree > with the above mentioned instructions on growing corms and bulbs from the > Southern hemiphere. If you have a green house set up...fine..we do > not...and I winter many of my more temperate plants insifde, even though we > are now considered zone 8. > Thank you for this information...I did order the Ixia viridiflora seed from > the NARGS seed list...if they are available.. we shall see. > Spring is coming... Happy gardening to all of you!!! My Narcissus > bulbicodiums are sprouting... > > > Leigh Blake, Trail Oregon > > On Fri, Dec 26, 2025 at 10:55 AM Robert Lauf via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > It's good to hear all sides of a complex issue like this, and fun to > note > > that no one on either side is "wrong". Life is full of trade-offs. I > for > > one, won't live long enough to want to start seeds that won't bloom for > ten > > years. But I sure have fun starting seeds of faster growers and sending > > the young bulbs to the BX. > > No question jet lag is an issue, but a good vendor knows when is the best > > time to ship summer vs winter growers. For example, I got a huge bulb of > > Brunsvigia grandiflora in a recent group order. It is completely dry, > > completely dormant, yet it has been putting down huge, fleshy roots the > > entire time, and I expect it to pop into growth in the spring. > > We've already hashed over the issue of shipping costs, and I would just > > remind all that domestic shipping from typical mail-order nurseries isn't > > much different, esp. for a small order. > > PBS is blessed with many highly competent growers who are also good about > > sharing their surplus. So I would hope that all the cool things we > > imported in the group orders will soon start showing up as seeds and > > offsets in future exchanges, which serves our conservation mission and > > also, of course, eliminates the jet lag issue. > > Importing isn't for everyone (nothing is!), but it is a crucial leg of > the > > stool in the overall member ecosystem we're trying to maintain. The high > > level of interest and participation seems to bear this out. > > Bob Zone 7 gloomy but still warm > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > https://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 > https://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 https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…