Robert's observations are good. I was just looking at Umbilicus horizontalis and wondering if it might be a BX candidate. It is a rhizomatous geophyte, which I received along with dormant bulbs from England many years ago; it flowers after the winter-growing foliage fades. Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon, USA On 9/9/2025 7:27 AM, Robert Parks via pbs wrote: > Just my opinion, as a collector and donator. As with all things, within > reason. For BX, probably not potatoes from the supermarket, but indigenous > Andean tuber crops that aren't easily available? Plants that grow > associated with geophytes or are closely related? Like some Bulbines or > Pelargoniums that are fibrous rooted but go dormant with no succulence, a > fibrous rooted caudiciform or orchid? Geophyte type structures from > non-geophytes (stem bulbils or tuberlets? > For the SX, the same. > > I wouldn't want the SX or BX to be dominated by non-geophytes, but I would > also prefer that donators not shy away from sending associated plants, or > needing to delve into the technicalities of what is, and is not a geophyte. > The way it is now, and has been for a while, is a vast majority of > geophytes, with a handful of non-geophytes, and that works for me. I > understand the desire for purity, especially if someone is inexperienced, > and doesn't recognize, to pick an example, that Pachypodium is not a > geophyte, and may be dismayed to receive a caudex instead of a tuber, but > it is easy to check and investigate the offerings. > > On a personal note, I don't donate to other groups, so the small number of > geophyte associated plants I end up with excess of generally get donated to > the BX, since it is so much more effort to sell or distribute using other > methods (off BX offers). > > Robert > Mist turning into light rain in San Francisco, too many geophyte rarin' to > go as Indian Summer begins. > > On Tue, Sep 9, 2025, 6:15 AM Eric via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > wrote: > >> I agree with Robert, clearly the SX and BX is the reason most of are here. >> Limiting the exchanges seems an extreme. We don’t want to tax our seed and >> bulb exchange chairs by adding extra steps. If you don’t want the non >> bulbous seed or plants, please ignore it and move on. Eliminating some of >> the more unique seed and plant I have acquired because they don’t produce >> true bulbs is short sighted. Obviously, if unsure what you want to send in >> will be welcome ask the Chairs of the exchanges or even the entire group to >> find if there is interest. All of us grow many more plants that aren’t bulb >> producing we’d like to share. >> Just my 2 cents >> Eric Duma >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Sep 8, 2025, at 7:16 PM, JOYCE MILLER via pbs < >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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://… _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…