I recently received Scadoxus seeds from Silverhill that had begun to germinate. They were in a brown paper envelope so customs could not see that they were germinating. I received them fine. On the other hand, I received some from England that were in a transparent envelope that had begun to germinate and customs could see them and they were confiscated for being plants.
Mary Gorton Wilmington, Delaware
On Sunday, December 28, 2025 at 09:12:00 PM EST, Mary Sue Ittner via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote:
I once wrote an article for Bulbs summarizing information people's
experiences for dealing with bulbs ordered from another hemisphere. You
can find it here:
https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/…
on Page 35. After reading this thread and reflecting on my experience of
growing bulbs from another hemisphere, I found that bulbs were much more
likely to survive than corms. Since a lot of corms can flower from seed
in a few years if happy in your conditions, that would seem a better
choice. When plants arrived made a big difference for me. I lost almost
all of what I once ordered within a year or two when it arrived in late
spring. And I don't think there was an advantage in that case to living
where summers rarely are hot. After that I concluded it was better for
me to either grow from seed or purchase bulbs from someone who grew them
in my country so they would be used to growing at the right time.
On another note, there are some of us who would be willing to share
seeds that need to be planted immediately if PBS could find someone who
would be willing to take on the job of distributing them in a timely
fashion. Since so many of the South African Amaryllids flower in the
fall and seed set is late fall to winter, it would probably be best for
a volunteer to live where it doesn't get really cold when these seeds
are ready to plant. Lee mentioned that Silverhill Seeds in the past used
to let people know when recalcitrant seeds were available. With the mail
delays I expect that is no longer possible.
Mary Sue
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