[pbs] Re: pbs Digest, Vol 15, Issue 9

Patricia Brooks pbrooks3 at sc.rr.com
Thu Apr 8 16:00:38 EDT 2004


I would be willing to participate in a group order.  If they have something
I wish to order.  If I know Lee there will be plenty of goodies.

Pat
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>    1. RE: Bellevalia--TOW (Boyce Tankersley)
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>    3. Re: Unusual looking Japanese hybrid Hipp photo added to wiki
>       (Ann Marie)
>    4. Re: Unusual looking Japanese hybrid Hipp photo added to wiki
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>    5. Re: Unusual looking Japanese hybrid Hipp photo added to wiki
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>    6. Recent Images on the Wiki #8 and a report (Mary Sue Ittner)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 11:19:14 -0500
> From: "Boyce Tankersley" <btankers at chicagobotanic.org>
> Subject: RE: [pbs] Bellevalia--TOW
> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs at lists.ibiblio.org>
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> Dear All:
>
> We have a single bulb of Bellevalia makuensis (tentative identification)
from the Republic of Georgia in our evaluation raised beds with a number of
other geophytes. The foliage is broad lanceolate and I think it is
attractive. I took (I hope) a good image of the foliage this morning. Later
today I will attempt to load it onto the  wiki along with an image taken
last year showing the diagnostic characteristics of the flower/fruit. The
flower spike emerges in an exuberant sort of way and is relatively tall,
about 12" and very open. The flowers at the tip are dark purple and those
lower down on the flower stalk are purple with a white rim around the mouth
of the flower. This bulb has come through 2 consecutive rough winters in a
raised bed with no mulch topdressing in Chicago, USDA climatic zone 5.
Rabbits and chipmunks so far have preferred the Fritillaria caucasica,
Tulipa and Lilium neighbors (hence the chicken wire cage in part of the
image).
>
> Aesthetically this is not a 'front of the border' plant, but the height
and unusual color would make an interesting backdrop for other spring
flowers. From an architectural standpoint the contrast in foliage and flower
with members of the genus Muscari is interesting.
>
> So far, it has not shown an invasive tendencies. Like all new taxa brought
into CBG, it is undergoing a period of observation (for invasive
characteristics) prior to use in the public displays.
>
> Boyce Tankersley
> btankers at chicagobotanic.org
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 23:35:47 EDT
> From: Antennaria at aol.com
> Subject: [pbs] Re: Iris photos posted on the PBS wiki
> To: pbs at lists.ibiblio.org
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> I uploaded a few Iris photos on the PBS wiki.  Each of the following Iris
> were photographed this morning at 7:00 AM, the temperature was 28 degrees
> Fahrenheit at the time (frozen), but unlike crocus, at least the Iris
reticulata
> cultivars and allied species have the decency to stay open in low light or
when
> frozen, a blessing for the harried working man or woman.
>
> Iris 'Katherine Hodgkin' - an ethereal beauty, I posted two close-up shots
> showing the intricately marked blooms.
>
> Iris histrio - a beautiful little species akin to reticulata, with baby
blue
> flowers and intricate markings.
>
> Iris 'Lady Beatrice Stanley' - another reticulata type, with wedgewood
blue
> flowers, broad falls and detailed markings.
>
> All can be viewed at:
> http://www.ibiblio.org/pbs/pbswiki/index.php/Iris
>
>
> Mark McDonough Pepperell, Massachusetts, United States
> antennaria at aol.com "New England" USDA Zone 5
> ==============================================
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> alliums, bulbs, penstemons, hardy hibiscus, western
> american alpines, iris, plants of all types!
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> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 23:23:25 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Ann Marie <mysticgardn at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [pbs] Unusual looking Japanese hybrid Hipp photo added to
> wiki
> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs at lists.ibiblio.org>
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> I second the group order, Ann Marie
>
> TGlavich at aol.com wrote:Lee,
>
> It's a great cultivar.
>
> Patty,
>
> I'd be willing to participate in a group order.
>
> Tom
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> Ann Marie
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> So. California, San Gabriel Valley, Zone 21 (Sunset Western Garden book) ,
influenced by both marine and interior air(Santa Ana winds). This makes it
perfect for Citrus trees and most So African plants. I collect and sometimes
sell belladonnas, nerines, oxalis, moraea, amaryllis, palms, epiphyllums,
succulents and other south african bulbs.  email me at mysticgardn at yahoo.com
for list of bulbs and plants for sale.  For home and garden sculptures go to
http://www.rjunkdrawer.com
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> Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2004 06:50:16 -0500
> From: "Cynthia Mueller" <c-mueller at tamu.edu>
> Subject: Re: [pbs] Unusual looking Japanese hybrid Hipp photo added to
> wiki
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> Please add my name to Lee Poulsen's possible Japanese hippeastrum
> ordering list!  - Cynthia W. Mueller
>
> >>> mysticgardn at yahoo.com 4/8/04 1:23:25 AM >>>
> I second the group order, Ann Marie
>
> TGlavich at aol.com wrote:Lee,
>
> It's a great cultivar.
>
> Patty,
>
> I'd be willing to participate in a group order.
>
> Tom
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> Ann Marie
>
> So. California, San Gabriel Valley, Zone 21 (Sunset Western Garden
> book) , influenced by both marine and interior air(Santa Ana winds).
> This makes it perfect for Citrus trees and most So African plants. I
> collect and sometimes sell belladonnas, nerines, oxalis, moraea,
> amaryllis, palms, epiphyllums, succulents and other south african bulbs.
>  email me at mysticgardn at yahoo.com for list of bulbs and plants for
> sale.  For home and garden sculptures go to http://www.rjunkdrawer.com
>
>
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> Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 07:59:02 -0400 (EDT)
> From: <dells at voicenet.com>
> Subject: Re: [pbs] Unusual looking Japanese hybrid Hipp photo added to
> wiki
> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs at lists.ibiblio.org>
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> Me too!
>
>
> On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 06:50:16 -0500, "Cynthia Mueller" <c-
> mueller at tamu.edu> wrote :
>
> > Please add my name to Lee Poulsen's possible Japanese hippeastrum
> > ordering list!  - Cynthia W. Mueller
> >
> > >>> mysticgardn at yahoo.com 4/8/04 1:23:25 AM >>>
> > I second the group order, Ann Marie
> >
> > TGlavich at aol.com wrote:Lee,
> >
> > It's a great cultivar.
> >
> > Patty,
> >
> > I'd be willing to participate in a group order.
> >
> > Tom
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> >
> >
> > Ann Marie
> >
> > So. California, San Gabriel Valley, Zone 21 (Sunset Western Garden
> > book) , influenced by both marine and interior air(Santa Ana winds).
> > This makes it perfect for Citrus trees and most So African plants. I
> > collect and sometimes sell belladonnas, nerines, oxalis, moraea,
> > amaryllis, palms, epiphyllums, succulents and other south african bulbs.
> >  email me at mysticgardn at yahoo.com for list of bulbs and plants for
> > sale.  For home and garden sculptures go to http://www.rjunkdrawer.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> Message: 6
> Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2004 07:48:30 -0700
> From: Mary Sue Ittner <msittner at mcn.org>
> Subject: [pbs] Recent Images on the Wiki #8 and a report
> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs at lists.ibiblio.org>
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> Dear All,
>
> I don't believe I ever announced when I created the Cyanella page. I added
> pictures to it of Cyanellas we photographed while in South Africa. Several
> images were of that yellow Cyanella alba that I'd love to grow, but never
> seems available anywhere, not even seed. These were photos of plants in
> pots grown by IBSA members. Rachel has told me they never find seed of it
> in the wild in the Biedouw Valley, a very dry area where it comes from.
>
> Another picture was of an attractive Cyanella we saw at the Karoo gardens.
> Julian Slade helped me identify it. Finally I added a picture of Cyanella
> lutea we saw in the Little Karoo where it would get very little rain. In
my
> report to the group I wrote about our trip I said this:
>
> "Seeing the Cyanella lutea it struck me that it was no wonder if wasn't
> really very happy in an area where we often get 60 inches of rain during
> our winter rainy season. The fact that I had one in a raised bed subjected
> to the elements that bloomed for three years before it disappeared was
more
> surprising than the fact it disappeared."
>
> When I redid the bed it was last seen in I saved some of the bulbs I
wasn't
> sure of and this year guess what has come up and is blooming in one of the
> mystery bulbs containers? Perhaps it has been happier in this dryer year?
> http://www.ibiblio.org/pbs/pbswiki/index.php/Cyanella
>
> Most of my Oxalis obtusa that was blooming well went dormant when we had
> our heat spell. The only ones that didn't were located in cool spots were
> they got less direct sunshine. But before it went dormant I photographed
> another Oxalis obtusa Michael Vassar accession, 7087. It is a really nice
> one and I added it to the wiki even though we have quite a lot of other
> Oxalis obtusa pictures.
>
> http://www.ibiblio.org/pbs/pbswiki/index.php/SouthAfricanOxalis
>
> How you grow many of the Oxalis really determines how they look. I know
> that is no doubt true for all we grow, but the form of the obtusas can be
> so different. When I redid my raised beds I tried a couple of Oxalis in
the
> beds since I was then planting in containers and could contain them and
> wanted to experimant. The Oxalis luteola did great. This same accession of
> Oxalis obtusa (7087) planted in the raised beds was slow to emerge and
then
> the plants remained mat like, a much better form. They didn't bloom very
> long however and the heat spell we had prevents me from being sure whether
> it was the weather or the way they were planted. Michael Vassar preached
> little organic matter and no fertilizer to keep the leaves low and
> contained. But my informal experience has been that I get longer blooming
> on my Oxalis plants when I fertilize them a little.
>
> Mary Sue
>
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