Re: glads or crocosmias

Oh- I might have a tuberose I could dig for you.  I have a bunch in a 
pot and I'll check tomorrow to see if they have poked their heads up yet 
(so that I can find one...)

Theresa

kmrsy@comcast.net wrote:

>Sure! - but only if they have something cheap. There's always the chance
>they'll get too cold on the way up here and be damaged. The guy sending
>the curucma rhizomes is insulating them well and sending them to the CES
>office so they won't sit outside. I'd love to find a Eucomis or a
>Tuberose. I have Rhodohypoxis on order from bulbmeister.com, but it
>won't arrive until April.
>
>
>I will check the stores again the day before the presentation to see if
>anyone got an early shipment. I remember one year, Lowe's got a shipment
>of dormant daylilies, 12 to a bag, in late January. No one bought them
>and they sprouted, not just from being inside but from the heat of each
>other in the piles. They were actually composting. I reached into the
>pile and ow! it was Hot!
>
>
>Let me know what you find.  However, I am daunted by the very thought of trying to find something to trade you. ;+)
>
>--
>Kitty 
>neIN, Zone5
>
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>  
>
>>Want me to look at HD next weekend and see what they've got? Bulbs and 
>>such are usually available about now. 
>>
>>
>>On Tuesday, February 1, 2005, at 11:28 AM, kmrsy@comcast.net wrote: 
>>
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>>
>>>I'm giving that presentation on summer geophytes at the end of the 
>>>month 
>>>and am having trouble getting examples in time. I've got some ginger 
>>>rhizomes, lily bulbs, Begonia and Dahlia tubers, a Colocasia (tuber or 
>>>corm? - I've read they are tubers that form corms). But I'd like to 
>>>show 
>>>Gladiolus and/or Crocosmia corms, too. I've found some on eBay, but the 
>>>pricing with shipping and quantities offered just don't work for me. 
>>>These items will not be available in local stores or delivered by 
>>>mailorder sources in time for my presentation. 
>>>
>>>
>>>Does anyone (especially those southerners among you) on this list have 
>>>a 
>>>corm or two they could spare this month? In FL, Tx and southern CA you 
>>>may even be getting ready to plant them soon since you're so much 
>>>warmer 
>>>down there. I'm sure I can come up with something I could trade that 
>>>you'd like. 
>>>
>>>
>>>Also looking for a Eucomis bulb if possible. 
>>>
>>>-- 
>>>Kitty 
>>>neIN, Zone5 
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>>Island Jim 
>>Southwest Florida 
>>27.0 N, 82.4 W 
>>Zone 10a 
>>Minimum 30 F [-1 C] 
>>Maximum 100 F [38 C] 
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