OT: Ferraria undulata

I have 33 blooming size (1/2-1" diameter) Ferraria undulata corms to give
away.  I will send them to the first 33 people who send me a small
container, suitable for shipping first class mail (no envelopes, please),
containing a label with your return address and enough cash to cover
postage (the corms are virtually weightless, so whatever it costs you to
send the container to me is what it will cost me to send it back to you).

Find a picture of the related F. crispa at
http://www.rt66.com/~telp/cork.htm. Ferraria undulata differs in being
lighter in color, green with dark brown barring.  The bloomstalk is about a
foot tall and produces many 1" flowers.

Culture: Pot up in good peat-based potting soil (do not use African Violet
soil) in August/September.  Water well.  Give the brightest possible
light--southfacing window preferred. After growth starts, keep moderately
moist; let the surface get just dry.  Feed weekly with 1/4 strength soluble
plant food when bloomstalk appears.  After foliage yellows, allow to go dry
and store over summer in a sheltered warm spot.  Repot the following
August/September.  After maturing, corms multiply rapidly.

Bill Shear
Department of Biology
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney VA 23943
(804)223-6172
FAX (804)223-6374
email<bills@tiger.hsc.edu>
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