RE:RE: new member/ hello again

Hello once again.  This is Bill Brobisky, still fairly new member.  Thanks
to all those who sent me greetings.
Trevor, the way I look at it one doesn't lose cyclamen, rather a few of them
"retire" each year to make way for the new and better seedlings coming
along.
Jana, I've joined just about every list there is in a frenzy of
internetmania (including IBS's).  And not to fret, having 6000 pots of bulbs
is not a healthy thing - sort of like having 20 cats, which I used to. 
Connection?  Nah, couldn't be.
Julie, the best sources I know of for winter growing glad seeds are
Silverhill, all the rock garden seed lists and SIGNA, and don't neglect the
northern hemisphere species.
Moira, see cyclamen remark above.  I too have mixed results woth Lachenalia.
With so many pots to deal with all needing some summer water to avoid
dessication, it's difficult to do them all just right.  I think that the way
the Lachs dry off with rather thick scales forming shoulders where the
leaves were attached invites water to collect and start the bulbs rotting.
The main reason I'm prompted to communicate again is that this morning I
discovered a bud on one of my two seed grown Paeonia clussii's.  I'm beside
myself with joy and anticipation.  And hoping it proves to be the real
thing.
I had a Homer Simpson "Doh"(sp?) moment after asking about Pancratium
culture, remembering that as beach growers they're used to pure sand.  So P.
caneriensis, illyricum and foetidum have had all the soil removed to just
below the base of the bulb and the pots refilled with sand.  P. maritimum
seems to do just fine in potting soil.  I hope to be able to report positive
results soon.  They're also the number one mollusk delicacy (among many) in
my collection, so a nightly patrol is in order.
I'd still like to hear from anyone who has anything to say about
Eremostachys.  It's a tuberous rooted member of the Labiatae, supposedly
like unto Salvia and/or Phlomis and that's all I know.  I'm "growing" the
species albertii, regeliana and tadschikistanica all from seed from the
Taschkent Bot. Garden, and would hate to loose them without at least seeing
them flower.
Thanks, 
Bill






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