Re: bulbs and plants to trade
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] bulbs and plants to trade
- From: C* P*
- Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 14:21:36 EDT
In a message dated 8/26/99 9:36:35 AM Eastern Daylight Time, BILLS@HSC.EDU
writes:
<< Ferraria crispa
Lachenalia aloides
Lachenalia mutabilis
Mixed hybrid Freesias (red, yellow, blue: specify color)
I also have a few Clivia plants to trade. These are blooming size, offsets
from a plant I have had for 30 years. Not the usual type: foliage is
narrow, to 3 ft. long, flowers are smaller and somewhat nodding. Could be
an interspecific hybrid.
Finally, a few medium-size plants of a pink-flowered Crinum (name unknown)
that is hardy in Zone 7a.
I'm interested in material of other Cape bulbs, unusual hardy bulbs, or
orchids. >>
A distinguished list Bill. We have trouble here with Cape bulbs and winter
growth under glass. There does not seem to be enough sun in the fall/winter
months.
Have you tried ornithogalum dubium? I grew a pot full of these last winter
finding the flowers last up to three months. I need to use fluorescent light
even with glass.
There is a South African bulb group that writes to Alpine-L occasionally, it
is based in the UK.
Here are two links for Cape bulbs. Silverhill handles all kinds of South
African seed and the link labeled untitled is Jim Duggan in California. I
have copied my bookmark which is the first page of the catalog.
I wish we had trade material but we have a struggle keeping the bulbs alive.
Clivia, however, is not difficult.
<A HREF="http://www.silverhillseeds.co.za/">Click here: Silverhill Seeds</A>
<A HREF="http://www.thebulbman.com/Catalog.html">Click here: Untitled
Document</A>
Claire Peplowski
East Nassau, NY
z4
