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Seed Bank News Autumn 2005 (1/05)
Ordering from the ABA Seed Bank
For those who have not ordered from our Seed Bank before, here's how you go about it.
• Place the reference number for the species you want in the squares provided on the order form (e.g. JSL-105-28). You do not need to write the botanical name as everything is packed with a reference number on them.
• We will endeavour to provide you with the species you request, but sometimes there are just too few seeds, and too many requests, so be sure to include substitutes in the space provided.
• Add the total amount for your seed order, plus postage ($2.00) , and send your payment to: ABA Seed Bank, P.O. Box 44, Wodonga, Victoria, 3689.
• Your order will be placed in a queue, and will be packed and sent out a.s.a.p. All seed orders will be sent out within two to four weeks of receipt. You will be notified if there is a delay with processing your order.
A little about seed donations
Seed will be received in small or large quantities; it's up to you. Members are waiting to grow any species from your garden, so a dozen seeds will fulfil the needs of a couple of members, at least. Larger amounts of seed are good as more seed can be added to packets, with a greater chance of success by the grower.
Seed should be cleaned and free from any chaff or stem material. This makes our job of packaging seed much easier, and maintains seed free of virus and disease. This is very important for overseas members, as Australian Quarantine will destroy any seeds that are not clean, so please take the little bit extra time to de-husk your seed heads before sending them on, thankyou. Seeds are very important to us, being a seed bank! Which means that donors are equally important, without them there would not be a seed bank? So, if you have donated seed to the ABA, then you will be given first pick of any seed available on each season's list.
Seed will be packaged in individual packets, for hobbyists and collectors, so that as many people as possible will be able to grow the material on hand. Seed will not be sold in larger quantities, as this is the job of commercial seeds men, not a specialist society. We provide genetic material for everyone to grow. Please provide as much information as possible on the seed you have donated, including collection data from the wild, where the seed originally came from, are they hand or open pollinated, plus any other information you think may be relevant (colour, height, etc.). We would like to collate this information for the benefit of other members, to aid both cultivation plus future dissemination of your genetic material.
ABA Seed List 2005 1
JSL 105 001 Acis nicaeensis syn. Leucojoum
JSL 105 002 Androcymbium eucomoides
JSL 105 003 Babiana scariosa
JSL 105 004 Cyanella lutea
JSL 105 005 Freesia fucata
JSL 105 006 Geissorhiza bracteata
JSL 105 007 Geissorhiza splendidissima
JSL 105 008 Gladiolus caeruleus
JSL 105 009 Gladiolus maculatus
JSL 105 010 Gladiolus priorii
JSL 105 011 Hesperantha falcata
JSL 105 012 Hesperantha liantamensis
JSL 105 013 Hesperantha peruvianum
JSL 105 014 Lachenalia comptonii
JSL 105 015 Lachenalia maximilians
JSL 105 016 Lachenalia pusilla
JSL 105 017 Moraea cedarmontanus
JSL 105 018 Moraea kamisensis syn. Galaxia grandiflora
JSL 105 019 Moraea pritzeliana
JSL 105 020 Moraea villosa
JSL 105 021 Northoscordum minarum
JSL 105 022 Polyxena maughanii
JSL 105 023 Romulea kamisensis
JSL 105 024 Romulea hirta
JSL 105 025 Romulea tetragona
JSL 105 026 Scilla monophyllos
JSL 105 027 Spiloxene grandiflora ssp. Grandiflora
JSL 105 028 Spiloxene linearis
JSL 105 029 Spiloxene vaginata
JSL 105 030 Tulipa clusiana
JSL 105 031 Zephyranthes filifolia
JSL 105 032 Zephyranthes huastecana
JSL 105 034 Zephyranthes katheriniae
JSL 105 035 Zephyranthes primulina
PTY 105 036 Agapanthus africanus
PTY 105 037 Hesperoxiphium peruvianum
PTY 105 038 Moraea polystachya
SAW 105 039 Whiteheadia bifolia
BMO 105 040 Ornithogalum saundersiae
DWA 105 041 Massonia echinata
DWA 105 042 Albuca elwesii
DWA 105 043 Albuca spiralis
DWA 105 044 Moraea longifolia (syn. Hexaglottis)
DWA 105 045 Calydorea amabilis
ABA Seed Bank Cleanout - 2005
50 cents per seed Packet
Dear ABA Members,
Welcome to the latest offering from the Australian Bulb Association Seed Bank.
This list is a cleanout of the seed bank and you are sure to find many rare and interesting species to choose from. All seeds on this list are from past ABA Seed Bank offerings, and they are all going out at bargain basement prices. Click here to see all the available seed packets
You will find that many of these species, even the ones from 2001 when we first started the ABA, will have good germination for you, and I am fairly confident that 80 90% of all seeds on offer will come up without any problems. Most hard coated seeds (mostly what is on this list) will retain their viability for many years, and good germination can be seen from seeds that are much older than 3 years. This past season I gave some seeds of Babiana ringens to my good friend Dash, and they were sown, and a large percentage of them came up without any problems. This particular batch of seeds was harvested 6 years ago, and they still retained over 80% viability!
Please Note: Many of these seeds will not be offered again, so this will be your last chance to buy them. Once this list is finished then the remainder will be grown on for future ABA fundraising.
Seed Prices: All packets of seed are available for fifty cents per packet.
Postage is $2.00 per order in Australia, and $5.00 for overseas orders.
Send order to: - ABA Seed Bank, PO Box 44, Wodonga, Victoria, 3689, Australia.
Enjoy! Kind regards,
Dirk Wallace, ABA Seed Bank Director
Seed List Contents
Normal Seed Prices and Ordering
Seed Sowing Notes
Archived Seed Lists and FormsPrices and postage: Seed packets are available to ABA Members for $1.00 per packet. Non-Members are able to purchase seed for $3.50 per packet.
Postage is $2.00 for all seed orders (International Order please add $5.00 for postage).
Payment Options: To pay for your seed order you can send a cheque or money order made out to the Australian Bulb Association. For International cheques (not drawn on an Australian bank) please add $10.00 to cover bank fees. Or you can pay online with your credit card through our secure server Paymate. For details about using Paymate see the seed order form or the PayPal information in the home page.
Happy Gardening!
Dirk Wallace ABA Seed Bank Director
Seed Sowing Notes
Seed generally needs to be sown in the season that the parent bulbs grow. So if the seed is from a Winter growing bulb e.g. Lachenalia, then the ideal time to sow this is in Autumn, when the parent bulb starts to grow.
Summer growing species are generally best started in Spring and evergreen species can be sown in Spring or Autumn, preferably when the temperatures are not too extreme. These are not hard and fast rules, as there are always species that do not conform and it helps if you know where the species you are sowing comes from, as then you will know when to sow the seed and what conditions the species normally receives in it's natural habitat.
Most species will want to stay in the same place they were sown for at least two years before being repotted, unless you sow them in the garden bed with enough space for them to grow, then they could stay there until they become overcrowded or when flowering diminishes. If sown in pots, or crowded in the garden, it will be best to dig them up and re-plant when they are big enough to handle easily.
Some species after one year of growth are only the size of a pinhead, so it is best to leave most species for two years before re-potting. Faster growing species may need to be re-potted within one year of sowing, or even less. If the plants are becoming over crowded, or vigour noticeably decreases, then your plants may be in need of a re-pot. Give them a birthday; they'll love you for it.
Be sure that your potting mix will have enough drainage to last for at least two years. Straight potting mix, with lots of bark and not much else, will not provide enough drainage for two years of growth. The bark could break down within 12 months and then drainage will be impeded, this is disastrous for any bulb species.
Sand works well for providing drainage and the bulbs seem to enjoy the highly mineralised nature of this medium. In fact, many species grow in highly sandy areas in the wild, so it is not surprising that they have a liking for this medium in cultivation.
Lichens and mosses - both of these problems generally do not bother me but I have heard other growers talk about them with great distain. Can anyone tell us about his or her experiences with these two problems? Why do they grow and take over? Has it got to do with type of medium, or is it more to do with watering, or maybe both? And most importantly, how do we stop them from being a problem in our pots? Thanks for sharing your experiences.Perisable seed and tubers will periodically be offered to members when these become available. A nominal cost to cover packaging and post will be required. The availablity of perishable seed will be notified by the E-mail forum - further details are provided below.
A seed growth recording form is also provided for those members willing to record details about their experience in raising of special seed lots.
The following Archive web seed lists can be seen by clicking on an underlined heading below: A decision was made to grow on the left over seed from these lists in order to make the seed and mature plants available for future seed distributions and tuber sales.
ARCHIVED SEED LISTS AND FORMS
Autumn 2004 Seed List
October 2003 Seed List