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Autumn 2024 meeting
Our next meeting will be on Sunday 20th October 2024.
The speaker for this meeting is Alex Summers. who will give a talk on “The Richtersveld – collecting in an arid biodiversity hotspot”. Alex was until recently the curator of the National Botanic Garden of Wales, now working in a National Trust garden. The NBGW has a large section devoted to plants from regions with a Mediterranean climate, including a collection of South African bulbs.
After the lunch-break we expect to have some short talks on either Massonia by Paul Cumbleton or Eucomis by Tom Radford, or both if there is time.
Directions to the meeting hall. The doors will open at 10.00, and the meeting will close at about 14.30. SABG members, their guests and visitors are welcome. Admission is £3.00 and parking is free.
Newsletters
- The most recent published newsletter is number 48 (March 2023)
- You can read or download all the SABG newsletters from our list of newsletters
News items
- The timetable for the November Seed and Bulb Exchange 2024 has been announced. Details have been emailed to members in Bulletin 51/2, and can also be found on our Bulb & Seed Exchanges page. [Jon Evans, 10 September 2024]
- Correction to the list of bulbs and seeds for the main 2024 Exchange: Bert Zaalberg reports that the bulbs listed as Gethyllis gerardii are almost certainly Gethyllis gregoriana. He wrote that “Since gerardii is an unpublished species name, I tried to get more info through Paul Cumbleton to find out its proper name. Paul told me that he purchased them in 2006/2007 as G. gerardii from Gordon Summerfield. Location info was Nardouwsberg, Clanwilliam. After having seen pictures of flowers and leaves, I’m pretty certain this is Gethyllis gregoriana. Leaves are quite diagnostic for this species and match the description Paul gave me. I assume it was a simple typo from Gordon back then, since gregoriana was cultivated by Gordon Summerfield in those days.” (Thanks, Bert!) [21 August 2024]
- The list of bulbs and seeds in the 2024 Bulb & Seed Exchange is available: members’ requests to reach Jon Evans by 30th August. [16 August 2024]
- Very occasionally I change the “theme” (style) of the web site. The current theme has a choice of a light or dark background. To change from one to the other, click on “Toggle theme” at the very top on the right-hand side. For more information, see About the SABG web site [20 June 2024]
Recently changed web pages and documents
- Newsletters (23:21 06/10/2024)See also SABG Bulletins Newsletters SABG newsletters Edited by Richard White, copyright © SABG 2004 - 2024 The sterling work of the previous Newsletter Editors, Robin Attrill (2004 - 2006), Mick Reed (2006 - 2010) and David Victor (2010 - 2015) is gratefully acknowledged.
- SABG main page (23:18 06/10/2024)SABG main page To change from a dark background to a light background or vice versa, click on “Toggle theme” (above). Noticeboard * The timetable for the November Seed and Bulb Exchange 2024 has been announced. * The old sabg.tk domain will expire on 6 January 2025, after which it will not give access to our web-site. We have been using
- Ephemeral seed exchanges (11:39 06/10/2024)Ephemeral seed exchanges In addition to the main Bulb & Seed Exchanges in summer, Jon Evans also arranges exchanges for “ephemeral” seeds, which ripen in autumn and must be sown as soon as possible after they ripen, and are therefore not suitable to be saved until the main exchange the following year.
- Autumn 2024 meeting - [Autumn 2024 meeting] (21:52 04/10/2024)Autumn 2024 meeting Our next meeting will be on Sunday 20th October 2024. The speaker for this meeting is Alex Summers. who will give a talk on “The Richtersveld -- collecting in an arid biodiversity hotspot”. Alex was until recently the curator of the National Botanic Garden of Wales, now working in a National Trust garden. The NBGW has a large section devoted to plants from regions with a Mediterranean climate, including a collection of South African bulbs.
- Older news items - [2023] (21:39 04/10/2024)Older news items Following the latest news items, older items below are listed in order of increasing age. 2024 * Joint order for South African bulbs grown in Israel: SABG member John Davies has contact with a nursery growing bulbs in Israel, and is preparing an order by this weekend which SABG members are welcome to join in.
- News items (21:33 04/10/2024)News items * The timetable for the November Seed and Bulb Exchange 2024 has been announced. Details have been emailed to members in Bulletin 51/2, and can also be found on our Bulb & Seed Exchanges page. [Jon Evans, 10 September 2024] * Correction to the [list of bulbs and seeds] for the main 2024 Exchange: Bert Zaalberg reports that the bulbs listed as
- 2024 Bulb & Seed Exchange - [2024 Bulb & Seed Exchange] (21:27 04/10/2024)2024 Bulb & Seed Exchange The current Exchange is the November Seed and Bulb Exchange 2024 and the list of available material has not yet been released. * [List of bulbs and seeds available] until 30th August 2024 Corrections * :!: Bert Zaalberg reports that the bulbs listed as Gethyllis gerardii are almost certainly
Bulb and Seed Exchanges
- The 2022 autumn ephemeral seed exchange list is available, thanks to its coordinator, Jon Evans. Details have been emailed to members, and can also be read on our 2022 Bulb & Seed Exchange page. The deadline for requests from members for seeds and bulbs from the Exchange is 18th November 2022.
- The main seed and bulb exchange for 2022 has now finished.
News from other sources
Pacific Bulb Society RSS news feed
The PBS List is an email discussion of bulbs, sponsored by the Pacific Bulb Society, for people around the world. Although bulbs (defined more broadly to include all geophytes) are the focus, we recognize that people who grow them probably grow other things too and will be talking about them from time to time. Everyone is welcome to take part, simply click on Subscribe [in the link on the right just below]. PBS List https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php
These are the most recent posts in the PBS List. If you click on one, you will be able to see all the others.
- EX09b EU fall exchange closed by Garak via pbs (22:34 13/10/2024)
- US BX 498 OPEN UNTIL TUESDAY OCTOBER 15, 9 pm PST by Kipp McMichael via pbs (16:55 13/10/2024)
- UPDATED US BX 498 with corrections in donor attributions by pelarg--- via pbs (15:53 13/10/2024)
- US BX 498 correction No. 2 by Bridget Wosczyna via pbs (15:19 13/10/2024)
- BX 498 notes on donation by Mike Rummerfield via pbs (04:35 13/10/2024)
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