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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Lawrence on August 22, 2015, 12:12:14 PM

Title: Unknown bulb?
Post by: Lawrence on August 22, 2015, 12:12:14 PM

Tidying up in the greenhouse this morning and came across the normal empty pots and casualties, one of the pots contained these small bulbs, a little bit of the desiccated foliage can be seen to the right of the picture. Can anyone identify please ?bit of a long shot I know, and what should I do with them now?
Thank you
Lawrence

Title: Re: Unknown bulb?
Post by: fermi de Sousa on August 22, 2015, 12:54:39 PM

Hi Lawrence,
They look a bit like oxalis to me,
cheers
fermi

Title: Re: Unknown bulb?
Post by: Maggi Young on August 22, 2015, 01:05:25 PM

We're with fermi!

Title: Re: Unknown bulb?
Post by: Lawrence on August 22, 2015, 01:33:39 PM

That makes sense, I do have a label for Oxalis massoniana
Thanks very much

Title: Re: Unknown bulb?
Post by: fermi de Sousa on August 22, 2015, 01:43:51 PM

Quote from: Lawrence on August 22, 2015, 12:12:14 PM

..... and what should I do with them now?

If it is Oxalis massoniana then keep it dry till autumn,
cheers
fermi

Title: Re: Unknown bulb?
Post by: Maggi Young on August 22, 2015, 01:46:23 PM

You can see Mary Sue 's (Ittner) pic of the bulbs here on the Pacific Bulb Society site :
http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/SouthAfricanOxalisSix (http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/SouthAfricanOxalisSix)