Oxalis 2017

[WimB]

Oxalis adenophylla 'Purple Heart'
Oxalis enneaphylla 'Annette'
Oxalis enneaphylla 'Patagonia'

[WimB]

Oxalis 'Ione Hecker'

[Graeme]

was not sure where to stick this - so here we go

I have been watching this seedling for a while now - at least a couple of years and it got is own pot last year - noticed the other night it had a flower on it - so went back in daylight to see what it is like

Have no idea what the parentage is as I have a lot of named oxalis - but it has 6 petals - any ideas as to what it may be?

Foliage is very extended as its been under the benching again



This is another one I bought recently called 'Jay' - its okay but nothing special to be honest


 

[Maggi Young]

Moving this to the "bulb" section, since it comes under the wider heading of bulbs, corms and tubers.... andas I had forgotten - an "Oxalis 2017 " thread already exists. 

[Graeme]

Moving this to the "bulb" section, since it comes under the wider heading of bulbs, corms and tubers.... andas I had forgotten - an "Oxalis 2017 " thread already exists. 

thanks Maggie

[Martin Sheader]

Graeme, oxalis in this section hybridise freely in cultivation. The seedling with its narrow wavy-edged leaves appears to be straight O. laciniata.
With the flower form and colour, 'Jay' certainly has O. laciniata in the mix, but leaves would suggest O. adenophylla or O. enneaphylla parentage. The rhizome / "bulb" would give a better clue as to which.

[Mark Griffiths]

I sometimes feel there are too many named Oxalis hybrids - they are not really sufficiently distinct in many cases.

I seem to have a few hybrids that emerged here - I have one that has some O. laciniata blood in it but it's pink - not sure how that happened.

Any tips on getting them to flower well? I've had some good seasons and then some not so good and I can't quite work out what is behind it. I have them in pots - do they need dividing or are they better left alone? Regular repotting or let them be?

 

[Jan Tholhuijsen]

Oxalis perdicaria from South America. Shapes beautiful groups of blue-green clover-like leaves and large sulfur-yellow flowers. Flowers smell to honey.
In early summer the leaves disappears then to be present again in late summer.
Necessary is a moderately fertile, permeable, humus-rich soil in the sun or light shade, in a sheltered place.
Planted in autumn 2012, remains the same every year.
Moderately hardy.

[Chris Johnson]

That's a lovely plant, Jan.

[David Nicholson]

Seconded, beautiful.

[Johan K.]

Oxalis bowiei

Oxalis flava

Oxalis hirta

Oxalis hirta 'Gothenburg'

[Johan K.]

Oxalis melanosticta 'Ken Aslet'

Oxalis zeekoevleyenis