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Lawrence

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Unknown bulb?
« 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?
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Re: Unknown bulb?
« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2015, 12:54:39 PM »
Hi Lawrence,
They look a bit like oxalis to me,
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Re: Unknown bulb?
« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2015, 01:05:25 PM »
We're with fermi!
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Re: Unknown bulb?
« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2015, 01:33:39 PM »
That makes sense, I do have a label for Oxalis massoniana
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Re: Unknown bulb?
« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2015, 01:43:51 PM »
..... and what should I do with them now?

If it is Oxalis massoniana then keep it dry till autumn,
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Re: Unknown bulb?
« Reply #5 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
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