Oxalis 2018

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Oxalis lobata (syn perdicaria) produced a few flowers after a recent rain
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Most of the oxalis we grow come from South Africa.
This is the mauve-pink form of Oxalis flava; the flowers open in the sun and fold up in the evening,
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Oxalis hirta is available in various colours; this one is Oxalis hirta 'Rosea'
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The first pic is what I believe is considered the "type" species of Oxalis hirta;
The second pic is a seedling which is possibly a cross between it and the 'Rosea' form
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A form of Oxalis flava I got from Greg Boldiston of Longinomus Nursery.
He said that the foliage reminded him of a Lego Palm Tree!
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Oxalis palmifrons is flowering in our garden - as it attempts to take over the world!
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[Mark Griffiths]

hi Fermi, thanks for posting the pic of O.flava - I got bulbils from the AGS exchange that were supposed to be O.versicolor Golden Cape and quickly realised the leaves were wrong - looking at your pictures they look very like the O.flava.

I have O.hirta Gothenburg in a pot but after several years no flowers. Not sure why.

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Hi Mark,
Glad that the pic helped you ID your plant.
It is certainly distinct to other forms of Oxalis flava - possibly it will be split off at some stage soon!
BTW I was thinking of you recently as a friend sent me a pic of an Iris I'd sent him as Juno iris magnifica which was now Iris planifolia! Bloody Transmutium again! 
Here's another form of Oxalis hirta - the Salmon Pink form
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[Mark Griffiths]

Fermi, I'm still waiting for that Nobel prize. Do you think it might have got lost in the post?

[Graeme]

Ute

own seedling 5 petals this year

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Fermi, I'm still waiting for that Nobel prize. Do you think it might have got lost in the post?

Have you checked your spam folder?
 
At our last Vic group meeting Debbie brought along a couple of oxalis including this very floriferous Oxalis ciliaris
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[Mark Griffiths]

Fermi, I've even looked in the spam cupboard, no sign. Maybe I should write to them again?

Nice Oxalis.

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Hi Mark,
Anything could be hidden behind those tins!

Here's the very pretty Oxalis massoniana growing in a pot in the garden
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[Mark Griffiths]

I'm still having problems getting O.hirta to flower, in the meantime I'm enjoying the South American types, this one is a seedling I found, looks like a O. laciniata cross.

[Steve Garvie]

Oxalis laciniata “Sweet Sue” (Is it O. patagonica or O. laciniata?).