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Title: Oxalis
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And now introducing Oxalis fabifolia
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It's been grown under cold glass in Aberdeen and I have to admit I brought it into the warmth to open the flower. I can find nothing about it on the net, got from a guy in Greece named as this. Any ideas?
Title: Re: Oxalis
Post by: Maggi Young on October 14, 2015, 01:12:47 PM: I think that rather nice Oxalis is indeed Oxalis fabaefolia (- note spelling ;) )

Yours has the typical three lobed leaf of the species. As it happens, another version, with only two narrower leaflets, will be included in the next issue of the International Rock Gardener. :)
Title: Re: Oxalis
Post by: YT on October 25, 2015, 04:42:09 PM: Oxalis luteola 'Splash', MV7689. This season's first flower opened today.
Title: Re: Oxalis
Post by: Rogan on October 28, 2015, 09:08:24 PM: I really enjoy Oxalis spp. as many of them flower in the depths of our winter - this one grows just a few metres from my doorstep:
Title: Re: Oxalis
Post by: Mark Griffiths on November 01, 2015, 02:01:45 PM: very nice everyone, now a common one that's been around for a long time but one of my favourites, O. lobata
Title: Re: Oxalis
Post by: Diane Whitehead on November 02, 2015, 03:45:26 AM: I love seeing pictures of Oxalis but don't have much success seeing the actual flowers.

My maritime climate is cloudy most of the winter, so the buds don't open.

Last winter there was one day that sunshine and a bud on O versicolor coincided. I rushed
the pot into a patch of sun in the greenhouse, but nothing happened.

If someone knows some species that will open easily, please tell.
Title: Re: Oxalis
Post by: Darren on November 02, 2015, 08:38:13 AM: Quote from: Diane Whitehead on November 02, 2015, 03:45:26 AM
I love seeing pictures of Oxalis but don't have much success seeing the actual flowers.

My maritime climate is cloudy most of the winter, so the buds don't open.

Last winter there was one day that sunshine and a bud on O versicolor coincided. I rushed
the pot into a patch of sun in the greenhouse, but nothing happened.

If someone knows some species that will open easily, please tell.

We have a similarly dull winter climate Diane. O. massoniana behaves quite well and opens readily. It isn't as prone to terrible etiolation under glass either.
I've pretty much given up growing the South African species - a permanently closed flower on a spindly 30cm stem is not a thing of beauty compared to how they look in the wild. Or how they grow in the brighter conditions YT can offer.
Title: Re: Oxalis
Post by: Mark Griffiths on November 02, 2015, 10:53:59 AM: how about versicolor? the buds are attractive in themselves
Title: Oxalis
Post by: ikizzeki on November 02, 2015, 12:57:01 PM: COLCICHUM AND OXALISES..(O. bifurica and O.luteola)
You see I.m not good at posting..
Title: Re: Oxalis
Post by: Rimmer de Vries on November 02, 2015, 07:30:22 PM: A few oxalis blooming on my front steps in the nice indian summer weather.
Title: Re: Oxalis
Post by: Rimmer de Vries on November 02, 2015, 07:33:18 PM: Though Oxalis zeekoevleyensis does not look very odd, its tunics are very odd with interesting long fingers of crinkly protection.