Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
General Subjects => Alpines => Topic started by: Paul Cumbleton on October 22, 2017, 06:49:26 PM
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Oxalis massoniana is commonly seen in alpine plant collections and on the showbench. I was surprised to learn that in the wild it is very rare, known from a single, threatened site at the top of Vanrhyns Pass in South Africa. I was more surprised to learn that there is a yellow-flowered form called var. flavescens. I have never seen or heard of this form before - does anyone know if it is in cultivation at all in the UK?
Paul
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As no-one has said they grow var. flvescens I contacted Graham Duncan at Kirstenbosch Botanic Garden for more information. Not even they cultivate this variety and he himself has not yet seen it in the wild. It seems pretty certain then that it is not in cultivation at all.
Paul
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From https://www.ispotnature.org/communities/southern-africa/species-dictionary/21640/oxalis-massoniana-var-flavescens, (https://www.ispotnature.org/communities/southern-africa/species-dictionary/21640/oxalis-massoniana-var-flavescens,) this variety grows at Hantam National Botanic Garden http://www.sanbi.org/gardens/hantam (http://www.sanbi.org/gardens/hantam) and around Nieuwoudtville