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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: daveyp1970 on April 03, 2011, 07:23:55 PM

Title: can somebody id this oxalis for me.
Post by: daveyp1970 on April 03, 2011, 07:23:55 PM

I got this from a friend last year and he had lost his label,it is a belter of an oxalis,huge flowers.

Title: Re: can somebody id this oxalis for me.
Post by: Lesley Cox on April 03, 2011, 10:04:57 PM

I'd bet Andrew Broome could, if he's looking and the Japanese member with the huge collection?

Title: Re: can somebody id this oxalis for me.
Post by: Tiggrx on April 07, 2011, 09:11:59 PM

Looks like a form of Oxalis oregana to me. I have a similar one in the garden flowering now

Title: Re: can somebody id this oxalis for me.
Post by: Maggi Young on April 07, 2011, 09:37:51 PM

Hi Tiggrx, long time no see.... I hope all is well with you?

Title: Re: can somebody id this oxalis for me.
Post by: daveyp1970 on April 07, 2011, 10:09:37 PM

Quote from: Tiggrx on April 07, 2011, 09:11:59 PM

Looks like a form of Oxalis oregana to me. I have a similar one in the garden flowering now

Thank you

Title: Re: can somebody id this oxalis for me.
Post by: Tiggrx on April 08, 2011, 06:44:18 AM

Quote from: Maggi Young on April 07, 2011, 09:37:51 PM

Hi Tiggrx, long time no see.... I hope all is well with you?

Hi Maggi, sorry I'm a too infrequent visitor here, usually only when I want an ID myself :)

Quote from: daveyp1970 on April 07, 2011, 10:09:37 PM

Quote from: Tiggrx on April 07, 2011, 09:11:59 PM

Looks like a form of Oxalis oregana to me. I have a similar one in the garden flowering now

Thank you

no problem. Mine is labelled as O. oregana var. smalliana but I'm not sure if that is entirely accurate

Title: Re: can somebody id this oxalis for me.
Post by: Maggi Young on April 08, 2011, 08:34:54 AM

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author=Tiggrx link=topic=7041.msg196233#msg196233 date=1302241458]

Hi Maggi, sorry I'm a too infrequent visitor here, usually only when I want an ID myself :)

No worries... I guess I just get a bit too 'Mother Hen' when someone isn't around for a while... I worry in case folks are poorly! ::)
 Thankfully any absence is usually caused by the forumist being unbelievably busy eleswhere! 8)