What's going on here (Oxalis)

samuel bgjulian@iinet.net.au
Tue, 28 Mar 2017 21:19:05 PDT
On 29/03/2017 9:29 AM, David Pilling wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Jim Waddick asked me to post the following question and pictures (on 
> the wiki page).
>
> "
> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…
>
> Here's a plant of Oxalis compress with large double flowers, but what 
> is going on here.? The flowers are part of a good size clump of 
> leaves, but then there is a near leafless stem going down almost a 
> foot to end in a tiny corm barely under the soil. Unfortunately a 
> greenhouse weed.
>
> Notice that the clump of foliage is NOT resting on the ground and has 
> no hint of roots. Also note the picture of the tiny tuber. The tuber 
> is attached to the main stem and there is a small bud just starting to 
> develop where the tuber meets the stem. A lot of odd structures here.
> "
>
> Apparently the 3 billion users of FaceBook have failed to solve the 
> mystery. Time to ask the experts.
>
> Short URL:
>
> https://goo.gl/kYocds/
>
>
>
>
Hi , could this actually be a double flowered form of O.pes-caprae , 
Oxalis compressa has leaf stems that are distinctly flattened on two sides.

I am growing the single forms of O.pes-caprae and O.compressa as well as 
the double form of O.pes-caprae here in Queensland.




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