Fern-like Oxalis
Paul Tyerman (Mon, 26 Apr 2004 06:45:44 PDT)

At 09:15 25/04/04 -0700, you wrote:

Diane and Christine,

I'd like to add Oxalis palmifrons to that list as well. It's leaves look
pretty exactly like a "basic" fern or pal frond and are just SO un-oxalis
like. I just love it and enjoy it every year, although I am still to
flower it unfortunately. It and O. polyphylla var heptaphylla are the
strangest I have so far come across in the leaf department, but I'd call
palmifrons the one that looks most like a fern leaf. I'd imagine that
there is likely to be a picture or two of it up on the wiki but I am just
about to head to bed (approaching midnight here) to get some sleep (I can't
call it beauty sleep, because it definitely doesn't work that way <grin>).

I don't actually get to read much from this list at the moment but having
happened to read Diana's message just after it arrived I figured I'd
quickly write and add palmifrons to the list as it definitely fits the
"ferny" description.

Cheers.

Paul Tyerman
Canberra, Australia. USDA equivalent - Zone 8/9
mailto:ptyerman@ozemail.com.au

Growing.... Galanthus, Erythroniums, Fritillarias, Cyclamen, Crocus,
Cyrtanthus, Oxalis, Liliums, Hellebores, Aroids, Irises plus just about
anything else that doesn't move!!!!!