Oxalis x Duchesnea; was: Re: [pbs] UK bulbs - anemone nem.
Jim McKenney (Fri, 11 Jun 2004 20:21:38 PDT)

Scamp asked:

Dar Scamp:

There are several possibilities:

1) If the Oxalis met the strawberry through an on-line dating service,
either the Oxalis exaggerated the size of its bulbs or the strawberry
fibbed about the length of its stolons. They will soon discover that it
takes more than fibbing to make things work right.

2) Of course, it's possible that when the time came to swap pics online,
one or the other or both substituted for their own picture a selection from
the many fetching beauties from the wiki. That's a no-no: if you're a
barren strawberry, get over it and expect to meet only other barren
strawberries. And forget about the Fragraria crowd - you're not in their
class. If you're a well-lettered sour old Oxalis, get over it and expect to
consort with other sourpusses - and no cheating and ogling the sorrels. On
the other hand, if you're an unlettered, young, slacker Oxalis, my old ox
named Alice will probably bite you or stomp you.

3) Progeny are unlikely, but should they occur, they will doubtless be of
one of the following nothogenera (there are, of course, other possibilities):
xDuchalis
xOxnea
xOxalesnea
xDualis
xOa

4) the nothospecies is obscure because the Oxalis parent refuses to provide
a DNA sample

5) Most likely, your Oxalis will be called the same thing the strawberry is
called: barren, because it ain't likely to happen. Other possibilities are:
exhausted, used, exploited, duped, had and so on in that sorry vein.

Hope I caught everyone in a good mood! Or rather, I hope everyone is out
partying on this Friday night, and this post provides a good laugh early
Saturday morning.

Jim McKenney
jimmckenney@starpower.net
Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, where I hope this post's
Saturday morning readers don't think it is a mockery of their Friday night
expectations.

At 10:35 PM 6/11/2004 -0400, you wrote: