If I have well understood, this is an oxalis herrerae : http://ausbulbs.org/bulbgal/data/… Is that right? -----Message d'origine----- De : pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] De la part de Matt Mattus Envoyé : dimanche 16 janvier 2005 21:28 À : Pacific Bulb Society Objet : Re: [pbs] Oxalises Well, perhaps my Oxalis herrerae miss identified also, It looks similar to the image on Glasshouse works, but then again, it is not a very clear image. I bought my original plant from Logee's Greenhouses. Matt Mattus Worcester, Massachusetts USA Zone 5b On 1/16/05 1:30 PM, "Matt Mattus" <mmattus@charter.net> wrote: > > My Oxalis herrerae looks quite different depending on the season at which > you view it. > > In the winter, it is kept in a cool, dry greenhouse, and the plant becomes > very succulent, and even semi-dormant. It almost appears to lose most of the > foliage yet actually they just reduce in size and become more succulent, > with the petiole swelling with water, which look strage, very much like > samll woody shrubs with tiny pickles. Very interesting. > > During the spring, as the house warms up and watering resumes, the entire > character of the plant changes. The new growth becomes very oxalis-like, > green with reddish tints, and the foliage becomes more like most other > oxalis. > > Regards > > Matt Mattus > Worcester, MASSACHUSETTS > USA > Zone 5b, Snowing today. > > On 1/15/05 9:31 PM, "Alberto Castillo" <ezeizabotgard@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi John. >> The image is of O. succulenta that can grow into huge specimens. Time ago >> someone sent an image of O. herrerae to pbs under the wrong name O. herrei. >> O. herrerae has a distinct "bulb" and is frost sensitive. In fact frost >> killed the tenths of plants I had in many pots. >> Regards >> Alberto in Buenos Aires, Argentina >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> MSN Amor: busca tu ½ naranja http://latam.msn.com/amor/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php
