Oxalis pocockiae bulbils
Christiaan van Schalkwyk (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:43:36 PST)
Hi Nhu
These bulbils will grow and eventially brown and become dislodged from the
mother plants, usually when the leaves die down.
The are very light, and can be blown by the wind, or carried away by water.
If kept cool or in shade for the summer, most will grow next year. Some
might even flower the first year, but most will flower only the second.
Other species that do this often is O. inaequalis (will post a pic to the
wiki later, with up to 400 bulbils per plant), and I've seen it on some
clones of O obtusa (rarely).
Unfortunately this is a characteristic that should carry a warning when
these plants are distributed - these bulbils can escape, and greatly
increases the weed potential of the particular species or form.
Enjoy
Christiaan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nhu Nguyen" <xerantheum@gmail.com>
To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 10:36 PM
Subject: [pbs] Oxalis pocockiae bulbils
Hi everyone,
This morning I went outside to find something shocking in my pot of Oxalis
pocockiae. The area where the leaf petioles meet the soil was bursting
with
strange fleshy structures. I immediately took a few photos and posted them
to the wiki to ask everyone's opinion. Upon adding the photos, I read the
caption saying that these plants produced lots of bulbils. So I suppose
that's what these are:
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…
Does anyone know how long these bulbils will last? I have too many and I
think the BX could use some if they last long enough to go through the
mail.
Nhu
Sunny (finally!) Berkeley, CA where the bulbs have been unhappy with a
really wet winter and speckled from hail damage.
Canarina canariensis is blooming. The flowers lasted over a week now! It
is
a must grow plant. I will add more photos to the wiki when I have some
time
but in the mean while here are some from my Flickr stream.
http://flickr.com/photos/xerantheum/…
http://flickr.com/photos/xerantheum/…
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