Rhexia virginica
Dennis Kramb (Fri, 13 Jul 2012 10:44:12 PDT)

I suppose there is room for debate to consider Rhexia virginica as a
geophyte worthy of PBS discussion. However, for the first time ever I
have it blooming in my garden and I am so excited that I had to share
my photos:

http://badbear.com/dkramb/webpix/…
http://badbear.com/dkramb/webpix/…

Two companion plants can barely be discerned in the second photo
include Sarracenia flava (lower left) and Iris tridentata (right).

I investigated the root structure on Google and it led me to this
link: http://www.phytoneuron.net/PhytoN-Rhexia.pdf which has a
wonderful line drawing on the top of Page 5, which bolstered my
confidence to post this message without an "OT:" prefix (even though
elsewhere in the article it declares Rhexia has fibrous root
structures). There are lovely color photos of Rhexia species on page
7.

:-)

I acquired Rhexia lutea the same time as Rhexia virginica, but it died
after I tortured it for several months.

Enjoy!

Dennis in Cincinnati