Managing oxalis obtusa seed pods? (Rick Buell)

Ernie DeMarie via pbs pbs@lists.ibiblio.org
Wed, 11 Feb 2015 15:44:31 PST

Nhu, 
Thanks for the info, I wonder if such oxalis stricta/corniculata/Mexican hybrids would even make seed, I think they would be pretty wide crosses and therefore could be sterile.  In theory if such crosses could occur readily I would think that they already exist wherever any compatible bulbous New World oxalis species occurs, since O stricta and corniculata are so ubiquitous.  
Ernie
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Nhu Nguyen <xerantheum@gmail.com>
To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wed, Feb 11, 2015 3:19 pm
Subject: Re: [pbs] Managing oxalis obtusa seed pods? (Rick Buell)


Hi Ernie,

I did not notice any bulbs from the O. stricta hybrid, but I am more
worried about them being seedy. Could you imagine hybrid vigor in O.
stricta/corniculata hybrids? Just can't let that happen.

Nhu

On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 5:15 PM, Ernie DeMarie via pbs <
pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> wrote:

>  Did not know that the weedy O stricta or corniculata could cross with
> other American species, I have not observed that yet, usually I am too busy
> pulling the O stricta/corniculata out of pots and gardens.  Nhu did the
> progeny form bulbs?
>


 



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