On 29/03/2017 9:29 AM, David Pilling wrote: > Hi, > > Jim Waddick asked me to post the following question and pictures (on > the wiki page). > > " > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… > > Here's a plant of Oxalis compress with large double flowers, but what > is going on here.? The flowers are part of a good size clump of > leaves, but then there is a near leafless stem going down almost a > foot to end in a tiny corm barely under the soil. Unfortunately a > greenhouse weed. > > Notice that the clump of foliage is NOT resting on the ground and has > no hint of roots. Also note the picture of the tiny tuber. The tuber > is attached to the main stem and there is a small bud just starting to > develop where the tuber meets the stem. A lot of odd structures here. > " > > Apparently the 3 billion users of FaceBook have failed to solve the > mystery. Time to ask the experts. > > Short URL: > > https://goo.gl/kYocds/ > > > > Hi , could this actually be a double flowered form of O.pes-caprae , Oxalis compressa has leaf stems that are distinctly flattened on two sides. I am growing the single forms of O.pes-caprae and O.compressa as well as the double form of O.pes-caprae here in Queensland.