Oxalis pictures on the wiki
Mary Sue Ittner (Thu, 01 Jul 2004 14:33:40 PDT)

Dear All,

I added some pictures of South American Oxalis I saw in bloom in the UK
when I visited and have made a new wiki page for South American Oxalis. I
checked my new checklist from Richard Clifton and see the origins are often
as muddled as the names. This new addition prefers the name O. lobata
rather than O. peridicaria. He reports the name O. lobata was published in
1823 and O. peridicaria in 1833 so O. lobata would be first.

I wasn't sure what to do with Oxalis corymbosa which apparently some people
think is a separate species and others as synonymous with O. debilis.
Possible origins are Mauritius, Madagascar, South America, Pacific isles,
Asia. What do our Oxalis fans think? Should I move it to the South American
wiki page? It sounds like it is one of those weedy ones. No mention in
Clifton of a version with variegated leaves like in Ann Marie's pictures.

I added a picture of an Oxalis we often saw in the woods when we were out
hiking in the UK, Oxalis acetosella. The flower in the picture is not
pristine, but it was the best picture we ended up with after quite a few
tries. Blooming in the Alpine House at Wisley (we really liked the Alpine
house) were two Oxalis, Oxalis enneaphylla 'Lady Elizabeth' and Oxalis
'Ute'. They were both really nice I thought. Ian Young also had a couple of
Oxalis in bloom in his garden. I added pictures of O. adenophylla. I
understand why people want to grow some of these South American ones. They
are really pretty.

http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…

for O. acetosella and O. 'Ute' and from there you can reference the South
American Oxalis to see the other two.

Mary Sue