Ahh...then that is different than what I have. Matt Mattus Worcester, Massachusetts USA zone 5b On 1/16/05 3:33 PM, "John Clennell" <Clennell@wanadoo.fr> wrote: > If I have well understood, this is an oxalis herrerae : > http://ausbulbs.org/bulbgal/data/… > Is that right? > > -----Message d'origine----- > De : pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] De > la part de Matt Mattus > Envoyé : dimanche 16 janvier 2005 21:28 > À : Pacific Bulb Society > Objet : Re: [pbs] Oxalises > > Well, perhaps my Oxalis herrerae miss identified also, It looks similar to > the image on Glasshouse works, but then again, it is not a very clear image. > I bought my original plant from Logee's Greenhouses. > > Matt Mattus > Worcester, Massachusetts > USA > Zone 5b > > > On 1/16/05 1:30 PM, "Matt Mattus" <mmattus@charter.net> wrote: > >> >> My Oxalis herrerae looks quite different depending on the season at which >> you view it. >> >> In the winter, it is kept in a cool, dry greenhouse, and the plant becomes >> very succulent, and even semi-dormant. It almost appears to lose most of > the >> foliage yet actually they just reduce in size and become more succulent, >> with the petiole swelling with water, which look strage, very much like >> samll woody shrubs with tiny pickles. Very interesting. >> >> During the spring, as the house warms up and watering resumes, the entire >> character of the plant changes. The new growth becomes very oxalis-like, >> green with reddish tints, and the foliage becomes more like most other >> oxalis. >> >> Regards >> >> Matt Mattus >> Worcester, MASSACHUSETTS >> USA >> Zone 5b, Snowing today. >> >> On 1/15/05 9:31 PM, "Alberto Castillo" <ezeizabotgard@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi John. >>> The image is of O. succulenta that can grow into huge specimens. Time ago >>> someone sent an image of O. herrerae to pbs under the wrong name O. > herrei. >>> O. herrerae has a distinct "bulb" and is frost sensitive. In fact frost >>> killed the tenths of plants I had in many pots. >>> Regards >>> Alberto in Buenos Aires, Argentina >>> >>> _________________________________________________________________ >>> MSN Amor: busca tu ½ naranja http://latam.msn.com/amor/ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> pbs mailing list >>> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >>> http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php
