How cold hardy are they? Tim Eck When a philosopher says something that is true, then it is trivial. When he says something that is not trivial, then it is false. Gauss > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Ceridwen Lloyd > Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2017 2:57 AM > To: Pacific Bulb Society > Subject: Re: [pbs] What's going on here (Oxalis) > > Here they're known as "soursobs" and you can't kill them with an axe. Or > glyphosate. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 29 Mar 2017, at 2:44 pm, Kipp McMichael <kimcmich@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Greetings, > > > > > > I assume this is Oxalis pes-caprae (which has been corrupted to > > "compress"?) > > > > > > At any rate, this oxalis produces resting tubers that look like acorns (enough > that jays and other critters spread them in the landscape). The plant you > uprooted was a sprout of the corm you pulled out - the corm being the > product of growth in a prior season. The corm sprouts a root-like shoot that > eventually grows to the surface *and* puts down roots. New cormlets form > along the whole root/stem and are usually stripped-off by uprooting - a > feature which makes this oxalis invasive and difficult to eradicate. > > > > > > Since the corms are vegetative offsets the double bloom would presumably > be a trait it inherited. The invasive O. pes caprae in California does not set > seed - it is spread via the cormlets. I have sifted hundreds from soils all over > the Bay Area where it is a terrible invasive weed... though it is also quite > gorgeous this time of year, too. > > > > > > -|<ipp > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: pbs <pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org> on behalf of David Pilling > > <david@davidpilling.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 4:29 PM > > To: Pacific Bulb Society > > Subject: [pbs] What's going on here (Oxalis) > > > > Hi, > > > > Jim Waddick asked me to post the following question and pictures (on > > the wiki page). > > > > " > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… > > Pacific Bulb Society | Things we are talking about on the > > ...<http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…> > > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/ > > 18th February 2017 I received this unlabeled plant/these plants recently at a > garden exchange. It looks like Albuca shawii, and it It produced a lot of new > leaves ... > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/