The usual advice with growing South African Oxalis is to repot regularly (and be careful about which you put in the ground.) For one thing they tend to increase by offsets in some cases rapidly and a lot of experienced growers have found they flower better when repotted. I repot most of mine every year sending the offsets to the BX. And right now a number of the ones that flower this time of the year are making a beautiful display. One species I had trouble getting to flower even in a deep pot (which turned O. melanosticta 'Ken Aslet' into a species that flowers well and long now) was Oxalis palmifrons. It has such wonderful leaves that it would be worth growing just to appreciate them every year. Eventually I decided to put it in one of my raised beds where I grow in my own peculiar system of pots in pots with sand-gravel in between the pots. Then if I wish to unpot one thing I can easily pull the one pot out and leave the other in place so the hole doesn't fill with the sand-gravel mix. I have to check these pots every year to make sure that the redwood roots haven't encroached into the pots from below, but if that hasn't happened I often don't get around to repotting or for that matter even fertilizing. I have found this neglect suits Oxalis palmifrons. The last few years it has flowered well. The flowers aren't as spectacular as the leaves, but it is still fun to see them as they appear. The ones in the photos I'm attaching are in a pot I last repotted in 2012. Mary Sue -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Oxalis_palmifrons_2018_msi.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 184954 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Oxalis_palmifrons_2018_msi2.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 121453 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Oxalis_palmifrons_2018_msi3.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 252825 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…
