Everybody but everybody probably grows Oxalis melanosticta 'Ken Aslet' (sometimes incorrectly listed as O. purpurea), but few are aware that there are other forms of this species in cultivation. Periodically Dylan Hannon has offered Oxalis sp. Sutherland, and I ordered it from him ~15 years ago.It turned out to be Oxalis melanosticta, but was different from Ken Aslet. I finally managed to get a decent picture of the two side-by-side, see attached. The pot on the left is Ken Aslet, the other two are Dylan's. The latter are a good 50% larger, and just as floriferous. This picture was taken about a week ago--all of the pots are covered with flowers now.They have the same tristyly sequence, so that may be why there haven't been any seeds. I've sent Dylan's into the BX several times, so some of you may also be growing it. Finally, I'm including a pic of O. melanosticta in the wild, taken near Matjiesfontein.Has anyone here managed to grow it with the foliage flat on the ground like this? That's Gladiolus karooicus in the back, BTW. --Roy NW of Boston -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Oxalis_melanosticta.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 1778470 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Oxalis_melanosticta_SAjpg.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 1519854 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…
