Re: Oxalis herrerae
- To: m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: Oxalis herrerae
- From: "* A* O* <s*@poboxes.com>
- Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 12:40:02 -0800
I forgot to say that this plant seems to be from Peru.
Sean O.
>Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 12:38:40 -0800
>To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
>From: "Sean A. O'Hara" <sean.ohara@poboxes.com>
>Subject: Re: Oxalis herrerae
>
>At 07:13 AM 1/29/99 -0800, Richard Starkeson wrote:
>>
>>Speaking of well-behaved oxalis (there are some) I have something
>>labeled as Oxalis herrerae, which is a nice 8" succulent. DOes anyone
>>know where this is from? My guess is S.Africa, but if so, I would
>>appreciate knowing which climate region.
>
>Hi Richard -
>
>I grow O. herrerae, in my garden. It lives under my very large
>Tecomaria capensis, on a very dry slope between two stairways (only
>about 18"-24" wide), sort of like a raised bed. Southwestern
>exposure. This cute little guy has 'left' the front, sunnier side
>for the a little more shade on the other. The lax stems carry
>fasinating little leaves with a swollen petiole - sort of like a
>long green rice grain, or a tiny green cigar, topped with a small
>'clover leaf' at the tip. The flowers are small, regular oxalis-
>shaped, a warm yellow fading to a little orangish. Its companions
>are Libertia perigrinans (tiny sword-shaped leaves heavily suffused
>with orange-bronze), various crassula sp., and a Bulbine frutescens
>form with yellow flowers and orangish backs (a spot from B. f.
>'Hallmark'). It is a quite little thing that sometimes does not get
>noticed until someone sits on the stairs adjacent to the planting
>to eat lunch in the sun (these are public stairs, next to the Morcom
>Rose Garden), when more than once I've heard comments of one friend to
>another as I work nearby.
>
>I went out just the other day to be sure that it was holding up under
>this recurrent frost we've had - seems to be doing fine, possibly
>due to the protection of the Tecomaria foliage overhead.
>
>One of my favorite little plants.
>Sean O.
