Oxalis season is well under way. The weather this year is cooperating with one sunny day after another, inducing the Oxalis to open their beautiful flowers. Last year we had continuous rain, not a great season for Oxalis. Several new species are blooming, and I will post on them as they appear.
To the left is the pretty little Oxalis attaquana. The leaves are very distinct, and when I get a better picture, I will post it. Each leaflet looks like a medieval battle ax. 
To the right is Oxalis lichenoides, with the tiniest succulent leaves and large white flowers.
Oxalis inconspicua might sound rather uninteresting, but it is just as lovely as the most colorful species. Here it is to the left.
Oxalis exerta, another new species for me, is seen to the right.
I believe the species to the left is Oxalis depressa, a species that Salter describes as 'polymorphic', not very helpful when you are trying to pin down the identity of an unknown Oxalis. I have hesitated in the past to list Oxalis that are not accurately identified, but this is so lovely, I might distribute it next year.
I have many unnamed species of Oxalis, and I will post on some of them, perhaps in the hope that there is an Oxalis expert out there who might know what they are. Identifying Oxalis is extremely difficult, the only monograph (which is very incomplete) having been published in 1944. There seems to be some work going on now, so hopefully help is on the way.
I apologize for the horrible formatting. Whatever I do the pictures and text rearrange themselves when I publish.
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