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Oxalis lasiandra

A bulb-forming Mexican wood sorrel with leaves divided like a palm into many narrow leaflets and clusters of pink flowers. It grows in the summer rainy season in the Oaxaca highlands and dies back to its bulbs over the dry winter. Grow it in summer in bright light and let it go dormant and dry in winter.

Oxalis lasiandra
Photo: Michael Wolf (Webseite), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Grows in pine-oak woodland, grassy slopes and rocky spots in the mountains, typical for Mexican bulbous Oxalis.

Recorded at 1221–2235 m, median about 1930 m.

Mexico (Oaxaca)

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.