Oxalis versicolor

Striking South African species, already known since 1774. The white flowers have a strongly contrasting red border. The flowers, which bloom well into the winter, are at their best in a half-open state, when the spiralled petals have a candy cane effect. The leaves consist of three slender, linear, fragile leaf parts that look like they have been cut perfectly straight with scissors. A true pot plant which tolerates temperatures to six degrees below zero. As a indoor plant, this Oxalis could bloom for a long time.