Ornithogalum longibracteatum
Pregnant Onion
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This plant has been proliferating unattended in our greenhouses for years, but we've seldom bothered to offer it. We assumed that, being so easy and prolific, everybody else must have in in their catalogs. Apparently not, but those who do offer it say it's very popular. So here it is, a bulb that sits mainly above the ground, giving birth to tiny copies of itself that develop just beneath the thin, transparent 'onion' skin. When sufficiently large, the green strap leaves give rise to a very long spike, at the end of which resides a spearhead of tiny white flowers. Just put it in a sunny window and leave it alone.
'Ornithogalum
longibracteatum'
4" pot $4.00
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