Ornithogalum

[art600]

Maybe it is  the lack of color variation that makes them a little boring...

Oron, this can't be the reason - think of Galanthus, these "boring-just-white-flowers"!   

Thomas

You have it wrong - the white ones are the ones we covet, it's the 'boring' green and white ones.   

[dominique]

Oron, Your Ornithogalum is a stunning. Thank you. We hope you obtain seeds ...!!!

[Oron Peri]

Maybe it is  the lack of color variation that makes them a little boring...

Oron, this can't be the reason - think of Galanthus, these "boring-just-white-flowers"!   

Maggi, if there is tooo much protest against my posting, better delete it before my life is in danger 

Hi Thomas,

Maybe I should have said ' Just white, star shaped flowers' which are very similar to many other species, while galanthus has a unique form which is more exciting. [but lets don't give the Galanthophyls a reason to pick up their noses

[Armin]

Ornithogalum's are worth heeding.
There is certainly a place for them, everywhere.

O. lanceolatum is lovely.

[Lesley Cox]

Perhaps since there's obviously some interest in this thread, and some knowledgeable posters, it's time to repost the pics taken in September in Otto's garden near Melbourne (mid spring). We still have no ID for it. Help please?

[Tony Willis]

could they be O. nutans which can be a magnificent and robust plant?

[Paul T]

Not the same as others I have as O. nutans.  It is a stunning plant.  Was amazed when I saw it flowering at Otto's when I was down there (at the same time as Lesley saw it).  Very distinctive, whatever it is.

[Oron Peri]

Lesley,

Seems to me like O. bungei from Iran.

O. nutans reminds of this one but has less flowers per stem, more open, bell shaped, facing down.

I must agree with Paul, it is a stunning plant.

Attached a photo of O. nutans from Rhodos [not a very good quality]

[Paul T]

Oron,

That is far more like what I have as O. nutans.  Otto's has larger flowers, much more elongated petals, and a better head of flowers per stem.

[Tony Willis]

Oron

I have never seen and cannot find a picture of O. bungei and wonder do you have one.

I am not disagreeing with you but would say that O nutans is very variable and in the right conditions,such as moist areas on Ulu Dag is 40cms high with masses of flowers. In other drier places only 20cms and a few flowers.

[Oron Peri]

Tony,

O. bungei was in commerce in Holland  about 15 years ago, I grow it for a while but it didn't last very long.
It was sold under O. hyrcanum which is its synonymous.

There is a good photo of it in 'Bulbous plants of Turkey and Iran - Peter Sheasby'

[Anthony Darby]

Isn't there a South African species with a name as long as your arm?

[Tony Willis]

Anthony

The one I know  from S Africa is O. thyrsoides which is common in garden centres.  I also think it a widespread genus and there are many  species across Africa

[ranunculus]

Isn't there a South African species with a name as long as your arm?

Ornithogalum thirtythreeandahalfinches?

[Anthony Darby]

No, longer Cliff, by one letter. Ornithogalum adseptentrionesvergentulum.