A friend in Tokyo recently sent me a batch of seeds, and included a few bulblets
from a plant at first he called a lily, but then said he doesn't know the name
of. The bulblets are green, about the size of a dime, and it is hard to tell
the top from the bottom. He told me to plant them on the surface of moist soil,
but not push them in or cover them. He sent this photo of the mother plant,
with various sizes of smaller plants around it, including some of the green
bulblets.

http://webpages.charter.net/garrison...p/MVC-008S.JPG

ANY ideas?

Darren Garrison schrieb:



http://webpages.charter.net/garrison...p/MVC-008S.JPG


Ornithogalum caudatum:
http://www.giftpflanzen.com/ornithogalum_caudatum.html

False Sea Onion


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On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 22:02:58 +0200, Benno Bös wrote:

Darren Garrison schrieb:



http://webpages.charter.net/garrison...p/MVC-008S.JPG


Ornithogalum caudatum:
http://www.giftpflanzen.com/ornithogalum_caudatum.html

False Sea Onion

Thank you.

"Benno Bös" schreef in
Ornithogalum caudatum:
http://www.giftpflanzen.com/ornithogalum_caudatum.html

False Sea Onion

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That won't be it. Look at the toothed leaf margins in Ornithogalum caudatum
as compared to the leaf margins in the question plant.

It may be pretty difficult to identify this plant from a bulb: monocot bulbs
tend to look alike.
PvR

"P. van Rijckevorsel" wrote in message
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"Benno Bös" schreef in
Ornithogalum caudatum:
http://www.giftpflanzen.com/ornithogalum_caudatum.html

False Sea Onion

Agreed. See:
http://images.google.com/images?gbv=...galum+caudatum

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That won't be it. Look at the toothed leaf margins in Ornithogalum
caudatum as compared to the leaf margins in the question plant.

It may be pretty difficult to identify this plant from a bulb: monocot
bulbs tend to look alike.

As far as I know, O. caudatum does not ever have toothed leaf
margins. I think the "teeth" in the above photo may well be an
artifact caused by the inset image's coarser pixels.

cheers

That won't be it. Look at the toothed leaf margins in Ornithogalum
caudatum as compared to the leaf margins in the question plant.

It may be pretty difficult to identify this plant from a bulb: monocot
bulbs tend to look alike.


"mel turner" schreef
As far as I know, O. caudatum does not ever have toothed leaf
margins. I think the "teeth" in the above photo may well be an
artifact caused by the inset image's coarser pixels.

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We live and learn.
Anyway, I see they are not present in the other pictures.
PvR