Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site clyde.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!dnc From: dnc@clyde.UUCP (Don Corey) Newsgroups: net.garden Subject: Re: Ornithogatum caudatum Message-ID: <600@clyde.UUCP> Date: Tue, 25-Sep-84 21:15:30 EDT Article-I.D.: clyde.600 Posted: Tue Sep 25 21:15:30 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 27-Sep-84 02:29:43 EDT References: <457@hogpc.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Whippany NJ Lines: 23 I just looked up Ornithogalum Caudatum in Wyman's Gardening Encyclopedia by Donald Wyman. He has this to say about Ornithogalum. "There are both hardy and tender species of this group of bulbous plants, members of the Lily Family, valued for their star-shaped (6-segmented) flowers, produced in spikes or umbels, in spring and summer. Easily propagated by offsets. Some of the hardy strains have become naturalized in the U.S. When grown in the green house, the best temperature is about 60 deg. F." Ornithogalum Caudatum (Whiplash Star-of-Bethlehem) "Flowers green and white blooming in spring or summer, about 1 in. across in long racemes. Native to South Africa. Usually for the greenhouse." Wyman doesn't mention albucca, but does list in addition to caudatum; arabicum (Arabian Star-of-Bethlehem), nutans (Nodding Star-of-Bethlehem), pyramidale (Pyramid Star-of-Bethlehem), thyrsoides (Cape Chinkerichee), and umbellatum (Star-of-Bethlehem). I hope this is what you were looking for inspite of the slightly different spelling. Don Corey